Archive: 08/03/2022

How the pandemic has affected long-term mental health patients

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected people with long-term mental health issues by damaging or taking away their support structures, new research from the University of Huddersfield has found.

Mar 8, 2022

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Using AI in electrocardiogram analysis can improve diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of sudden death in adolescents and initial detection is often difficult. A new UC San Francisco study finds that Artificial Intelligence-enhanced (AI)-Electrocardiograms ...

Mar 8, 2022

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Private obstetric care increases the chance of caesarean birth, regardless of health needs and wishes

Women in Australia are more likely to have an unplanned cesarean birth if they give birth in a private hospital rather than a public hospital—independent of their health status during pregnancy or their birth plans. Our ...

Mar 8, 2022

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As virus cases go from 1 to 24,000, New Zealand changes tack

Back in August, New Zealand's government put the entire nation on lockdown after a single community case of the coronavirus was detected.

Mar 8, 2022

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Baby gets heart transplant with a twist to fight rejection

Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant—one that came with a bonus technique to try to help prevent rejection of the new organ.

Mar 8, 2022

A new approach for bolstering the ability of T cells to fight cancer

A collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) has discovered a new immune checkpoint that may be exploited for cancer therapy.

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New risk algorithm would improve screening for prostate cancer

Calculating a person's risk of developing prostate cancer using results from two blood markers would improve the accuracy of screening for the disease, reports a new study led by a UCL researcher.

Mar 8, 2022

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Tick saliva drug could ease chronic pain and itching in people

A protein found in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases itching and chronic pain in people.

Mar 8, 2022

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Disadvantaged older adults face greater risk of function, cognition decline after ICU admission

A retrospective analysis found that socioeconomically disadvantaged older adults face a greater risk of decline in function and cognition after an intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization than socioeconomically advantaged ...

Mar 8, 2022

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