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·May 22, 2025·4 min read

Blood Test Identifies Depression Risk in Teenagers

Summary: Researchers have identified nine blood-based microRNAs that are elevated in teens diagnosed with depression, offering a potential biomarker for...

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·January 30, 2025·6 min read

Blood Test May Predict Postpartum Depression Through Hormone Levels

Women who develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have distinct neuroactive steroid levels during the third trimester of pregnancy. A study found that those with PPD had lower levels of pregnanolone, which reduces stress, and higher levels of isoallopregnanolone, which increases stress.

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·November 2, 2024·8 min read

New Blood Test Shows Promise for Early Parkinson’s Detection

Researchers have developed a method to analyze extracellular vesicles (EVs) in blood for early detection of Parkinson’s disease (PD). By isolating EVs and assessing their contents, the team identified a protein called phosphorylated α-synuclein that appears in elevated levels in PD patients.

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·July 29, 2024·5 min read

Umbilical Cord Blood Test Could Predict Autism Risk

A recent study suggests that measuring specific fatty acid metabolites in newborn blood could predict autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk. Researchers found that higher levels of certain metabolites were linked to increased ASD symptoms in children at six years old.

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·March 11, 2024·5 min read

Blood Test Detects 24-Hour of Sleep Deprivation

Researchers developed a blood test capable of detecting 24-hour sleep deprivation with high accuracy, offering promising applications for enhancing safety in various contexts. The test, which combines specific markers in the blood, was shown to identify individuals who had been awake for more than 24 hours with up to 99.2% accuracy under laboratory conditions.

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·September 2, 2023·3 min read

Blood Clues to Long-COVID Brain Fog Discovered

Researchers have discovered two blood biomarkers that could predict cognitive deficits, including "brain fog," up to a year after a COVID-19 diagnosis. The study analyzed data from over 1,800 hospitalized patients and identified high levels of fibrinogen and d-dimer, proteins linked to blood coagulation, as being highly correlated with cognitive issues.

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·August 31, 2023·6 min read

Two-Step Blood Test Sharpens Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Researchers have developed a two-step workflow using a new blood-based p-tau217 biomarker to improve the accuracy of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) diagnosis. The first step uses a diagnostic model that combines plasma p-tau217 with age and the APOE e4 gene to identify high-risk patients.

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·March 13, 2023·4 min read

Epilepsy Could Become Easier to Pinpoint With Blood Test

Higher levels of immune proteins are present in the blood both before and after an epileptic seizure. Researchers say the biomarkers can be identified via a simple blood test.

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·January 10, 2023·4 min read

Blood-Based Markers May Reveal Alzheimer’s Disease Ten Years Before Symptoms Show

A new blood test can detect the GFAP protein at elevated levels in blood samples up to ten years before symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are first noticeable in those with an inherited form of the neurodegenerative disorder.

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·December 5, 2022·4 min read

New Blood Test Can Detect ‘Toxic’ Protein Years Before Alzheimer’s Symptoms Emerge

A new blood test can detect toxic amyloid beta oligomers associated with Alzheimer's disease years before symptoms appear.

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·June 23, 2022·7 min read

A Mother’s Blood May Carry the Secret to One Type of Autism

Maternal autoantibody–related autism spectrum disorder (MAR ASD) is marked by specific maternal antibodies that react to certain proteins in the fetal brain. Examining the plasma of expecting mothers, researchers found mothers with reactivity to one of the nine MAR ASD patterns were eight times as likely to have a child diagnosed with autism.

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·May 7, 2022·4 min read

Promising Alzheimer’s Marker in Blood Prompts Warning About Brain-Boosting Supplements

Elevated levels of PHGDH in the blood could signal the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers caution older adults against using "brain-boosting" supplements that contain serine due to its link to PHGDH. As PHGDH is a key enzyme in serine production, elevated PHGDH levels results in increased serine levels in the brain.

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Blood Test Identifies Depression Risk in Teenagers

Blood Test May Predict Postpartum Depression Through Hormone Levels

New Blood Test Shows Promise for Early Parkinson’s Detection

Umbilical Cord Blood Test Could Predict Autism Risk

Blood Test Detects 24-Hour of Sleep Deprivation

Blood Clues to Long-COVID Brain Fog Discovered

Two-Step Blood Test Sharpens Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Epilepsy Could Become Easier to Pinpoint With Blood Test

Blood-Based Markers May Reveal Alzheimer’s Disease Ten Years Before Symptoms Show

New Blood Test Can Detect ‘Toxic’ Protein Years Before Alzheimer’s Symptoms Emerge

A Mother’s Blood May Carry the Secret to One Type of Autism

Promising Alzheimer’s Marker in Blood Prompts Warning About Brain-Boosting Supplements

Smarter Minds Predict Better: IQ Linked to Sharper Life Forecasting

Brain Structure Differences Linked to Antisocial Traits in Psychopathy

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