Archive: 13/06/2016
Training helps those with mild cognitive impairment
New research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that strategy-based reasoning training can improve the cognitive performance for those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a preclinical ...
Jun 13, 2016
Magnetic cancer detecting system moves towards commercialisation
An improved system for detecting cancers that uses magnetic rather than radioactive tracers has taken a major step towards commercialisation.
Jun 13, 2016
Aspirin may increase survival after colon cancer
It is well known that aspirin has analgesic and fever-reducing properties. However, this drug may also increase the likelihood of surviving colon cancer.
Jun 13, 2016
Many family physicians have inaccurate knowledge about lung cancer screening
Although clinical trials have shown that lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) can detect lung cancers early and reduce lung cancer mortality, less than half of family physicians in a recent survey ...
Jun 13, 2016
Rethink rehabilitation to reverse frailty
One in four patients with COPD referred for exercise rehabilitation are frail, but nevertheless can respond favourably to rehabilitation and their frailty can be reversed, finds a new study led by King's College London and ...
Jun 13, 2016