Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Advancing care for burn patients
New research finds that glutamine, previously thought to help with burn injuries, does not improve patients' time to discharge from hospital.
Sep 27, 2022
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Queen's University
Queen's University was established in 1841 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Today, Queen's University has over 20,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree students. Queen's University is ranked second in the Medical-Doctoral category in Canada and the university as a whole is ranked 117 world-wide. Queen's is noted for engineering, mechanical engineering and technology.
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Health informatics
Strategies to provide better treatment and care to patients in the ICU
When patients are admitted to an intensive-care unit, health practitioners provide treatment based on the signs and symptoms they observe. This approach does not necessarily include understanding the definite causes behind ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Medications
Tips on dealing with seasonal allergies
Colorful flowers and delicate blossoms on trees are not the only sign that spring has truly arrived. For many, allergies are a sign the seasons have changed. Up to one in four Canadians suffer from allergic rhinitis and its ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Medical research
What a tiny, wiggling worm can teach us about cancer
One would think a transparent, tiny—about one millimeter in length—organism could have difficulty catching anyone's attention. The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), however, has been in the biological research ...
Apr 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
A tool to boost cancer care access
Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, is one of the pillars of curative oncology and plays a key role in providing better outcomes for patients with some of the most common cancers, like prostate or breast cancers. In high-income ...
Mar 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Predicting cancer spread with natural language processing
Gathering data from CT scans can be labor intensive and exhaust health care resources. Queen's researchers Amber Simpson and Farhana Zulkernine along with radiologist Richard Do (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Access to essential cancer medicines is unequal globally
Patients in most countries of the world do not have access to basic cancer medicines, according to new research from Queen's University's Christopher Booth (Oncology) and collaborators at the World Health Organization (WHO). ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Medical research
Do randomized cancer trials truly reflect the global burden of cancer?
Researchers at Queen's University have found that current cancer trial efforts do not match the global burden of deaths from the disease. A new study led by Christopher Booth, Professor in the Department of Oncology and Department ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Is DNA key to whether you get COVID-19?
The strength and health of one's immune system is one key indicator of susceptibility to contracting pathogens, including the novel coronavirus. However, new evidence that may suggest more men get coronavirus than women has ...
Jul 30, 2020
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Neuroscience
Discovery of 'thought worms' opens window to the mind
Queen's University researchers uncover brain-based marker of new thoughts and discover we have more than 6,000 thoughts each day.
Jul 14, 2020
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