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Young adults with bipolar disorder show signs of early heart dysfunction

Young adults with bipolar disorder show signs of early heart dysfunction

Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of premature deaths in patients with bipolar disorder around the world. In an innovative study in young adults (aged 20–45) with researchers of bipolar disorder, they were able to detect subtle (subclinical) irregularities in the functioning of their cardiac muscles and blood pumping before starting heart failure by measuring […]

Barrier dysfunction and blood inflammation associated with Down syndrome regression disorder

Barrier dysfunction and blood inflammation associated with Down syndrome regression disorder

A new study conducted by Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, director of the neuroimmunology program at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, shows evidence of the dysfunction of the brain barrier and inflammation in the central nervous system in people with Down syndrome regression disorder (DSRD). The new study, “CSF Immunoglobulin’s Immunoglobulin dysfunction in Down syndrome was […]