Knowridge Science Report

Widely used cholesterol drug may prevent dementia

By comparing people who had these special genes to those who didn’t, the team found that even a small drop in ...
The Healthy @Reader's Digest

A Common Cholesterol Drug May Also Lower Your Dementia Risk, Says New Research

Data included more than a million participants to find that Alzheimer's risk was up to 76% lower in these cases.
Medscape

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Increased BMI May Have Causal Effects on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Risk

Inflammatory bowel disease and elevated BMI may play causal roles in hidradenitis suppurativa, results of a Mendelian ...
Nature

Insight into rheumatological cause and effect through the use of Mendelian randomization

Mendelian randomization is not affected by the confounding inherent in observational studies but it does rely on several assumptions, which can be hard to test Mendelian randomization can provide a ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Higher BMI, IBD Linked to Hidradenitis Suppurativa Risk via Mendelian Randomization

Increased BMI and IBD have causal effects on the risk of hidradenitis suppurativa, as shown by Mendelian randomization ...
University of Bristol

Mendelian Randomization

Mendelian randomization is a study design that uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to test the causal effect of a (non-genetic) risk factor on a disease or health-related outcome. Since ...
The Cardiology Advisor

Intensive BP Control May Lower Dementia Risk in Patients With High TyG Index

High triglyceride-glucose index levels are associated with increased probable dementia risk, though intensive BP targets may mitigate this relationship.