Health

Studying e-cigarettes risk to reproductive health

"The use of the word 'healthier' in this context, as if it is synonymous with 'less harmful," is misleading if not deceitful," said Honaramooz, a professor and researcher in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine's Department ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

New study sheds light on how we perceive color

When we view natural images the colours we perceive are due to colour information at every local patch of an image, rather than how colours interact when they transition from one point to another, according to a new study ...

Oncology & Cancer

Traceability for cancer therapy

Scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have worked to establish traceability for a molecular radiotherapy treatment for patients suffering from neuroendocrine tumours.

Oncology & Cancer

New method halves wrongful cancer prognoses

The number of incorrect cancer prognoses can be halved with computerised image analysis. In three years time, the method can be used on patients with bowel cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

SPECT/CT combined with fluorescence imaging detects micrometastases

Researchers in The Netherlands have demonstrated that combining SPECT/CT and fluorescence imaging could help surgeons differentiate tumor tissue from normal tissue. The research is detailed in the featured basic science article ...

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