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Researchers recommend urgent adaptation plans to mitigate heat-related deaths and illnesses

Extreme heat is an increasingly common occurrence worldwide, with heat-related deaths and illnesses also expected to rise.

20 Aug 2021

Genetic nurture has a significant effect on child's educational success, study finds

A child's educational success depends on the genes that they haven't inherited from their parents, as well as the genes they have, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

19 Aug 2021

Researchers receive $6.2 million grant to launch a center for perioperative mental health

Clinicians and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a four-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to launch a center designed to help improve mental health in surgery patients, particularly older surgery patients.

19 Aug 2021

Antihypertensives may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer

Common blood-pressure drugs may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests.

19 Aug 2021

People with cognitively stimulating jobs have lower risk of dementia in old age, study finds

People with mentally stimulating jobs have a lower risk of dementia in old age than those with non-stimulating jobs, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

19 Aug 2021

Study finds link between physical activity and better cognition among breast cancer patients

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.

18 Aug 2021

Convalescent plasma does not benefit high-risk COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms, study shows

The final results of the Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Outpatients (C3PO) demonstrate that COVID-19 convalescent plasma did not prevent disease progression in a high-risk group of outpatients with COVID-19, when administered within the first week of their symptoms.

18 Aug 2021

Study investigates airborne and fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Syrian hamsters

National Institutes of Health scientists studying SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have defined in Syrian hamsters how different routes of virus exposure are linked to disease severity.

17 Aug 2021

New clinical trial investigates aspirin as part of new treatment for triple negative breast cancer

An innovative new study is trialing whether giving aspirin, commonly used as pain relief, alongside immunotherapy drug avelumab could improve its effectiveness for people affected by breast cancer.

17 Aug 2021

Single two-hour session of pain management skills could offer as much benefit as longer-course of CBT

A single two-hour session of a pain management skills class could offer as much benefit as eight sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for patients experiencing chronic low-back pain (CLBP), suggests a study published in JAMA Network Open.

16 Aug 2021

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new sample preparation method to detect SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

16 Aug 2021

Novel CRISPR-based technique could inspire a new class of medical diagnostics

Scientists have repurposed the genetic modification technology CRISPR to identify antibodies in patient blood samples in a move that could inspire a new class of medical diagnostics in addition to a host of other applications.

13 Aug 2021

Scientists develop AI-based model to diagnose cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

South Ural State University (SUSU) scientists together with colleagues from Spain, France, and Egypt have developed a model for more effective diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes using artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology.

13 Aug 2021

Study highlights the significance of screening for pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

Abnormal cells that go on develop into oesophageal cancer – cancer that affects the tube connecting the mouth and stomach – start life as cells of the stomach, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.

13 Aug 2021

Study finds cognitive safety of ketamine and esketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression

Used for the treatment of depression that does not respond to standard antidepressant medications, the anesthesia drug ketamine – and the related drug esketamine, recently approved for depression treatment – has no important adverse effects on memory, attention, or other cognitive processes, concludes a systematic review of medical research in the September/October issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

12 Aug 2021

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Researchers recommend urgent adaptation plans to mitigate heat-related deaths and illnesses

Genetic nurture has a significant effect on child's educational success, study finds

Researchers receive $6.2 million grant to launch a center for perioperative mental health

Antihypertensives may improve survival for patients with colorectal cancer

People with cognitively stimulating jobs have lower risk of dementia in old age, study finds

Study finds link between physical activity and better cognition among breast cancer patients

Convalescent plasma does not benefit high-risk COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms, study shows

Study investigates airborne and fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Syrian hamsters

New clinical trial investigates aspirin as part of new treatment for triple negative breast cancer

Single two-hour session of pain management skills could offer as much benefit as longer-course of CBT

NIH scientists develop new sample preparation method to detect SARS-CoV-2

Novel CRISPR-based technique could inspire a new class of medical diagnostics

Scientists develop AI-based model to diagnose cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

Study highlights the significance of screening for pre-cancerous Barrett’s esophagus

Study finds cognitive safety of ketamine and esketamine for patients with treatment-resistant depression

Researcher receives $8.7 million to investigate the link between viral infections and memory disorders

Study finds worsening disparities among states in use of HIV-prevention drugs

Study finds new pair of gene variants that causes sudden onset of hypertension in pregnant women

Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal deaths in the U.S. may be larger than previously reported

Study finds novel approach to attenuate mitochondrial dysfunction that drives diet-induced obesity

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