Cardiology
How can heart health care be greener?
A new review has shown how medical professionals in cardiology can help reduce health care's carbon footprint, by making small, low-cost changes in how they work.
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Addiction
'Eat, sleep, console' reduces hospital stay and need for medication among opioid-exposed infants
Researchers have found the "Eat, Sleep, Console" (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and manage opioid-exposed newborns, according to a national, ...
Apr 30, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers identify possible risk factors for aneurysm growth in adults living with HIV
With advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), outcomes for adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (ALWH) have largely improved, drastically decreasing the risk of death from opportunistic infections. However, as ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Medical research
Study finds significant variation in anatomy of human guts
New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has implications for understanding the role that ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Other
South African doctors are bound by many rules: Criminal charges for mistakes may have unintended consequences
Claims for financial compensation for medical mistakes in South Africa have been on the rise since 2007. Recently, however, criminal charges for medical errors have also become more prevalent. One such case is that of Dr. ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Immunology
Pre-clinical study: Novel therapy could provide important flu treatment option
The discovery of a new class of host-targeted therapy could give the medical profession a much-needed new flu treatment option for serious infections.
Apr 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
The power of machine learning in prostate cancer imaging
Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Desai Sethi Urology Institute are pioneering research to harness machine learning for the diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer, using magnetic resonance imaging ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Medications
Researchers develop a promising drug, demonstrate effective treatment for a rare hereditary muscle disease
Statins are the most commonly used medication in lowering blood cholesterol, prescribed to tens of millions in the Western world. Statins act through inhibition of the enzyme HMG CoA reductase. Nearly 20% of statin users ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Smart sock alerts older people to risk of falling
Older people will be alerted to the increased risk of falls thanks to a new smart sock created by electronic textiles (e-textiles) experts at Nottingham Trent University.
Mar 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop method to identify, sort and observe function in neural stem cells
Researchers at Stanford University in California have devised a fluorescence-activated cell-sorting method for isolating distinct neural stem and progenitor cell types from human brain tissue. The markers used in the study ...
