Archive: 27/11/2018

Medical referrals: Closing the communication loop to improve care and avoid delays

Individuals are frequently referred by their primary care physician to medical specialists—oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, cardiologists, or dozens of others—but for a significant number of these patients, the referral ...

Nov 27, 2018

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Phase 3 trial shows lanadelumab to be effective in reducing hereditary angioedema attacks

A phase 3 clinical trial led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physician, finds that injections of the monoclonal antibody drug lanadelumab reduced attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE)—a rare, potentially life-threatening ...

Nov 27, 2018

Challenges for sex workers in holding the line in condom use in Western Australia

Consistent condom use among Western Australian sex workers has declined over the past decade. However, compared to the Australian general population, there are still high testing rates, higher rates of condom use and comparable ...

Nov 27, 2018

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Biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons

As we age, neurons in our brains can become damaged by free radicals. MIT biologists have now discovered that this type of damage, known as oxidative stress, produces an unusual pileup of short snippets of RNA in some neurons.

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Engineering bacteria to treat genetic diseases

A pill containing millions of bacteria ready to colonize your gut might be a nightmare to many. But it may become an effective new tool for fighting disease.

Nov 27, 2018

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Personalised heart models could improve cardiac care

Groundbreaking computer models that simulate the workings of individual patients' hearts could boost treatment of a common cardiac condition that affects a million people in the UK and countless more worldwide.

Nov 27, 2018

10% of bowel cancer patients can wait more than a year to start treatment

It can take up to a year for some bowel cancer patients in the UK to start treatment, according to international research co-ordinated by Cancer Research UK and published in the BMJ Open today.

Nov 27, 2018

Lack of sleep intensifies anger, impairs adaptation to frustrating circumstances

Losing just a couple hours of sleep at night makes you angrier, especially in frustrating situations, according to new Iowa State University research. While the results may seem intuitive, the study is one of the first to ...

Nov 27, 2018

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AI system may accelerate search for cancer discoveries

Searching through the mountains of published cancer research could be made easier for scientists, thanks to a new AI system.

Nov 27, 2018

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Certain dietary or nutritional supplements could improve sperm quality

Infertility affects 15 percent of the world population and is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global health problem. In recent years, studies of sperm quality in different populations from developing countries ...

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Archive: 27/11/2018

Medical referrals: Closing the communication loop to improve care and avoid delays

Phase 3 trial shows lanadelumab to be effective in reducing hereditary angioedema attacks

Challenges for sex workers in holding the line in condom use in Western Australia

Biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons

Engineering bacteria to treat genetic diseases

Personalised heart models could improve cardiac care

10% of bowel cancer patients can wait more than a year to start treatment

Lack of sleep intensifies anger, impairs adaptation to frustrating circumstances

AI system may accelerate search for cancer discoveries

Certain dietary or nutritional supplements could improve sperm quality

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