Archive: 07/12/2022

Study finds significant improvements in NHS care for orthopedic patients over last decade

There have been significant improvements in care for patients undergoing hip and knee surgery through the NHS over the past 10 years, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Dec 7, 2022

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How caregivers of people with dementia can navigate the holidays

Although the holiday season brings joy to many, it may mean added stress for families supporting a loved one with memory loss.

Dec 7, 2022

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Machine learning predicts risk of opioid use disorder for individual patients

Clinicians and policy makers might get assistance from artificial intelligence in predicting opioid use disorder, thanks to a team of Alberta researchers.

Dec 7, 2022

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Flipping the switch: Scientists shed new light on genetic changes that turn 'on' cancer genes

Cancer, caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells, is the second-leading cause of death in the world. Researchers from the Salk Institute have zeroed in on specific mechanisms that activate oncogenes, which are altered genes ...

Dec 7, 2022

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Team hopes to integrate social determinants of health, eradicate inequities in AF diagnosis, management and outcomes

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the influence of circumstances and systems in which individuals are born, live, work, age and access health care. The deleterious consequences of SDOH on atrial fibrillation (AF) have ...

Dec 7, 2022

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Evidence of autoimmunity's origins uncovered via new approach

Autoimmune diseases are thought to be the result of mistaken identity. Immune cells on patrol, armed and ready to defend the body against invading pathogens, mistake normal human cells for infected cells and turn their weapons ...

Dec 7, 2022

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Liver cancer study encourages caution with certain gene therapies

Research led by Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D., has found that misfolded proteins in liver cells contribute to the development of liver cancer, shedding new light on the mysterious origins of one of the world's deadliest diseases. ...

Dec 7, 2022

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Refining how doctors assess hypertension risk

The team from Hudson Institute of Medical Research established that in around one in seven Australians with hypertension the cause was primary aldosteronism (PA), a condition which usually goes undiagnosed and untreated.

Dec 7, 2022

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Engineers' new capsule aims to deliver drugs—and hope—to GI patients

A 3D printed drug-delivery system using a sensor, heating element and wave spring sounds like a machine wheeled into the doctor's office, not something popped in your mouth.

Dec 7, 2022

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Drugmaker shares rally on US cancer ruling over Zantac

Shares in British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline and French peer Sanofi jumped Wednesday after a US court dismissed claims that heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer.

Dec 7, 2022

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