Archive: 21/09/2016
Approval of test to diagnose adrenal cancer
A new analytical test has been launched in the UK that provides sensitive, specific and efficient predictive analysis of a rare form of cancer from a simple urine sample. The ACC steroid analysis service will be marketed ...
Sep 21, 2016
Care home dementia study finds failure to reduce antipsychotic prescribing
There has been no sustained reduction in the prescription of antipsychotics to UK dementia patients, despite government guidance, according to a report published in the medical journal BMJ Open.
Sep 21, 2016
How white blood cells jump into action in response to foreign microbes
Pro-inflammatory molecules in the blood are essential for fighting off microbial invaders. But too much of these immune-signaling factors, and the body can go into septic shock. A team from the A*STAR Singapore Immunology ...
Sep 21, 2016