Archive: 17/12/2020

Europe first region to pass 500,000 virus deaths

Europe became the first region in the world on Thursday to pass the milestone of 500,000 coronavirus deaths, according to an AFP tally based on official sources shortly before 1500 GMT.

Dec 17, 2020

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Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts

From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020.

Dec 17, 2020

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Spain's parliament votes to legalize euthanasia

Spain's parliament voted Thursday to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions.

Dec 17, 2020

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Study highlights need for more effective staffing in care homes

Even the best-managed long-term care homes will need to step up to get through the second wave of the pandemic, suggests a new study by researchers at the UBC school of nursing.

Dec 17, 2020

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Coronavirus vaccines: How will we know when life can go back to normal?

The first people have begun to receive vaccines in the UK and US as part of mass vaccination campaigns to immunize people against COVID-19. Excitement is building—finally, the end of the coronavirus crisis is in sight.

Dec 17, 2020

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Cataract surgery in infancy increases glaucoma risk

Children who undergo cataract surgery as infants have a 22% risk of glaucoma 10 years later, whether or not they receive an intraocular lens implant. The findings come from the National Eye Institute (NEI)-funded Infant Aphakic ...

Dec 17, 2020

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Researchers determine how often cancer patients develop osteonecrosis of the jaw

A landmark study by researchers from the SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has found that 2.8 percent ...

Dec 17, 2020

A new means of neuronal communication discovered in the human brain

In a new study published in Nature Communications, research groups of Professor J. Matias Palva and Research Director Satu Palva at the Neuroscience Centre of the University of Helsinki and Aalto University, in collaboration ...

Dec 17, 2020

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Study reports drop in lung cancer screening, rise in malignancy during COVID-19 surge

The current surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases poses challenges for providers and institutions in delivering care to infected patients while also placing demands on them to keep up with timely and sometimes ...

Dec 17, 2020

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Neuroregenerative gene therapy

Spinal cord injury (SCI) often causes disability and seriously compromises quality of life. While decades of research have made significant progress in axonal regeneration after SCI, most of the interventions have not been ...

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