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AstraZeneca partners with World Heart Federation to reduce the global burden of heart failure

AstraZeneca today announced a new partnership with the leading voice in cardiovascular (CV) health, the World Heart Federation, to drive global action to prevent, control and reduce the burden of CV disease and its associated risks and complications.

From AstraZeneca 27 Aug 2020

Scientists say insect repellent kills the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on surfaces

Now, a team of scientists at Britain's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has shared preliminary findings of their research, showing that a product in insect repellent can kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

27 Aug 2020

Sending discharge summaries electronically can help cut costs and save time

Hospitals across England will soon be able to send secure and standardized clinical patient discharge summaries and outpatient attendance information electronically to GP systems following a successful first of type by NHS Digital, TPP and Dorset County Hospital working with Independent Systems Integrators.

27 Aug 2020

Surgeons should be given 'emotional intelligence' training to combat burnout epidemic, expert says

SURGEONS should be given regular ‘emotional intelligence’ training as an ‘explicit’ part of their professional development - to combat epidemic levels of burnout in the profession.

27 Aug 2020

Voters' education accounts for largest divide among respondents, show poll results

Incumbent Edward Markey has opened up a double-digit lead over challenger U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III one week before the Democratic primary in the race for U.S. Senate, according to a new poll of Massachusetts voters released today.

27 Aug 2020

Anticoagulation therapy associated with improved survival among COVID-19 patients

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Mount Sinai researchers were among the first to show that anticoagulation therapy was associated with improved survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients

27 Aug 2020

Targeted therapy achieves durable objective responses Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial

For patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) marked by RET gene fusions, the targeted therapy selpercatinib was well tolerated and achieved durable objective responses, or tumor shrinkage, in the majority of participants in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

27 Aug 2020

Interventions can successfully reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions

Two different interventions both worked to significantly reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions made by physicians in a telemedicine practice, a new study led by Children's National Hospital researchers shows.

27 Aug 2020

New approach to combination drug design could be applied to disease therapies beyond diabetes

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that the efficacy of a two-pronged type 2 diabetes treatment increases when the drugs are linked by a heat-sensitive tether rather than simply concurrently administered.

27 Aug 2020

Coronavirus can spread through drain pipes in bathrooms, study suggests

Now, a new study reveals that the virus may spread via aerosols through drain pipes in bathrooms, after scientists examined an abandoned apartment in Guangzhou, China. The findings add to the body of evidence suggesting the virus is transmissible via aerosols.

27 Aug 2020

Study reveals neural mechanisms that contribute to fatigue in people with depression, MS, stroke

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine using MRI scans and computer modeling say they have further pinpointed areas of the human brain that regulate efforts to deal with fatigue.

27 Aug 2020

Researchers urge healthcare systems to develop ways to support people recovering from COVID-19

Healthcare systems around the world need to develop ways of supporting people in the community who are recovering from COVID-19, say researchers.

27 Aug 2020

New COVID-19 antigen test can be directly read from the testing card

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first antigen test where results can be read directly from the testing card, a similar design to some pregnancy tests.

27 Aug 2020

COVID-19 model reduces up to 70% of infection rate in Italy

Infection has been reduced up to 70% as of May 1st. Thanks to the developed model, scenarios can be drawn regarding future containment measures.

27 Aug 2020

UKRI funding could initiate clinical trial for Cambridge-developed DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

A Cambridge-developed DNA vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 could begin clinical trials in the UK in late autumn or early next year, thanks to a £1.9 million award from the UK government.

27 Aug 2020

Study: Blocking nerve signals to the pancreas could stop patients from developing type 1 diabetes

Your pancreas is a little sweet potato-shaped organ that sits snug behind your stomach. The pancreas is studded with islets, the cell clusters that house insulin-producing beta cells.

27 Aug 2020

University of Illinois to head two of artificial intelligence institutes in the U.S

The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture are announcing an investment of more than $140 million to establish seven artificial intelligence institutes in the U.S. Two of the seven will be led by teams at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

27 Aug 2020

Targeting a key gateway can help treat chronic pain, shows study

Something like a quarter of the world's population suffers from chronic pain at some point. As opposed to acute pain – for example, that feeling after hitting your finger with a hammer – chronic pain may not even have a clear cause, and it can linger for years or lifetimes.

27 Aug 2020

Obesity ups COVID-19 death risk by 48 percent

Now, a new study by researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC), the World Bank, and Saudi Health Council, shows that obesity increases the risk of dying from COVID-19 by as much as 48 percent, hinting that a vaccine against the virus could be less effective in obese people.

26 Aug 2020

Blood test can help predict who is likely to develop psychotic disorders

Scientists have discovered that testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can predict whether a person at risk of psychosis is likely to develop a psychotic disorder years later.

26 Aug 2020

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AstraZeneca partners with World Heart Federation to reduce the global burden of heart failure

Scientists say insect repellent kills the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on surfaces

Sending discharge summaries electronically can help cut costs and save time

Surgeons should be given 'emotional intelligence' training to combat burnout epidemic, expert says

Voters' education accounts for largest divide among respondents, show poll results

Anticoagulation therapy associated with improved survival among COVID-19 patients

Targeted therapy achieves durable objective responses Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial

Interventions can successfully reduce the rate of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions

New approach to combination drug design could be applied to disease therapies beyond diabetes

Coronavirus can spread through drain pipes in bathrooms, study suggests

Study reveals neural mechanisms that contribute to fatigue in people with depression, MS, stroke

Researchers urge healthcare systems to develop ways to support people recovering from COVID-19

New COVID-19 antigen test can be directly read from the testing card

COVID-19 model reduces up to 70% of infection rate in Italy

UKRI funding could initiate clinical trial for Cambridge-developed DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Study: Blocking nerve signals to the pancreas could stop patients from developing type 1 diabetes

University of Illinois to head two of artificial intelligence institutes in the U.S

Targeting a key gateway can help treat chronic pain, shows study

Obesity ups COVID-19 death risk by 48 percent

Blood test can help predict who is likely to develop psychotic disorders

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