Archive: 21/07/2021

Government has failed to deliver on smoke free pledge for England

Two years on from its pledge to make England smoke free by 2030, the UK government has failed to deliver on the policies it promised to deliver this ambition, say a group of leading doctors, professional bodies and charities ...

Jul 21, 2021

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Remote 24-hour monitoring shows sizable, positive effect on cancer patients

Remote 24-hour monitoring for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy helps to better manage side effects and improve quality of life, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

Jul 21, 2021

Study explores race inequity in opioid prescribing among US health systems

A new Dartmouth-led study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on the role U.S. health systems play concerning racial inequality in prescription pain medicine receipt.

Jul 21, 2021

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What does a virtual roller coaster ride tell us about migraine?

When experiencing the ups and downs of a virtual roller coaster ride, people who get migraine headaches reported more dizziness and motion sickness than people who do not get migraines, according to a new study published ...

Jul 21, 2021

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Researchers find immune component to rare neurodegenerative disease

UT Southwestern researchers have identified an immune protein tied to the rare neurodegenerative condition known as Niemann-Pick disease type C. The finding, made in mouse models and published online in Nature, could offer ...

Jul 21, 2021

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Policy changes to kidney allocation may unintentionally reduce access to transplant for South Carolina

The average American spends 5 days each year in line by some estimates. Many of these lines are for things like a cup of coffee, movie theater tickets or a ride on the newest roller coaster, but for some the wait is for something ...

Jul 21, 2021

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Predicting oral and general health associations using machine learning algorithms

Muthuthanthrige Cooray, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, presented the oral session "Oral and General Health Associations Using Machine Learning Prediction Algorithms" at the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of ...

Jul 21, 2021

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One in 20 cases of dementia occurs in people under 65

Dementia is largely a disease of old age, but a new study finds that up to 5% of all cases are among people in the prime of their lives.

Jul 21, 2021

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US virus cases nearly triple in 2 weeks amid misinformation

COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray.

Jul 21, 2021

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Four drug firms agree to pay $26 bn in proposed US opioid settlement

Prosecutors from several US states on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping proposed settlement under which four pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the country's opioid epidemic would pay up to $26 billion to resolve thousands ...

Jul 21, 2021

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