Archive: 16/06/2020

Cheap drug is first shown to improve COVID-19 survival

Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients.

Jun 16, 2020

1

1048

Australia's decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit

The decision, handed down on June 9 by the World Trade Organisation's appeals body, that Australia's plain packaging tobacco control policy doesn't flout WTO laws marks the end of almost a decade of legal wrangling over this ...

Jun 16, 2020

0

0

New discovery paves way for next generation malaria vaccine

In an unprecedented first, scientists at Seattle Children's Research Institute have developed a genetically attenuated parasite (GAP) that arrests late in the liver stage of human malaria. Their findings published in JCI ...

Jun 16, 2020

0

113

Two new, powerful small molecules may be able to kill cancers that other therapies can't

City of Hope scientists have identified and developed two potent small molecules that appear to suppress tumor growth in multiple cancers even when other treatments cease to work, possibly due to the development of drug resistance.

Jun 16, 2020

0

21

Identifying Europe's most COVID-vulnerable countries

As people in Europe emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, a study has identified which countries have populations most at risk from the virus. The work was produced by researchers from the COST burden-eu Action, which is strengthening ...

Jun 16, 2020

0

0

Including patients in hospital discharge communication would improve outcomes of care

Sending discharge letters to patients as well as their GPs when they leave hospital could make a substantial difference to patient outcomes, according to a new study by University of Warwick researchers.

Jun 16, 2020

Too much alcohol can cause similar effects to dementia – and the two are often confused

In the UK, 21% of people are drinking more alcohol than they did before the pandemic, according to a recent survey. This follows a reported 31% increase in alcohol sales at the start of lockdown.

Jun 16, 2020

0

2

Booze ads designed to keep you laughing all the way to the bottle shop

'Get them laughing to get them drinking' seems to be the motto of the alcohol industry according to an analysis of alcohol ads displayed across a range of media types in Australia.

Jun 16, 2020

0

2

Cholesterol-busting gut bacteria may affect people's cardiac health

Of the thousands of species of bacteria that live in the digestive tract, scientists know how only a handful of them directly influence human health. Now, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Harvard ...

Jun 16, 2020

0

193

Caution urged for reopening schools to prevent spread of COVID-19 crisis

With fast-approaching preparations required for a new school year with no consensus plan yet in place, a team of clinicians, scientists and educators—including a University of California, Irvine pediatrician—stress the ...

Jun 16, 2020

0

4

page 8 from 14

«
»