Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computational medicine—moving from uncertainty to precision
Individual choices in medicine carry a certain amount of uncertainty.
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Cardiology
Researchers discover energy drinks' harmful effects on heart
A team of researchers, led by a Texas A&M University professor, has found that some energy drinks have adverse effects on the muscle cells of the heart.
Feb 10, 2021
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Neuroscience
Correspondence between representations in visual cortices and neural networks
A research group led by Nobuhiko Wagatsuma, Lecturer at Toho University, Akinori Hidaka, Associate Professor at Tokyo Denki University, and Hiroshi Tamura, Associate Professor at Osaka University, found that the neural network ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
It's too soon for NZ to relax COVID-19 border restrictions for travellers from low-risk countries
Relaxing border restrictions for travelers from low COVID-19 risk countries would increase the risk of community cases in New Zealand by around 25%, says an article published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
Feb 5, 2021
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Vaccination
Building equity into vaccine distribution
As the U.S. speeds up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, the question of equity keeps surfacing. Who gets priority? If the pandemic is hitting certain communities harder, can they be adequately supplied with vaccine doses? ...
Feb 4, 2021
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Immunology
Mathematical method developed to predict cancer and drug-specific immunotherapy efficacy
Houston Methodist researchers have developed a mathematical model to predict how specific cancers will respond to immunotherapy treatments, thus enhancing chances for successful treatments from a wide variety of cancer-immunotherapy ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Pediatrics
Without vaccination against 10 diseases, mortality in children would be 45% higher: study
Vaccinations against 10 major pathogens have a substantial impact on public health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to new modelling research published in The Lancet. The study estimated that from ...
Jan 29, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Engineers share model for ventilating two patients with one ventilator
As COVID-19 continues to put pressure on healthcare providers around the world, engineers at the University of Bath have published a mathematical model that could help clinicians to safely allow two people to share a single ...
Jan 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study provides first real-world evidence of COVID-19 contact tracing app effectiveness
An international research collaboration, involving scientists from the UK, US and Spain, has shed new light on the usefulness of digital contact tracing (DCT) to control the spread of COVID-19.
Jan 26, 2021
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Neuroscience
Domino effects and synchrony in seizure initiation
Epilepsy, a neurological disease that causes recurring seizures with a wide array of effects, impacts approximately 50 million people across the world. This condition has been recognized for a long time—written records ...
Jan 25, 2021
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