How Diet Impacts Brain Health

Researchers established a significant link between dietary choices and brain health.

By analyzing dietary data from 181,990 participants in the UK Biobank, the research team found that those who maintain a balanced diet exhibit enhanced cognitive…

The association of appendicular lean mass and grip strength with low-density lipoprotein, very low-density lipoprotein, and high-density lipoprotein particle diameter: a Mendelian randomization study of the UK Biobank cohort

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Did you know that donating your tumour to the biobank can help to make a significant impact on research efforts?

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#DonateYourTumor #ResearchForACure #SalivaryGlandCancer #RareCancerResearch #RareDiseases

This vital biobanking resource for researchers is helping to advance their knowledge of children’s & young people’s cancers. Deborah Tweddle at Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre is the Director of VIVO Biobank and is dedicated to advancing the way these cancers are treated. 👇 #TYACAM

This is on the Biobank study from the UK a couple of years ago, which showed brain abnormalities in Covid survivors

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Association of air pollution with incidence of elderly-onset seborrheic dermatitis: A prospective cohort study in UK Biobank academic.oup.com/ced/article-ab…

New article in Medical Law Review where we examine some potential bioethical issues posed by how IPRs can be used over health technologies developed or contributed to by biobank samples, & potential avenues to ameliorate #patentethics European Research Council (ERC) PatentsInHumans MU Research

New Scoring System Improves Heart Disease Diagnosis in Women

Better cardiovascular risk models for women have been developed using a large dataset of more than 20,000 participants in the UK Biobank. Learn more: ow.ly/Jwo650Rnh5u

Eating plant protein supports kidney health, according to findings from the UK Biobank Study. This large study followed over 100,000 people for nearly 10 years and found that eating more plant protein reduced the risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

Friends, Romans & BE community, lend them your sputum, blood & stool!

Dr Arietta Spinou used the European #bronchiectasis database for her airway clearance research. I’m in the US Bronchiectasis Reg. & the BE biobank at NYU
#letshelp
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Fantastic talk by Bibi Wolters on Burden analysis of rare genetic variants in Intracranial aneurysms in the UK Biobank 🧠🩸🧬

#ISGC2024

Using data from the UK Biobank from 222,058 people and 56,213,338 prescriptions, researchers found a lifespan extending association from a handful of prescribed drugs:

- The researchers controlled for major factors known to influence lifespan and found that 14 drugs appeared to…

Two weeks, two papers accepted🥳Congrats Dr Deniz Türkmen

We used exome sequencing to estimate the effects of common and rare SLCO1B1 variants on statin treatment response in 64,000 UK Biobank patients🧬💊

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In UK Biobank, individuals who had high polygenic score for educational attainment but performed poorly in fluid intelligence test and/or had poor education ('deviators') were more likely to carry neurodevelopmental disorder-related rare variants. Great demonstration of liability…

The wonderful Dr Megan Rose Readman is sharing her research on the (potential) link between hearing loss and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia using UK BioBank data #ADI2024

Answer: it’s complex!

Great talk and super interesting work 👏🏻

🥳    We are delighted to have Prof. Kristian Hveem as chair for panel session: ‘Epidemiological biobanking – cohorts as a show window for populations’ at #EBW24 .

📆  16 May
📍  The Hofburg, Vienna

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🎉 #EBW24 is delighted to have Dr. Loes D.F. Linsen as chair for panel session: ‘Microbiome – the known unknown’.

📆  16 May
📍  The Hofburg, Vienna

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Shifting from SPSS to R was quite the journey, but wrapping my head around mixed-effects models? Phew!😮‍💨
Finishing up a paper using the Signature Biobank data and excited to share some of the findings at upcoming conferences. 📊📉📈

#RStats #MixedEffectsModels #Psychosis #ACEs

🎉 #EBW24 is very pleased to confirm Fatima Qafoud as chair for panel session: ‘Epidemiological biobanking – cohorts as a show window for populations’.

📆  16 May
📍  The Hofburg, Vienna

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Schools Week Here is the study. From the UK Biobank:

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There's no reason to think the same doesn't happen to children; their brains aren't impervious to Covid. I can testify that a mild Covid infection messed my brain up for 3 months post-infection.

Clean. The. Air.