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For men with diabetes, having low levels of visceral fat (the deep belly fat surrounding organs) is linked to a reduced risk of developing diabetic kidney disease, while relying solely on Body Mass Index (BMI) may miss this important health signal. This finding from a study in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology moves beyond simply “how much” fat a person has to “where” it is stored, offering a more precise way to identify those at risk for kidney failure.
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A correction to a paper on the “Promise of Quantitative Proteomics in the Qualification of New Approach Methodologies” has been published in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. For researchers and public health professionals, this correction ensures the accuracy of the original findings which are crucial for validating modern, non-animal testing methods in drug development.
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A new study shows that epigenetic clocks, which measure biological age, do not reliably predict a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, their age at onset, or the time it takes for symptoms to appear. This finding, published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, suggests that while these “aging” biomarkers are promising for other conditions, they are not currently useful tools for screening or predicting Parkinson’s disease in the general public.
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