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Salford researchers to support adoption of CAD technologies in footwear manufacturing

A University of Salford team headed by Dr Anita Williams, Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, is moving into its second year of delivering sector-leading education content for industries in the UK and European Union, as part of an EU Leonardo da-Vinci funded project - INGA3D.

28 Nov 2014

New research examines effect on Tourette's sufferers when exposed to their own image

Tourette's syndrome is characterised by tics caused in many by premonitory urges; sensations which give patients compulsion to act to relieve discomfort. Habit reversal therapy conditions patients into heightened awareness of premonitory urges and forced counteraction of the tic.

28 Nov 2014

New eye test objectively measures level of fatigue that doctors may feel after long shifts

An international team of scientists which includes researchers from the U. of Granada has demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to establish in an objective way the level of fatigue in physicians after long shifts through their eye movement.

28 Nov 2014

Study finds striking gap in cancer survival between countries and regions

The CONCORD-2 study, published in The Lancet, reports 5-year survival estimates for 25·7 million cancer patients diagnosed with one of 10 common cancers and 75 000 children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia between 1995 and 2009, using individual patient data from 279 cancer registries in 67 countries.

28 Nov 2014

Assessing patient's decision-making capacity

Physicians often find it hard to tell if a patient suffering from dementia or depression is capable of making sound judgements. This is shown by a study conducted within the scope of the National Research Programme "End of Life" (NRP 67). The Central Ethics Committee of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences now aims to elaborate new assessment principles.

28 Nov 2014

Study: Five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer higher than national levels

The five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer was higher than national levels in a small study at a single academic center performing a high rate of surgical therapy, including a total laryngectomy (removal of the voice box), to treat the disease, despite a national trend toward organ preservation, according to a report published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

28 Nov 2014

China's healthcare IT market estimated to reach $3.97 billion in 2020

Healthcare in China varies markedly across regions in terms of quality of care, distribution of resources, and depth of insurance coverage.

28 Nov 2014

Psychopathology persists in ultra-high-risk psychosis patients

Patients at ultra-high-risk for psychosis frequently have nonpsychotic disorders and often continue to experience attenuated psychotic symptoms, even if they do not transition to clinical psychosis, a study shows.

27 Nov 2014

Perfectionism drives depression in bipolar/anxiety comorbidity

People with comorbid bipolar spectrum disorders and anxiety tend to display higher levels of depressive symptoms than their counterparts with BSD alone, say researchers.

27 Nov 2014

Early intervention benefits may not stay the course in psychosis

Most of the benefits of a specialised early intervention for psychosis have disappeared by 8 years after its completion, shows follow-up of the OPUS trial.

27 Nov 2014

Lithium therapy duration not linked to thyroid effects

The risk of altered thyroid function does not increase with duration of lithium treatment in patients with bipolar disorder, research suggests.

27 Nov 2014

Persistent eosinophilia common in COPD

More than one-third of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have persistent eosinophilia, researchers report in the European Respiratory Journal.

27 Nov 2014

Better evidence needed for relationship between exercise and COPD

Researchers call for high-quality studies investigating the relationship between physical activity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after their systematic review found the level of evidence to be poor.

27 Nov 2014

Functional connectivity loss may underlie Parkinson’s cognitive decline

Patients with Parkinson’s disease have deceases in functional connectivity over time and these correlate closely with cognitive decline, research shows.

27 Nov 2014

Researchers identify key molecule that drives excess protein production in Fragile X patients' brain

People affected by a common inherited form of autism could be helped by a drug that is being tested as a treatment for cancer.

27 Nov 2014

New guideline now available to help prevent, treat delirium in older patients

A new guideline is available to help health care providers prevent and treat one of the most common postoperative complications in older patients, delirium, which is an episode of sudden confusion.

27 Nov 2014

Group mindfulness treatment as effective as individual CBT in patients with depression, anxiety

Group mindfulness treatment is as effective as individual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in patients with depression and anxiety, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden and Region Skåne.

27 Nov 2014

Improving dietary fiber content in bread

There are two main types of bread, wholemeal, or brown, and white. But most people in Europe prefer white bread. That is a problem because white bread contains very little fibres. And the lack of dietary fibres in the European diet causes serious diseases like diabetes, obesity and even cancer.

27 Nov 2014

Researchers identify mechanism linked to brain damage

Researchers have discovered a mechanism linked to the brain damage often suffered by stroke victims--and are now searching for drugs to block it.

27 Nov 2014

FEI releases software development framework for interactive remote 2D and 3D visualization

FEI announced the release of RemoteViz for Open Inventor, a software development framework for interactive remote 2D and 3D visualization.

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Salford researchers to support adoption of CAD technologies in footwear manufacturing

New research examines effect on Tourette's sufferers when exposed to their own image

New eye test objectively measures level of fatigue that doctors may feel after long shifts

Study finds striking gap in cancer survival between countries and regions

Assessing patient's decision-making capacity

Study: Five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer higher than national levels

China's healthcare IT market estimated to reach $3.97 billion in 2020

Psychopathology persists in ultra-high-risk psychosis patients

Perfectionism drives depression in bipolar/anxiety comorbidity

Early intervention benefits may not stay the course in psychosis

Lithium therapy duration not linked to thyroid effects

Persistent eosinophilia common in COPD

Better evidence needed for relationship between exercise and COPD

Functional connectivity loss may underlie Parkinson’s cognitive decline

Researchers identify key molecule that drives excess protein production in Fragile X patients' brain

New guideline now available to help prevent, treat delirium in older patients

Group mindfulness treatment as effective as individual CBT in patients with depression, anxiety

Improving dietary fiber content in bread

Researchers identify mechanism linked to brain damage

FEI releases software development framework for interactive remote 2D and 3D visualization

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AI-powered analytics and experimental validation

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