Oncology & Cancer
Dogs sniff out chemicals linked to prostate cancer
Researchers in Italy have published a study suggesting that trained dogs can detect chemicals linked to prostate cancer from urine samples.
Apr 17, 2015
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Empowering patients and improving treatment of Parkinson's disease
A personal health system helps Parkinson's patients manage their symptoms while providing doctors with a rich source of information from continuous monitoring.
Apr 13, 2015
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Diagnosing infectious diseases at the point-of-care
A major problem with current testing for infectious diseases in Africa is that it focuses on individual diseases and cannot reliably discriminate between them. Since most infectious diseases have the same feverish symptoms, ...
Mar 27, 2015
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Health
The correlation between a strong primary care structure and person-focused care
Being the best at something doesn't necessarily mean there is no more room for improvement. Take Europe's healthcare systems: with most national schemes being ranked among the World Health Report's top 30, you would think ...
Mar 13, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Improving cancer treatment through better imaging technologies
Since January 2014, the HELICOID project has been developing hyperspectral imaging technologies capable of differentiating between healthy and diseased tissues. The February 2015 meeting in Brussels enabled project partners ...
Mar 6, 2015
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Tackling Parkinson's with targeted therapeutic vaccines
Clinical trials are about to begin on a new Parkinson's disease vaccine that could offer patients significant improvements over current treatments. The vaccine, developed through the FP7-funded SYMPATH project, may actually ...
Dec 24, 2014
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Improving dementia care with patient-focused apps
EU-funded researchers have developed new apps that enable healthcare workers to provide more personalised care to dementia sufferers.
Dec 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola forecasting uses model developed by EU project
Forecasters predicting the spread of Ebola are using one of the most sophisticated modeling systems in the world – the result of an EU research project.
Dec 2, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Improved risk communication during infectious disease crises
As cases of the Ebola disease emerge in Europe, the crisis is gaining increasing levels of media coverage. Certain types of coverage can foster fear and stigmatisation which leads to harmful consequences for the individuals, ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Genetics
Advances in muscular dystrophy treatments from targeting endogenous stem cells
In the past few months significant insights into the molecular controls of damaged tissue and how to manipulate them for better regeneration has been revealed for treating rare muscular disorders, which also extends to the ...
Oct 22, 2014
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