Alzheimer's disease test | Irregular sleep | Bone-building

Blood test may predict Alzheimer's disease; irregular sleep patterns and heart disease; bone-building protein delivered orally to mice

March 10, 2020 Edition New blood test method may predict Alzheimer's disease A blood testing technique to detect Alzheimer's disease could enable earlier treatments and testing of novel approaches. Irregular sleep patterns may raise risk of heart disease Researchers found that irregular sleep patterns—varying the timing and amount of sleep—may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in people ages 45 to 84. Bone-building protein delivered orally to mice using plants Diabetic mice fed plants that were engineered to carry a bone-building protein showed accelerated healing of bone fractures. Popular Stories Novel coronavirus structure reveals targets for vaccines and treatments How stress causes gray hair Genes linked to schizophrenia identified in ancestral African population Drug activates brown fat, improves glucose metabolism in healthy women How brown fat improves metabolism Connect with Us Facebook RSS Feed Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact Ask NIH. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our Health Information page, or Search our website. This service is provided to you by the National Institutes of Health. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®      This email was sent to ymilov@gmail.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612