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Study claims that mask-wearing is still as necessary in healthcare settings

Researchers advocated that it was not the (right) time to stop using masks in healthcare settings.

18 May 2023

Roche partners with Social Value Portal to measure its social value impact on societies across the UK

Roche in the UK has today announced it has entered an exclusive partnership with Social Value Portal, a leading provider of social value measurement, monitoring and strategic consultancy.

18 May 2023

New sustainable ECG patch aims to reduce the carbon footprint of wearable electronics

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a new sustainable electrocardiogram (ECG, also known as EKG) patch that is fully recyclable and made of biomaterials.

18 May 2023

Double testing increases the accuracy of detecting bowel cancer

The accuracy of detecting bowel cancer is increased to almost 100 per cent by carrying out a common test twice rather than once, a new study shows.

18 May 2023

New design-specific measure to assess quality of life in patients with recurrent rectal cancer

A new study produces the first disease-specific, psychometrically robust and validated measure of quality life for patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer.

17 May 2023

Ethical difficulties in dementia care

This year Dementia Awareness Week is running from Monday 15 until Sunday the 21 of May 2023. This dedicated week aims to help improving the lives of people with dementia and their families.

17 May 2023

Blood sugar may play a key role in dementia risk in stroke survivors

Surviving a stroke can bring many long-term effects – including a much higher risk of dementia. But a study suggests that blood sugar may play a key role in that risk.

17 May 2023

Study examines safety and efficacy of made-to-fade tattoos for medical markings

Researchers at Henry Ford Health - one of the nation's leading integrated academic medical institutions - in collaboration with Ephemeral Tattoo, have conducted a study on the safety and efficacy of made-to-fade tattoos for medical markings.

17 May 2023

Study tracks the trends in diabetes and CVD-related mortality

After an initial decline in diabetes mellitus (DM) plus cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related mortality, researchers have noted a reversal of this trend with mortality increasing from 2014 to 2019, according to a new study in The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier.

17 May 2023

Novel computational platform can expand the pool of cancer immunotherapy targets

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a computational platform capable of discovering tumor antigens derived from alternative RNA splicing, expanding the pool of cancer immunotherapy targets.

17 May 2023

Vigorous exercise not linked to increased risk of adverse events in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Vigorous exercise does not appear to increase the risk of death or life-threatening arrhythmia for people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

17 May 2023

Institution-specific machine learning model can predict cardiac patient's mortality risk prior to surgery

A machine learning-based model that enables medical institutions to predict the mortality risk for individual cardiac surgery patients has been developed by a Mount Sinai research team, providing a significant performance advantage over current population-derived models.

17 May 2023

Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Study claims that mask-wearing is still as necessary in healthcare settings

Roche partners with Social Value Portal to measure its social value impact on societies across the UK

New sustainable ECG patch aims to reduce the carbon footprint of wearable electronics

Double testing increases the accuracy of detecting bowel cancer

New design-specific measure to assess quality of life in patients with recurrent rectal cancer

Ethical difficulties in dementia care

Blood sugar may play a key role in dementia risk in stroke survivors

Study examines safety and efficacy of made-to-fade tattoos for medical markings

Study tracks the trends in diabetes and CVD-related mortality

Novel computational platform can expand the pool of cancer immunotherapy targets

Vigorous exercise not linked to increased risk of adverse events in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Institution-specific machine learning model can predict cardiac patient's mortality risk prior to surgery

An AI chatbot may be your next therapist. Will it actually help your mental health?

Every breath counts; Utilizing breath biopsy technology to detect disease early

Updated evidence suggests that masks may be associated with a reduction in risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection

Are masks effective in the protection against COVID-19?

Study examines the effect of cognitive training on the risk of future falls

NIH launches landmark initiative to advance nutrition research

Short science-backed messages could be an effective way to discourage cannabis use during pregnancy

Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6M excess deaths over 22 years

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