Archive: 18/05/2016

Life-extending benefits of liver cancer drug Sorafenib not realistic for many patients

For advanced liver cancer, there's a single approved drug shown to offer patients a chance at longer life. But a new study from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that this drug ...

May 18, 2016

How depression and antidepressant drugs work

New research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease and brings together two hypotheses for the cause of depression. The research, led by Bernhard Lüscher, professor ...

May 18, 2016

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How to win friends and influence people? Be kind

Rarely in U.S. history has a presidential campaign given ambition a worse rap. But in his timely new book, The Power Paradox, UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner posits that our influence is based not on veiled or naked ...

May 18, 2016

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Study explains link between heavy alcohol use and suicides during economic downturns

While economic downturns have been linked previously to increased suicide risk in the United States, new research from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs sheds light on the role alcohol use may play in the complex relationship ...

May 18, 2016

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New research shows that financially incentivising GPs does not extend life for patients

By comparing UK mortality data with that of other high-income countries, researchers from The University of Manchester's Health eResearch Centre have shown that a £10 billion incentive programme has no direct impact on reducing ...

May 18, 2016

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Granddaughter of Parkinson's patient invents 'smart' walking stick to help thousands of sufferers

A student entrepreneur whose grandfather was debilitated by Parkinson's disease has created a mobility aid to improve the lives of other patients with the condition.

May 18, 2016

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Sexual transmission involved in tail-end of Ebola epidemic

Some of the final cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone were transmitted via unconventional routes, such as semen and breastmilk, according to the largest analysis to date of the tail-end of the epidemic.

May 18, 2016

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Hard water linked to risk of eczema in infants

High levels of water hardness in the home may be linked to the development of eczema early in life, according to a new study led by King's College London.

May 18, 2016

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Feds hire contractor to run ERs at hospitals on reservations

The emergency room at the only hospital on a Native American reservation in South Dakota could reopen after federal health officials on Tuesday hired a contractor to provide emergency services at that and two other government-run ...

May 18, 2016

Colombia battles world's biggest drugmaker over cancer drug

Colombia's government is giving pharmaceutical giant Novartis a few weeks to lower prices on a popular cancer drug or see its monopoly on production of the medicine broken and competition thrown open to generic rivals.

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