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Deep learning helps determine a woman’s risk of breast cancer

A new deep learning model could more accurately predict a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer than current risk assessment tools.

27 Nov 2020

New clinical trial to compare the impact of anesthesia methods on post-surgery outcomes

A new clinical trial will compare two types of anesthetic to determine how soon after surgery they allow patients to return home.

27 Nov 2020

Zonitise launches antimicrobial surface coating that constantly eliminates harmful pathogens

A biotech company has launched an antimicrobial surface treatment proven to kill harmful bacteria and viruses including TGEV coronavirus, the model virus for SARS COV 2, for up to twelve months after one application.

27 Nov 2020

Coeliac UK and Innovate UK announce winner of £180K from their 2019 research call

Coeliac UK, the UK charity for people who need to live gluten free, along with Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, announces joint funding of £180K from their 2019 research call, has been awarded to Lyzeum Ltd.

27 Nov 2020

Immunonutrition may improve COVID-19 patients' recovery

Researchers duo Emma Derbyshire and Joanne Delange from the Nutritional Insight, Surrey, United Kingdom, explore the role of immunonutrition – nutrition that boosts or influences the immune system for those over 65 years of age in COVID-19. Their study titled, “COVID-19: is there a role for immunonutrition, particularly in the over 65s?,” was released in the latest issue of the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health.

26 Nov 2020

Body mass index and severe COVID-19

French researchers led by first author Abdallah Al-Salameh from the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus and Nutrition, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France, have published findings of their study titled, “The association between body mass index class and coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes,” in the latest issue of the International Journal of Obesity.

26 Nov 2020

Innovative radiotherapy technique benefits patients with locally advanced cervical cancer

Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer benefit significantly from an innovative radiotherapy technique co-developed by MedUni Vienna under the direction of Richard Pötter and Christian Kirisits. The technique provides better tumor control and produces fewer side-effects.

26 Nov 2020

New gene therapy approach offers promise for treating eye disease

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have developed a new gene therapy approach that offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe.

26 Nov 2020

COVID-19 may trigger recurrent Guillain–Barré Syndrome episodes, a case study shows

A team of researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, USA, have investigated a case wherein a man experienced recurrent episodes of Guillain–Barré Syndrome after being infected with SARS-CoV-2.

26 Nov 2020

Antihypertensive drugs may reduce COVID-19 mortality in at-risk patients

A new multicenter study that recently appeared on the medRxiv* preprint server in November 2020 has found a lower or equal risk of fatal COVID-19 in hypertensive patients, depending on the type of medication they are on.

26 Nov 2020

Early interferon therapy may mitigate COVID-19 severity

A recent review of COVID-19 therapies explores the utility of interferons in the battle against severe COVID-19, and concludes that they deserve further development.

26 Nov 2020

Study analyzes the impact of advanced practice provider staffing on ED care

Advanced practice providers (APPs) have lower productivity compared with emergency department physicians, seeing fewer and less complex patients and generating less relative value units per hour, and having no apparent impact on patient satisfaction and safety metrics.

26 Nov 2020

New educational framework aims to improve training for children's palliative care professionals

A new educational framework and toolkit will be launched in the UK and Ireland this week to improve training and guidance for those providing palliative and end of life care for children to establish a set of core principles of practice and standardize children's palliative care learning for practitioners.

25 Nov 2020

Hospital News and Research

Deep learning helps determine a woman’s risk of breast cancer

New clinical trial to compare the impact of anesthesia methods on post-surgery outcomes

Zonitise launches antimicrobial surface coating that constantly eliminates harmful pathogens

Coeliac UK and Innovate UK announce winner of £180K from their 2019 research call

Immunonutrition may improve COVID-19 patients' recovery

Body mass index and severe COVID-19

Innovative radiotherapy technique benefits patients with locally advanced cervical cancer

New gene therapy approach offers promise for treating eye disease

COVID-19 may trigger recurrent Guillain–Barré Syndrome episodes, a case study shows

Antihypertensive drugs may reduce COVID-19 mortality in at-risk patients

Early interferon therapy may mitigate COVID-19 severity

Study analyzes the impact of advanced practice provider staffing on ED care

New educational framework aims to improve training for children's palliative care professionals

Lungs of COVID-19 patients show good recovery in most cases

Novel CAR T-cell therapy shows promising early results in children with neuroblastoma

Specific bacterium in the gut associated with IBS symptoms

Researchers use fluorescent nanosensors to track down bacteria

Scientists use 3D mapping techniques to unravel mystery of blood stem cells

New method of guidance for heart bypass surgery to be tested on patients for the first time

Study sheds new light on genetic risk factors that make individuals susceptible to severe COVID-19

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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