Author: Tom Patriot

Combining genetic and sun exposure data improves skin cancer risk estimates

Tom Patriot

By combining data on individuals’ lifetime sun exposure and their genetics, researchers can generate improved predictions of their risk of skin cancer, according to findings presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2018 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif. Pierre Fontanillas, PhD, and colleagues at 23andMe, Inc., collected genetic and survey data from over 210,000 consented research participants of European descent. They analyzed the data to identify correlations between previously known and potentially novel skin cancer risk factors and the occurrence of three forms of skin cancer: melanoma,…

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Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Were Too Cute at the Game of Thrones Premiere in Belfast

Tom Patriot

Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner brought their sisterly love and a few giggles to the Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere in Belfast today. Joining the rest of the cast on the red carpet, the onscreen siblings and real-life best friends posed together, holding hands and breaking out in laughter in front of cameras. Williams, whose personal style is far different from that of her tomboyish character Arya, wore a custom bubblegum pink dress by Coach to the event. The sleeveless, feminine number was covered with metallic beads, which matched perfectly with…

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Bed Bath & Beyond Once Again Drives Entrepreneur Index™ Higher

Tom Patriot

Retailer Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) will report financial results after the market closes today and they will almost certainly be bad. Analysts expect a ten percent decline in sales and a 25 percent drop in earnings for the quarter. The stock, however, continues to rise, jumping 5.09 percent today — the biggest gain on the Entrepreneur Index™. In fact, BBBY has had the biggest gain on the index three times in the last week and is up a staggering 71.5 percent so far this year. Investors are clearly betting on improvement. Since…

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Your brain with a migraine: Effect of electric currents

Tom Patriot

When migraine sufferers see the tell-tale squiggly lines, light flashes and blind spots of a migraine aura, they prepare for a migraine. When researchers see the brain image of an aura, they try to figure out what causes it and if there is a way to stop the start of the migraine. Now an international team of researchers has identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated a way to stop it in animal experiments. “Seizures and migraines are two very different states of the brain,”…

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