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School initiatives can help children in social care perform better

Children in social care have poorer mental health and perform worse in school than other children. But they have trust in the school staff and perform better after individual assessment at school.

12 Jun 2020

Human cardiac organoids for modeling physiological conditions during a heart attack

In the U.S., someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds, and yet researchers have not had a model that fully mimics what occurs in the human heart after a heart attack.

12 Jun 2020

Genetic risk score is effective in diagnosing type 1 diabetes in Indians

A new way of using genetics to diagnose diabetes could pave the way for better diagnosis and treatment in Indians, new research has concluded.

12 Jun 2020

Researchers evaluate the impact of drug decriminalization policy in different settings

The prevalence of drug use has increased for decades all around the world despite the strict measures taken. As the traditional prohibitionist drug policy has created social injustice, public health problems, and high social costs, decriminalization of drug use has emerged as a response.

12 Jun 2020

Interconnected mycobacteria remain alive for longer

The tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis can protect itself better when combined and thus stay alive longer in the air.

12 Jun 2020

COVID-19 batters a beloved Bay Area community health care center

A small band of volunteers started the Marin City Health and Wellness Center nearly two decades ago with a doctor and a retired social worker making house calls in public housing high-rises.

12 Jun 2020

Texas Heart Institute and 7 Hills Pharma receive $1.9 million to improve stem cell transplants

The Texas Heart Institute and 7 Hills Pharma received a $1.9 million, Phase II STTR (R42) grant from the National Heart Lung Blood Institute to advance further their lead product 7HP349, a novel integrin activator, to define the optimal dosing schedule for cord blood transplant along with a focus on development and production of a formulation that meets safety standards for filing an IND application with the FDA.

12 Jun 2020

Beta adrenergic agonists can help decrease risk of graft vs. host disease in alloBMT recipients

New preclinical work by a team of researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center's Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program suggests that the risk of developing acute graft vs. host disease during allogeneic blood/marrow transplant - a potentially curative treatment for selected patients with hematologic disorders - can be decreased using an existing class of drugs called beta adrenergic agonists.

12 Jun 2020

Fuel walking, cycling with low carbon diets to reduce emissions associated with active transport

Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we need to think about what people eat to fuel their walking and cycling.

12 Jun 2020

Corrona Psoriasis Registry to present studies at AAD Virtual Meeting Experience

The Corrona® Psoriasis Registry, a joint collaboration between the National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, and Corrona, LLC, the leading sponsor of registries in immune-mediated diseases, announces that studies from the registry will be presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Virtual Meeting Experience taking place June 12-14, 2020.

12 Jun 2020

Study recommends "microbial Noah's ark" to protect long-term health of humanity

A new study finds that proposal to create a "microbial Noah's ark" to protect the long-term health of humanity is feasible and should move forward into a pilot project phase, that would include installing infrastructure to store microbes in a site such as Norway or Switzerland and a collaboration for collecting samples all over the world.

12 Jun 2020

Survey investigates sleep patterns during Covid-19 lockdown

A survey conducted at the University of Basel and the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel has investigated how sleep has changed during the Covid-19 lockdown.

12 Jun 2020

QUT leads study to improve quality of life for children with congenital heart disease

QUT, in partnership with Children’s Health Queensland, will lead a nation-wide study to help health services support the long-term neurodevelopment and quality of life of children with congenital heart disease.

12 Jun 2020

Health workers resort to Etsy, learning Chinese, shady deals to find safety gear

A nursing home worker in New Jersey rendezvoused with "the parking lot guy" to cut a deal for gowns. A director of safety-net clinics in Florida learned basic Chinese and waited outside past midnight for a truck to arrive with tens of thousands of masks.

12 Jun 2020

COVID-19 outbreak likely to worsen in Brazil, says GlobalData

Recently, Brazil has steadily climbed the chart of the top 10 countries with the highest total of COVID19 cases, now ranking number two just behind the US.

12 Jun 2020

Public health officials face wave of threats, pressure amid coronavirus response

Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with only five full-time employees for more than 11,000 residents. Case counts were rising.

12 Jun 2020

Semcon responsible for development of revolutionary cancer treatment

Radiation therapy for cancer can cause many side effects for patients. By making use of the opportunities from new technology, Kongsberg Beam Technology is developing a world-unique proton treatment – with minimal side effects for multiple types of cancer.

12 Jun 2020

Online intervention benefits children with severe behavioral problems

A real-world trial has tested the effectiveness – and revealed the challenges – of adapting behavioral therapy to the online world.

12 Jun 2020

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to unlock new ways of improving patient care

Swiss Post Solutions, a leading outsourcing provider for business process solutions and innovative services in document management, and IMMJ Systems were selected by Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a multi-speciality service to improve patient care through instant access to clinical information; improved integration; and collaboration between clinicians.

12 Jun 2020

China’s centralized and efficient command system helped win war against COVID-19

China’s centralized and efficient command system formed a strong guarantee for the country to win the all-out people's war against COVID-19, according to a recently-released government white paper.

12 Jun 2020

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School initiatives can help children in social care perform better

Human cardiac organoids for modeling physiological conditions during a heart attack

Genetic risk score is effective in diagnosing type 1 diabetes in Indians

Researchers evaluate the impact of drug decriminalization policy in different settings

Interconnected mycobacteria remain alive for longer

COVID-19 batters a beloved Bay Area community health care center

Texas Heart Institute and 7 Hills Pharma receive $1.9 million to improve stem cell transplants

Beta adrenergic agonists can help decrease risk of graft vs. host disease in alloBMT recipients

Fuel walking, cycling with low carbon diets to reduce emissions associated with active transport

Corrona Psoriasis Registry to present studies at AAD Virtual Meeting Experience

Study recommends "microbial Noah's ark" to protect long-term health of humanity

Survey investigates sleep patterns during Covid-19 lockdown

QUT leads study to improve quality of life for children with congenital heart disease

Health workers resort to Etsy, learning Chinese, shady deals to find safety gear

COVID-19 outbreak likely to worsen in Brazil, says GlobalData

Public health officials face wave of threats, pressure amid coronavirus response

Semcon responsible for development of revolutionary cancer treatment

Online intervention benefits children with severe behavioral problems

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to unlock new ways of improving patient care

China’s centralized and efficient command system helped win war against COVID-19

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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