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New report highlights the value in preventing and reducing stroke

A report released today has found thousands of lives and billions of dollars could be saved annually by preventing stroke and improving access to treatment and care.

10 Nov 2020

Hospitals having to cancel planned procedures to cope with the rise in ‘very sick’ patients, says BMA

‘Incredibly concerning’ hospitals having to cancel procedures at very early stage of winter, says BMA

10 Nov 2020

Medical diagnoses of “diseases of despair” increase in Pennsylvania

Medical diagnoses involving alcohol-related disorders, substance-related disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors – commonly referred to as diseases of despair – increased in Pennsylvania health insurance claims between the years 2007 and 2018, according to researchers from Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Highmark Health Enterprise Analytics.

10 Nov 2020

Researchers shed new light on stigma and conspiracy theories about coronavirus

The World Health Organization calls the spread of false information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) an "infodemic," and the results are broadly visible across society.

10 Nov 2020

Nanoparticles could treat neurodegenerative diseases, shows study

Researchers from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have shown that nanoparticles could be used to deliver drugs to the brain to treat neurodegenerative diseases.

10 Nov 2020

HBCUs offer pronounced benefits for African Americans

African Americans who attend Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) may be at lower risk for health problems later in adulthood compared to African Americans who attend predominantly white institutions, a new study suggests.

10 Nov 2020

Study: All weight loss is not equal to mitigate the risk of heart disease

Reducing the level of body fat and waist size are linked to a lower risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes, a study led by UT Southwestern researchers indicates

10 Nov 2020

Researchers investigate natural compound for treating amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Greek researchers and clinicians investigated for the first time the effect of High Phenolic Early Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil (HP-EH-EVOO) versus Moderate Phenolic (MP-EVOO) and Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) as a therapeutic pharmaceutical natural compound for older adults with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI).

10 Nov 2020

Survey: 1 in 3 adults are experiencing worsening levels of stress, loneliness and anger due to COVID-19

Preliminary results, relative to the UK, from the largest worldwide study into the mental and physical impact of COVID-19 reveal that about one in three adults are experiencing worsening levels of stress, loneliness and anger during the pandemic.

10 Nov 2020

Open-source online platform offers better insight into biomedical images

Recent years have seen dramatic improvements in imaging technologies that result in higher resolutions and faster acquisition times.

10 Nov 2020

Workers experiencing job and financial insecurity are less likely to follow COVID-19 guidelines

Workers experiencing job and financial insecurity are less likely to follow the CDC's guidelines for COVID-19, such as physical distancing, limiting trips from home and washing hands, according to a Washington State University study.

10 Nov 2020

Flinders University receives funding for new brain cancer research project

The human brain’s biochemistry may be a stumbling block that has been preventing an effective cure for brain cancer.

10 Nov 2020

Lupus Research Alliance announces the 2020 Lupus Innovation Awards

The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announced today the 2020 Lupus Innovation Awards. The projects represent a wide breadth of scientific exploration in lupus, probing the development and progression of lupus while pointing to potential treatment approaches.

10 Nov 2020

Researchers receive federal grant to develop tool that protects privacy in brain imaging analyses

Georgia State University faculty have received a five-year, $3 million federal grant to further develop a tool that will allow researchers around the world to participate in extensive brain imaging analysis without sharing protected patient data.

10 Nov 2020

Novel 3D-printed scaffold loaded with chemotherapy drug could reduce breast cancer recurrence

The recurrence of cancer after surgery is a major concern for patients. New findings from a QUT study have shown the potential for a novel 3D-printed porous scaffold which is loaded with a common chemotherapy drug that can reduce breast cancer recurrence in an experimental setting.

10 Nov 2020

Mask wearing, social distancing considerably reduce incidence of many diseases

Measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 through non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as mask wearing and social distancing are a key tool in combatting the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

10 Nov 2020

Immunotherapy drugs trigger inflammatory arthritis in subset of cancer patients

Since doctors began treating cancer patients with immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors nearly a decade ago, they have observed that a subset of these patients experience a side effect that clinically looks like inflammatory arthritis.

10 Nov 2020

New series of recommendations to solve the problem of global inactivity

From increasing physical activity in schools and workplaces to investing in active urban design – a researcher at the University of East Anglia has helped design a series of recommendations to help get people moving worldwide.

10 Nov 2020

Insilico signs multi-target drug discovery agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica

Insilico Medicine, a leader in deep generative reinforcement learning for target discovery, small molecule generation, and prediction of clinical trial outcomes, today announced that it entered into a multi-target drug discovery agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen).

10 Nov 2020

Researchers identify factors that improve diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis

Researchers have identified several factors that should help improve the diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO), also known as chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO).

10 Nov 2020

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New report highlights the value in preventing and reducing stroke

Hospitals having to cancel planned procedures to cope with the rise in ‘very sick’ patients, says BMA

Medical diagnoses of “diseases of despair” increase in Pennsylvania

Researchers shed new light on stigma and conspiracy theories about coronavirus

Nanoparticles could treat neurodegenerative diseases, shows study

HBCUs offer pronounced benefits for African Americans

Study: All weight loss is not equal to mitigate the risk of heart disease

Researchers investigate natural compound for treating amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

Survey: 1 in 3 adults are experiencing worsening levels of stress, loneliness and anger due to COVID-19

Open-source online platform offers better insight into biomedical images

Workers experiencing job and financial insecurity are less likely to follow COVID-19 guidelines

Flinders University receives funding for new brain cancer research project

Lupus Research Alliance announces the 2020 Lupus Innovation Awards

Researchers receive federal grant to develop tool that protects privacy in brain imaging analyses

Novel 3D-printed scaffold loaded with chemotherapy drug could reduce breast cancer recurrence

Mask wearing, social distancing considerably reduce incidence of many diseases

Immunotherapy drugs trigger inflammatory arthritis in subset of cancer patients

New series of recommendations to solve the problem of global inactivity

Insilico signs multi-target drug discovery agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica

Researchers identify factors that improve diagnosis of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis

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