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Enhancing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction: Comparing Coronary Artery Calcium and Polygenic Risk Scores A Northwestern University study revealed that both coronary artery calcium and polygenic risk scores significantly influence 10-year risk prediction for coronary heart disease. However, coronary artery calcium score demonstrated superior predictive power, reinforcing the integration of these novel tools in risk prediction models. “What this study says is that in white participants enrolled in 2 observational studies, identifying coronary calcium predicted future cardiac events better than our currently available polygenic risk scores.” Dr. Karol E. Watson, PhD, professor of medicine and cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles

Dopaminergic Dysfunction: A Key Player in Parkinson’s Disease Motivational Symptoms This study reveals a significant link between dopaminergic dysfunction and the emergence of motivational symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. Striatal DAT imaging emerges as a potential tool for predicting apathy/anhedonia risk, opening new avenues for intervention strategies.