Archive: 27/01/2021

New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today launched the first pan-Asia Pacific clinical practice standards for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, targeting a broad range of high-risk ...

Jan 27, 2021

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Researchers identify genetic dependencies in tumors that have undergone whole genome doubling

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified proteins that are essential for the viability of whole genome doubled tumor cells, yet non-essential to normal cells that comprise the majority ...

Jan 27, 2021

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Aspirin use tied to longer bladder, breast cancer survival

(HealthDay)—Aspirin use may improve survival for bladder and breast cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 15 in JAMA Network Open.

Jan 27, 2021

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Nearly half of Americans want COVID-19 vaccine ASAP, numbers rising since December

(HealthDay)—Nearly half of all Americans want to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they can, a new poll suggests.

Jan 27, 2021

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Swiss to spend $1bn on asymptomatic Covid-19 testing

Switzerland said Wednesday it was prepared to spend more than a billion dollars on testing for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, saying they were probably responsible for most new infections.

Jan 27, 2021

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States lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new variant

States are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and cautiously, in part because of the more contagious ...

Jan 27, 2021

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Cancer emergency rations could provide the basis for new treatment

Insight into cancer cells' own first aid could help the development of a new type of treatment. Johanna Olweus and her team at the UiO (University of Oslo) and the OUS (Oslo University Hospital) are important contributors ...

Jan 27, 2021

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Genetic changes in tumours could help predict if patients will respond to immunotherapy

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the UCL Cancer Institute, and the Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence have identified genetic changes in tumors which could be used to predict if immunotherapy drugs ...

Jan 27, 2021

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S.Africa revokes ivermectin ban, allows 'controlled' human use

South Africa's health products regulator on Wednesday approved the "controlled" use of anti-parasitic agent ivermectin on humans, reversing a decision to ban the drug last month over unproven claims that it can treat COVID-19.

Jan 27, 2021

WHO says new COVID-19 variants now in dozens of countries

New COVID-19 variants that make the virus more contagious and could render vaccine and antibody protection less effective have spread rapidly across dozens of countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

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