Oncology & Cancer
EU approves treatment for prostate cancer
The European Union has approved a new treatment against an advanced type of prostate cancer by Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant said Tuesday.
Dec 13, 2022
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Vaccination
Japanese dengue vaccine becomes second approved by EU
Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda said the European Union had given the green light to its dengue fever vaccine, making it the second jab preventing the disease to be approved by the bloc.
Dec 9, 2022
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Medical research
Text-analysis study finds incoherent use of ethnoracial categories in biomedical literature on COVID-19
Researchers from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics of Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland) have analyzed the full texts of 119 articles from the Lit COVID database ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Cardiology
European cardiologists call for urgent action to prevent medical device shortages
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which represents more than 100,000 health care professionals, today urges EU health ministers to prevent a shortfall of essential medical devices for cardiovascular patients.
Dec 7, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Heads or tails: What statistical models tell us about the probability of living beyond 110
The world's presumed oldest person, Kane Tanaka of Japan, died in April in her native country at the age of 119. Despite her spectacular longevity, she could not surpass the record set by France's Jeanne Calment 25 years ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Male professional footballers' hamstring injuries and off days has doubled over the past 20 years
The proportion of hamstring injuries and associated days away from match play among male professional European footballers has doubled over the past 20 years, finds research published online in the British Journal of Sports ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Medical economics
Researchers reveal hidden long-term care cost of raising UK pension age
As the UK Government reviews proposals to raise the SPA, a study led by the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health at King's outlines how delaying the state pension age would lead to a reduction in the supply of informal ...
Dec 5, 2022
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Health
Women and men mistakenly given different advice to prevent heart disease
Women are told to improve their lifestyle to prevent heart disease while men are advised to take statins. That's the finding of a study presented December 3 at ESC Asia, a scientific congress organized by the European Society ...
Dec 5, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Good social relations promote active and healthy aging in Europe, finds researcher
In the older European population, men, as well as those with lower socioeconomic status, weak social ties, and poor health, might experience more difficulties getting informal support and are considered to have a higher risk ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Medications
EU bans cough syrup chemical over severe allergies
Cough medicines containing the chemical pholcodine should be banned due to the risk of potentially deadly allergic reactions in people under general anaesthetic, the European Union's drug regulator said Friday.
Dec 2, 2022
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