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27/08/2021

Archive: 27/08/2021

Virtual reality helps unmask impact of moral distress on health-care workers during the pandemic

Imagine this: You are a health-care practitioner caring for two patients with severe COVID-19. Both need ventilators. One has a vent but their health is failing rapidly; the other has a chance to survive but there are no ...

Aug 27, 2021

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AI algorithm matches cardiologists' expertise, while explaining its decisions

Clinicians rely daily on electrocardiograms (ECG) to detect common cardiovascular conditions, but accurate diagnoses require high levels of expertise. In a new study that reviewed nearly 1 million ECGs from 365,000 adults, ...

Aug 27, 2021

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Possible viable treatment for human brain cancer

A team of researchers at Texas A&M University, Northwestern University, and ImmunoGenesis has discovered a treatment for glioblastoma that has promising implications for the human version of the aggressive cancer form that ...

Aug 27, 2021

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COVID-19 reinfections higher among nursing home residents

COVID-19 took its largest toll on residents of U.S. nursing homes. Prior to the vaccine roll-out, many states reported that over a third of all cases and deaths occurred amongst this vulnerable population.

Aug 27, 2021

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Improving contact-tracing apps in the COVID-19 era

An international collaboration with EPFL has developed a method to improve the performance of COVID-19 contact-tracing apps by taking into account a user's recent contacts, risk levels and shared information about tests and ...

Aug 27, 2021

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New discovery on the progression of dementia in Parkinson's

An international study featuring Murdoch researchers has discovered a genetic variant with a five times higher risk factor for predicting the progression of dementia.

Aug 27, 2021

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Vaccine boosters are likely to increase protection against variants

How well do vaccines protect against the new variants of the coronavirus? This is a question we—a group of scientists and doctors in Nottingham—set about answering earlier this year, having collected blood samples from ...

Aug 27, 2021

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In South Asian first, Bhutan children to get COVID-19 shots

Bhutan is following up on its success in vaccinating 90 percent of its adult population against COVID-19 by embarking on a plan to immunize children in the 12 to 19 age group.

Aug 27, 2021

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Study: Exposure to air pollution linked with increased mental health service use

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with increased mental health service-use among people recently diagnosed with psychotic and mood disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, a study on data from ...

Aug 27, 2021

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Prenatal maternal infections promote tissue-specific immunity and inflammation in mice offspring

A team of researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found infections in pregnant mice promoted tissue-specific immunity and also inflammation in their offspring. In their paper published in the journal Science, ...

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