Medications
Steroid could reduce heavy menstrual bleeding
Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding could have their blood loss reduced by treatment with a common anti-inflammatory steroid, research suggests.
Aug 4, 2021
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University of Edinburgh
Neuroscience
Running to music combats mental fatigue
Listening to music while running might be the key to improving people's performance when they feel mentally fatigued, a new study suggests.
Jun 22, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccine linked to low platelet count, nationwide study suggests
A condition that affects the blood, known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), may be associated the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in rare cases, research suggests.
Jun 9, 2021
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Medications
Drug acts as Trojan horse to kill cancer cells
A light-activated drug that can enter and kill cancer and bacterial cells without harming nearby healthy cells has been tested successfully in zebrafish and cells.
Jun 1, 2021
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146
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Early warning system to avert COVID-19 lockdowns
Scientists are developing a coronavirus early warning system that could prevent future lockdowns by combining data on vaccine uptake with wastewater testing.
May 12, 2021
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3
Medical research
Mini 3D brain models could speed up search for MS treatments
Tiny 3D models that mimic vital aspects of the human nervous system have been developed in a step that could accelerate drug research for neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
May 3, 2021
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62
Psychology & Psychiatry
Care home study highlights COVID's mental toll
Being unable to see and touch loved ones during the pandemic has triggered a range of negative emotions among study participants, researchers say.
Apr 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sunlight linked with lower COVID-19 deaths, study shows
Sunnier areas are associated with fewer deaths from Covid-19, an observational study suggests.
Apr 9, 2021
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172
Health
High blood pressure puts one in three Nigerians at risk
Nearly a third of Nigerians experience high blood pressure, a figure which has grown by 540 percent since 1995, a study suggests.
Apr 2, 2021
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5
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mysteries of malaria infections deepen after human trial study
Scientists have discovered that tracking malaria as it develops in humans is a powerful way to detect how the malaria parasite causes a range of infection outcomes in its host.
Mar 30, 2021
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