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Over £800 million to support improved healthcare delivery and breakthroughs in new treatments

Patients up and down the country are set to benefit from innovative new treatments and improved delivery of health and care services following significant funding to support ground-breaking experimental medicine research and advance the UK's response to patient safety challenges.

14 Oct 2022

$Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures$

Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures

Patients who have surgery to repair bone fractures typically receive a type of injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood clots, but a new clinical trial found that over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective.

14 Oct 2022

SARS-CoV-2 causes neuronal damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaques

SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, caused significant neuron damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaque monkeys, according to a new study.

14 Oct 2022

Researchers receive £9.8m to tackle the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases in West Africa

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are teaming up with the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons to tackle the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in West Africa.

14 Oct 2022

Researchers explore sex/gender differences in cognitive abilities and verbal fluency

"Women are better. The female advantage is consistent across time and life span, but it is also relatively small", says Marco Hirnstein, professor at The University of Bergen, Norway.

14 Oct 2022

Widespread availability of polypills could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, Say cardiologists

Global health has paid a deadly price for not using simple, low-cost blood pressure lowering drugs, statins and aspirin widely in the form of a single pill, also known as the polypill, say two leading cardiologists in a commentary published in The Lancet.

14 Oct 2022

Total body PET/CT scans can effectively visualize systemic joint involvement in patients with arthritis

Total body PET/CT scans can successfully visualize systemic joint involvement in patients with autoimmune arthritis, according to new first-in-human research published in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

14 Oct 2022

Certain types of dietary fiber fuel inflammation in some people with inflammatory bowel disease

People who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease may soon have access to personalized dietary guidelines to keep them feeling well, thanks to new research on how dietary fibre affects the disease.

13 Oct 2022

HIV patients with moderate immune suppression at greater risk of severe COVID-19 "breakthrough" infection

People with HIV who have moderate immune suppression appear to be at greater risk of severe COVID-19 "breakthrough" infection after vaccination, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

13 Oct 2022

Mouse model reveals how RNA splicing defects contribute to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have puzzled over the neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer's disease for decades, but treatments to stop or reverse the disease's effects on the brain have remained elusive.

13 Oct 2022

Sewage monitoring method detects hepatitis virus in wastewater samples

Researchers in Sweden have created a method that now makes it possible to monitor sewage for a virus that has is believed to be linked to hepatitis outbreaks worldwide.

13 Oct 2022

Flatworm-inspired medical adhesives halt non-compressible hemorrhage

Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths.

13 Oct 2022

Air pollution associated with body size and composition in midlife women

Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly.

13 Oct 2022

Chinese scientists reveal a previously undefined pathway by which Mtb counteracts host immunity

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), remains a leading infectious threat to public health worldwide.

13 Oct 2022

Experimental cancer drug shows promise as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Researchers have shown that the medication saracatinib shows promise as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

13 Oct 2022

A biodegradable, elastic patch to treat congenital diaphragmatic hernia

A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering researcher is leading a team to develop a biodegradable, elastic patch as a new treatment for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).

13 Oct 2022

AI language models could be offensive or prejudiced toward individuals with disabilities

Natural language processing (NLP) is a type of artificial intelligence that allows machines to use text and spoken words in many different applications - such as smart assistants or email autocorrect and spam filters - helping automate and streamline operations for individual users and enterprises.

13 Oct 2022

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Over £800 million to support improved healthcare delivery and breakthroughs in new treatments

Over-the-counter aspirin effective in preventing blood clots following surgery to repair bone fractures

SARS-CoV-2 causes neuronal damage and inflammation within a week of infection in rhesus macaques

Researchers receive £9.8m to tackle the rising challenge of non-communicable diseases in West Africa

Researchers explore sex/gender differences in cognitive abilities and verbal fluency

Widespread availability of polypills could reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, Say cardiologists

Total body PET/CT scans can effectively visualize systemic joint involvement in patients with arthritis

Certain types of dietary fiber fuel inflammation in some people with inflammatory bowel disease

HIV patients with moderate immune suppression at greater risk of severe COVID-19 "breakthrough" infection

Mouse model reveals how RNA splicing defects contribute to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

Sewage monitoring method detects hepatitis virus in wastewater samples

Flatworm-inspired medical adhesives halt non-compressible hemorrhage

Air pollution associated with body size and composition in midlife women

Chinese scientists reveal a previously undefined pathway by which Mtb counteracts host immunity

Experimental cancer drug shows promise as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

A biodegradable, elastic patch to treat congenital diaphragmatic hernia

AI language models could be offensive or prejudiced toward individuals with disabilities

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Finally fixing the ‘family glitch’

‘Massive global failure’ led to COVID-19 deaths and reversal of UN goals, report says

UNO-peptide-modified CCN shows promise for targeted delivery of TAM immunomodulatory agents

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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