Oncology & Cancer
Cancer mutations insight could boost detection and personalize treatments
Cancer develops when changes occur with one or more genes in our cells. A change in a gene is called a fault or a mutation.
Mar 17, 2021
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University of Edinburgh
Psychology & Psychiatry
Making music tunes up wellbeing during lockdown
Spontaneous group music making is associated with a number of wellbeing benefits, even if the performers are not in the same room, a study shows.
Feb 25, 2021
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Neuroscience
Mediterranean diet linked to stronger thinking skills later in life
People who eat a Mediterranean-style diet—particularly one rich in green leafy vegetables and low in meat—are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study shows.
Feb 10, 2021
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Health
Lockdown linked to drop in asthma attacks, GP data suggests
Asthma attack rates seen at GP surgeries fell significantly during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020, a study suggests.
Feb 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hip fracture patients vulnerable to COVID-19
More than half of COVID-19 cases in the study were thought to have been picked up the disease in hospital, findings from the first coronavirus wave suggest.
Feb 5, 2021
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Health
Air pollution poses risk to thinking skills in later life, a study says
A greater exposure to air pollution at the very start of life was associated with a detrimental effect on people's cognitive skills up to 60 years later, the research found.
Feb 2, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Better post-surgery care would dramatically improve cancer survival
Patients in low-and lower-middle-income countries were up to six times more likely to die from complications within 30 days of surgery compared with those in high-income countries, the report said.
Jan 21, 2021
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Health
Smart vaccine scheme quick to curb rabies threat in African cities
More people could be protected from life-threatening rabies thanks to an agile approach to dog vaccination using smart phone technology to spot areas of low vaccination coverage in real time.
Jan 18, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Poverty linked to higher risk of COVID-19 death, study suggests
People in Scotland's poorest areas are more likely to be affected by severe COVID-19—and to die from the disease—than those in more affluent districts, according to a study of critical care units.
Dec 15, 2020
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Genetics
Genes could be key to new COVID-19 treatments, study finds
Potential treatments for COVID-19 have been identified after the discovery of five genes associated with the most severe form of the disease.
Dec 11, 2020
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