Medications

Study finds sex bias in emergency department pain management

A new study reveals a significant sex bias in pain management at emergency departments, showing that female patients are consistently less likely to receive pain medication prescriptions compared to male patients with similar ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Very slow malaria pathogens could be suitable as a vaccine

Scientists have successfully tested a new approach for a malaria vaccine in animal experiments. They used genetically modified malaria parasites that developed normally in the mosquito but at a significantly slower rate in ...

Oncology & Cancer

Measuring 'quality of life' is an important trend in cancer care

As novel cancer treatments continually emerge, it is essential to collect data on patients' quality of life along with how the treatment is working to extend survival. This is particularly true in young people with cancer ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Storing memories without destroying previous ones

The brain is constantly storing new experiences that it has to integrate into the jumble of existing memories. Surprisingly, it does not overwrite previous memory traces in the process.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

How obstetric interventions affect the birthing experience

In a recent study by researchers from the universities of Cologne and Düsseldorf as well as University Hospital Bonn, mothers across Germany were asked how they rated their experiences of "own capacity," "professional support," ...

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