Archive: 03/04/2019

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

The Ebola virus outbreak of 2014 in West Africa caused more than 11,000 deaths. At the time, scientists were working on several experimental vaccines and treatments but none were licensed for use in humans.

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Research recommends graduated return to work after prostatectomy

New UBC research cautions men recovering from a radical prostatectomy to take it easy when returning to work.

Apr 3, 2019

Want to understand accented speakers better? Practice, practice, practice

Conversation is at the heart of people's lives. We use language to communicate our hopes and dreams to our closest friends, to ask for help from colleagues at work and to describe our ailments to medical professionals. Typically ...

Apr 3, 2019

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The brain's auto-complete function

When looking at a picture of a sunny day at the beach, we can almost smell the scent of sun screen. Our brain often completes memories and automatically brings back to mind the different elements of the original experience. ...

Apr 3, 2019

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Slight decline in hepatitis C diagnoses in Europe

European surveillance data show a 10 percent decrease in newly reported hepatitis C cases between 2016 and 2017. However, with more than 31,000 recorded cases in 2017, diagnoses remain at a high level in the European Union ...

Apr 3, 2019

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How health care facility characteristics affect HIV viral suppression among NYC patients

Health care facility characteristics such as the type of clinical setting, the travel distance from the patient's home, the support services offered, and physician experience have been shown to influence health outcomes among ...

Apr 3, 2019

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Examination of individual cells leads to new understanding of prenatal immune system

A ground-breaking study of the prenatal immune system conducted by researchers from Leiden University Medical Center and Delft University of Technology has made it to the March cover of Nature Immunology. The result was achieved ...

Apr 3, 2019

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The myth of 'no place like home' when it comes to end of life

She died at home, but it wasn't the romantic scene found in movies, where the family held her hand and she simply closed her eyes. In reality, there was a night when she had diarrhea 12 times. In reality, every time she had ...

Apr 3, 2019

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Mathematician helps surgeon save those injured in explosive blasts

An applied mathematician and a military doctor have developed the first simulator to test treatments for patients with blast lung injury caused by explosions.

Apr 3, 2019

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Micro-computed tomography provides new insights into Paget's disease

A MedUni Vienna study group led by Peter Pietschmann from the Institute of Pathophysiologyand Allergy Research in cooperation with the University of Vienna and the Museum of Natural History Vienna has made a detailed analysis ...

Apr 3, 2019

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