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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals

    February 10, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 10, 2025 Source:Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals Reference:Massively parallel reporter assay investigates shared genetic variants of eight psychiatric disorders

  • Relapsed breast cancer may be genetically different from original tumour

    September 25, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September , 2015 Source: Genetic clue to breast cancer relapses  

  • Genetics/lifestyle factors to calculate biological age better reflects health status

    September 7, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 8, 2015 Source: New way of looking at age could help prevent Alzheimer’s Reference: A novel multi-tissue RNA diagnostic of healthy ageing relates to cognitive health status, Sanjana Sood et al, Genome Biology, doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0750-x, published online 6 September 2015.

  • Bad luck genes responsible for many cancers according to study but relies on statistical model that does not include breast and prostate cancer.

    January 2, 2015

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 2, 2015 Source: Most cancers are caused by bad luck not genes or lifestyle, say scientists Reference: Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions

  • Mouse model shows timing is critical to establishing sustained weight loss: May have implications for children

    October 26, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 26, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Is Obesity Irreversible? Timing Is Key in Weight Loss Reference: Obesity-programmed mice are rescued by early genetic intervention

  • Breast cancer study identifies distinct genetic types

    September 24, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 24, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Breast cancer study finds four distinct genetic types Reference: Comprehensive molecular portraits of human breast tumours 

  • Animal study sheds light on genetics of autism in humans

    September 17, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 17, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Animal Study Offers Prospect of Autism Treatment Reference: Shared Synaptic Pathophysiology in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Rodent Models of Autism

  • The complicated genetic weave that can lead to autism

    June 10, 2010

    Madely Health Headlines for June 10, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Genetic finding paves way for controversial autism testing

  • More genes linked to breast cancer risk

    May 10, 2010

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 10, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Breast cancer gene clue discovery

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