Archive: 15/02/2016

Researchers shine spotlight on failing hearts

A vulnerable group of patients may be missing out on best-practice care, according to the first detailed snapshot of heart failure across NSW and ACT, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.

Feb 15, 2016

0

1

A new tool improves the diagnosis of frailty syndrome

The Telecommunications Engineer Millor-Muruzábal has designed a new measuring tool that provides objective, quantifiable data to improve the diagnosis of frailty syndrome, a set of symptoms that render elderly people more ...

Feb 15, 2016

New study highlights effectiveness of a herpesvirus CMV-based vaccine against Ebola

As the latest in a series of studies, researchers at Plymouth University, National Institutes of Health and University of California, Riverside, have shown the ability of a vaccine vector based on a common herpesvirus called ...

Feb 15, 2016

0

44

MIT students turn their brainpower toward suicide prevention

After seven suicides in two years, students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are looking for their own solutions to prevent more deaths.

Feb 15, 2016

0

23

Blood-boosters may give tiny preemies a developmental edge

Two blood-building drugs injected soon after birth may give tiny preemies a lasting long-term edge, boosting brain development and IQ by age 4, a first-of-its-kind study found.

Feb 15, 2016

0

48

Virtual reality therapy could help people with depression

An immersive virtual reality therapy could help people with depression to be less critical and more compassionate towards themselves, reducing depressive symptoms, finds a new study from UCL (University College London) and ...

Feb 15, 2016

1

276

Interferon not beneficial for most stage III melanoma

Final results for the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial, published online this month in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, show that thanks to current diagnostic techniques, most stage III melanoma patients do not benefit from treatment ...

Feb 15, 2016

0

247

Increase employee wellness and motivation by tying 10 percent of managerial salary increases to health initiatives

From helping new employees get settled in a job to setting deadlines and job expectations, it goes without saying that managers have a huge influence on employee behavior. A new Cornell Food and Brand Lab study finds that ...

Feb 15, 2016

0

0

Drug development crisis linked to bad technology choices, experts argue

The search for new medicines is becoming unsustainably expensive despite huge technological advances because researchers are using the wrong methods, experts say.

Feb 15, 2016

page 6 from 6

«
»