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New algorithmic and interactive tools will empower blind people to safeguard private visual content

People who are blind take pictures and videos and share them with others but face a unique challenge - they cannot independently review their pictures and videos to identify unnecessary private or sensitive content.

25 Oct 2021

Stimulant use linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events among older adults in the first month

New research led by Mina Tadrous, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto shows that use of prescription stimulant medications in older adults increased the risk of a cardiovascular events by 40 per cent within the first thirty days of medication use.

25 Oct 2021

Fewer, higher doses of post-prostatectomy radiation therapy does not increase long-term side effects

Using fewer - but higher - doses of radiation to treat men with prostate cancer who had their prostates removed does not increase long-term side effects or lower their quality of life compared to conventional radiation treatment, a new, multi-institutional clinical trial shows.

25 Oct 2021

COVID-19's impact on excess mortality in 2020 varied widely across Europe

A team of researchers has demonstrated that the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on excess mortality varied widely both between and within five European countries in 2020.

25 Oct 2021

‘Smart bandage’ could help doctors to monitor chronic wounds more easily

How can doctors make sure a dressed wound is healing without taking off the bandage? This is a conundrum, because removing a bandage can disrupt the healing process.

25 Oct 2021

Study finds link between genes and amount of bacterial toxins in the blood

Lipopolysaccharide, a virulence factor produced by bacteria, is a toxin that can cause a systemic inflammation via the circulation. In a recently completed study, genetic markers were discovered which are associated with a heightened lipopolysaccharide level in the blood.

25 Oct 2021

Regulating blood insulin levels in obese, diabetic patients may help reduce COVID-19 risk

Keeping blood insulin levels within strict, healthy parameters is a daily goal for people with diabetes. But now, researchers from Japan have found that regulating blood insulin levels may even help lower the risk of getting COVID-19.

25 Oct 2021

New study reveals how gut microbes may contribute to the beneficial effects of breastfeeding

It is widely acknowledged that breastfeeding benefits the health of infants. However, there is still a lack of solid evidence to document what happens in the gut of breastfed babies and how gut microbes may contribute to these beneficial effects.

25 Oct 2021

Study looks at effectiveness and ethics of financial incentives for low-risk clinical trials

Use of financial incentives in two low-risk randomized clinical trials did not present ethical issues, and in one of the trials, the incentives increased study participation, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

25 Oct 2021

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

In a recent review, the author discusses autophagy as a contributing mechanism of selected drugs that are currently being evaluated to treat COVID‐19.

25 Oct 2021

Researchers investigate SARS-CoV-2 specific immunity in young Swedish adults

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have analyzed the presence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies and memory cells of the immune system in young adults.

25 Oct 2021

UC study finds coping mechanisms that helped COVID-19 patients deal with loss of smell

One of the most common and disturbing side effects of COVID-19 is the loss of the sense of smell. New research from the University of Cincinnati found some common coping mechanisms that helped COVID-19 patients deal with a lessened sense of smell, which severely impacts the sense of taste.

25 Oct 2021

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New algorithmic and interactive tools will empower blind people to safeguard private visual content

Stimulant use linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events among older adults in the first month

Fewer, higher doses of post-prostatectomy radiation therapy does not increase long-term side effects

COVID-19's impact on excess mortality in 2020 varied widely across Europe

‘Smart bandage’ could help doctors to monitor chronic wounds more easily

Study finds link between genes and amount of bacterial toxins in the blood

Regulating blood insulin levels in obese, diabetic patients may help reduce COVID-19 risk

New study reveals how gut microbes may contribute to the beneficial effects of breastfeeding

Study looks at effectiveness and ethics of financial incentives for low-risk clinical trials

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

Researchers investigate SARS-CoV-2 specific immunity in young Swedish adults

UC study finds coping mechanisms that helped COVID-19 patients deal with loss of smell

Genetic biomarker test predicts how men with high-risk prostate cancer will respond to treatment

Case Western Reserve secures $16 million to understand the relation between substance use and HIV

U of M Udall Center receives $11.3 million grant to continue research on deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease

Deployment of UK's Emergency Medical Team in Papua New Guinea will help save lives

Eligible travelers to England can now take a cheaper lateral flow test

Researchers collate data to help breast cancer patients understand well-being outcomes after surgery

A new vaccine approach that could prevent future pandemics

Development of light-based tool for the inactivation of SARS-CoV-2

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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