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Simple blood test offers early warning of chemotherapy-related cardiac dysfunction

Scientists have identified a collection of biomarkers that together signal that a person's cancer treatment may be harming their heart.

27 Apr 2020

Cannabidiol could be a useful therapy for difficult-to-treat brain cancer

Findings from a new study examining human and canine brain cancer cells suggest that cannabidiol could be a useful therapy for a difficult-to-treat brain cancer. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive chemical compound derived from marijuana.

27 Apr 2020

Intensivists caution against the use of premature novel therapies for COVID-19

Intensivists caution against the use of premature novel therapies in lieu of traditional critical care principles in patients with COVID-19 in a recent correspondence letter in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.

27 Apr 2020

Patients with aggressive form of skin cancer can benefit from new type of immunotherapy

In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind study to evaluate the safety of a type of immunotherapy before surgery in patients with an aggressive form of skin cancer, researchers report that the treatment eliminated pathologic evidence of cancer in nearly half of the study participants undergoing surgery.

27 Apr 2020

National study looks at the impact of Covid-19 on older people, unpaid carers, and people with dementia

A new national study has been launched to look at the impact of social service closures due to coronavirus, on the lives of older people, people with dementia and unpaid carers.

27 Apr 2020

Researchers warn about the ethical problems of virtual and augmented reality

Research on virtual reality started in the eighties, but it is now that good quality is available to the public and it can become a mass consumer product soon.

27 Apr 2020

See Beyond Border – You're invited to join Mindray's ME series online global launch event

Nowadays, COVID-19 has spread around the world, threatening billions of people as healthcare services struggle to cope. World Health Organization has now officially characterized it as a pandemic, calling for immediate and wise reactions.

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Researchers make breakthrough in understanding cause of rare childhood brain disorders

A new breakthrough in understanding the cause of rare childhood brain disorders has been made by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

27 Apr 2020

Study can lead the way to new treatment methods for hepatitis C in infants

Only about five per cent of the babies born to mothers with hepatitis C are themselves infected by the disease.

27 Apr 2020

Telehealth will be free, no copays, they said. But angry patients are getting billed.

Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. COVID-19 cases had just exceeded 5,000 in Texas, where she lives.

27 Apr 2020

Investigational drug may hold benefit for patients with lung and ovarian cancers

In a first-time disclosure of IPN60090, a small-molecule inhibitor of the metabolic enzyme glutaminase (GLS1), researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Therapeutics Discovery division and Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals reported the preclinical discovery and early-stage clinical development of this novel drug. IPN60090, now under investigation in a Phase I trial, may hold benefit for certain patients with lung and ovarian cancers.

27 Apr 2020

Artificial intelligence: A backup and excellent benefit for radiologists

Diagnosing emphysema and classifying its severity have long been more art than science.

27 Apr 2020

New potential treatment candidate identified for early type 2 diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the main vascular complications of type 2 diabetes, and the most common cause of visual deterioration in adults.

27 Apr 2020

Study: Combination of melanoma drugs prevents cancer from growing or spreading

A first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial offers strong and perhaps surprising evidence that a combination of two targeted melanoma drugs when given continuously keeps patients' cancer from growing or spreading longer when compared with intermittent treatment, according to study results to be presented at the 2020 virtual annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

27 Apr 2020

Study highlights the importance of malaria control in pregnant African women during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing national governments around the world to take actions they never dreamed they would take.

27 Apr 2020

A novel approach to reuse medical devices during COVID-19

Shortages of medical supplies such as ventilators, face shields and masks has been a recurring problem during the COVID-19 pandemic and production has struggled to keep up.

27 Apr 2020

Free open source hardware could be used to fight against coronavirus

Free open source hardware and 3D printing could help to alleviate the burden of Covid-19 on global health systems, according to scientists at the University of Sussex.

27 Apr 2020

Despite living in biodiverse areas, poor Amazonians are going hungry

Poorer rural Amazonians are going hungry despite living in one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet - a new study reveals.

27 Apr 2020

Talazoparib did not show overall survival benefit in patients with advanced BRCA-mutated breast cancer

New data from the Phase III EMBRACA trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found the PARP inhibitor talazoparib did not demonstrate a statistically significant overall survival (OS) benefit for patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer and mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes.

27 Apr 2020

Researchers are closer to developing fast, flexible, and powerful bioelectronic devices

Dion Khodagholy, assistant professor of electrical engineering, is focused on developing bioelectronic devices that are not only fast, sensitive, biocompatible, soft, and flexible, but also have long-term stability in physiological environments such as the human body.

27 Apr 2020

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Simple blood test offers early warning of chemotherapy-related cardiac dysfunction

Cannabidiol could be a useful therapy for difficult-to-treat brain cancer

Intensivists caution against the use of premature novel therapies for COVID-19

Patients with aggressive form of skin cancer can benefit from new type of immunotherapy

National study looks at the impact of Covid-19 on older people, unpaid carers, and people with dementia

Researchers warn about the ethical problems of virtual and augmented reality

See Beyond Border – You're invited to join Mindray's ME series online global launch event

Researchers make breakthrough in understanding cause of rare childhood brain disorders

Study can lead the way to new treatment methods for hepatitis C in infants

Telehealth will be free, no copays, they said. But angry patients are getting billed.

Investigational drug may hold benefit for patients with lung and ovarian cancers

Artificial intelligence: A backup and excellent benefit for radiologists

New potential treatment candidate identified for early type 2 diabetic retinopathy

Study: Combination of melanoma drugs prevents cancer from growing or spreading

Study highlights the importance of malaria control in pregnant African women during COVID-19

A novel approach to reuse medical devices during COVID-19

Free open source hardware could be used to fight against coronavirus

Despite living in biodiverse areas, poor Amazonians are going hungry

Talazoparib did not show overall survival benefit in patients with advanced BRCA-mutated breast cancer

Researchers are closer to developing fast, flexible, and powerful bioelectronic devices

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