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Researchers immunoengineer nanobead system for circulating tumor cell detection

A team of researchers has immunoengineered a nanobead system for the isolation and detection of circulating tumor cells.

21 Jan 2021

Pharmacists play key role in managing medication-based therapies for older patients

Pharmacists play an important role in managing medication-based therapies for older community-dwelling patients, according to a study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

21 Jan 2021

Study: Satisfaction with end-of-life care was highest when individuals died at home

Where people die can affect the quality of their deaths and the end-of-life care that they receive. A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that satisfaction with end-of-life care was rated highest when individuals died at home.

21 Jan 2021

Cancer patients have higher risk of severe COVID -19 infection than non-cancer patients

Patients with inactive cancer and not currently undergoing treatments also face a significantly higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, a new study from Penn Medicine published online today in JNCI Cancer Spectrum shows.

21 Jan 2021

Screening tool can help detect mental disorders during early pregnancy

A recent study published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica found that questions typically asked new mothers to screen for depression after giving birth can also help to detect depressive symptoms and other mental disorders during early pregnancy.

21 Jan 2021

Systemic lupus erythematosus disproportionately affects ethnic female population

Just over 200,000 Americans suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, a condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own healthy tissues, especially joints and skin, a new study shows.

21 Jan 2021

Study shows that risk of autoimmune disease lupus is higher in females

The US prevalence of the autoimmune disease lupus is 72.8 cases per 100,000 individuals, according to an analysis of population-based registries.

21 Jan 2021

Social influence has a large impact on people's adherence to COVID-19 guidelines

New research published in the British Journal of Psychology indicates that social influence has a large impact on people's adherence to COVID-19 guidelines.

21 Jan 2021

New technique can rapidly diagnose prostate cancer from urine

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer primarily based on PSA, a cancer factor in blood.

21 Jan 2021

Arthritis drug is no better than standard care in improving severe COVID-19 outcomes, shows new trial

Adding the arthritis drug tocilizumab to standard care for patients in hospital with severe or critical covid-19 is no better than standard care alone in improving clinical outcomes at 15 days, finds a new trial published by The BMJ today.

20 Jan 2021

Study shows antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain

Antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain, despite being widely used for these conditions, suggests a review of the evidence published by The BMJ today.

20 Jan 2021

Researchers evaluate the accuracy of NEWS2 scoring system for predicting COVID outcomes

In the first systematic large-scale evaluation of the UK National Early Warning Risk Score (NEWS) 2 as a scoring system for predicting severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients, researchers at King's College London have found poor-to-moderate accuracy for identifying patients at risk of being transferred to intensive care units (ICUs) or dying after 14 days of hospitalization.

20 Jan 2021

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Researchers immunoengineer nanobead system for circulating tumor cell detection

Pharmacists play key role in managing medication-based therapies for older patients

Study: Satisfaction with end-of-life care was highest when individuals died at home

Cancer patients have higher risk of severe COVID -19 infection than non-cancer patients

Screening tool can help detect mental disorders during early pregnancy

Systemic lupus erythematosus disproportionately affects ethnic female population

Study shows that risk of autoimmune disease lupus is higher in females

Social influence has a large impact on people's adherence to COVID-19 guidelines

New technique can rapidly diagnose prostate cancer from urine

Arthritis drug is no better than standard care in improving severe COVID-19 outcomes, shows new trial

Study shows antidepressant drugs are largely ineffective for back and osteoarthritis pain

Researchers evaluate the accuracy of NEWS2 scoring system for predicting COVID outcomes

Antidepressants are not effective for treating back pain, osteoarthritis, shows study

Busting myths on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is on the rise, finds study

Potentially promising therapeutic combination for renal cell carcinoma uncovered

Nearly one third of UK's hospitalized COVID-19 patients readmitted

Deep sleep has restorative power to clear waste from the brain

Automated method tracks cortical origin and initial spread of TAU proteins in Alzheimer’s disease

Eliminating key gene could revive exhausted immune cells to battle solid tumors

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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