Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoids are one of the best-described diseases in medical history.
Dec 28, 2018
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Genetics
Comparing Japanese genome data with distant relatives
A genome bank for the Japanese population can better identify rare genetic variants and disease susceptibilities by adding samples from distant areas of the country.
Oct 15, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A geospatial approach to identifying causes of childhood diarrhea in West Africa
Diarrhea is a leading cause of malnutrition in young children and is globally the second leading cause of death among post-neonatal children under five. A quarter of all global cases occur in Africa, with particularly high ...
Sep 18, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
People living with dementia add voice to care model debate
Coinciding with Dementia Awareness Month, a new Flinders University study has asked Australian aged-care residents to rate the quality of care they receive.
Sep 5, 2018
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Neuroscience
The burden of the 'suicide' headache
They're called suicide headaches because the pain is frequent and unbearable.
Sep 4, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Health officials, worried about outbreak, investigate HIV cluster in North Seattle
A cluster of eight people in North Seattle, described as heterosexuals, drug users, and recently homeless, has been diagnosed with HIV infections since February, and health officials are worried that their cases could represent ...
Sep 3, 2018
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Neuroscience
Understanding how visual information guides behavior
To understand more about how we respond to what we see around us, a team of scientists at NERF has zoomed in on the organization of neurons in the superior colliculus, a midbrain structure that mediates orientation responses ...
Aug 31, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Listeria surveillance: New EU-wide study reveals that most outbreaks remain undetected
More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which are not being picked up fast enough by the current surveillance system, suggests a new article published in Eurosurveillance. ...
Aug 20, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Simple test to predict likely spread of rare cancer
New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to other organs and researchers are developing a simple blood test to tell doctors which patients are at risk of spread long before conventional imaging ...
Jul 6, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
What you eat while pregnant may affect your baby's gut
A mother's diet during pregnancy may have an effect on the composition of her baby's gut microbiome—the community of bacteria living in the gut—and the effect may vary by delivery mode, according to study published in ...
Jul 4, 2018
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