Health informatics
New software to capture worldwide cancer data
CanStagingâș, a user-friendly tool aimed at facilitating the recording of comparable cancer staging data worldwide, has been launched.
Aug 2, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Highly fit teenagers coped better with COVID-19 later in life
Of the Swedish men in their late teens who performed well in the physical fitness tests for military conscription, a relatively high proportion were able to avoid hospital care when they became infected with COVID-19 during ...
Jul 6, 2021
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Diabetes
Antacids may improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes
Antacids improved blood sugar control in people with diabetes but had no effect on reducing the risk of diabetes in the general population, according to a new meta-analysis published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
Jun 25, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Inherited risk of early-onset cancer higher among BAME families
Increased risk of cancer due to a genetic predisposition in first- and second-degree relatives is long-established but has previously only been studied in white or European populations.
Jun 23, 2021
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Pediatrics
Why do so many kids never get swimming lessons?
Cost and lack of time are among the reasons parents don't enroll their kids in swimming lessons, a new survey finds.
Jun 22, 2021
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Surgery
Extra COVID vaccine may help protect transplant patients
A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection.
Jun 15, 2021
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Pediatrics
Giving a voice to child victims of family abuse and neglect
Children with documented child protection concerns are four times as likely to die before they reach their 16th birthday, according to confronting new research from the University of South Australia.
Jun 10, 2021
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Immunology
Obesity protects against death in severe bacterial infection
For many diseases, overweight and obesity are risk factors. But now a study shows that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections.
May 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus variant B16172: Could it block the UK's path out of lockdown?
A few weeks of relief from isolation, huddling in your big coats outside chatting to a few friends in the evening after work, beginning to feel optimistic about the roadmap out of lockdown, and then another curveball comes ...
May 13, 2021
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Health
Study shows how low-protein intake during pregnancy can cause renal problems in offspring
Besides being underweight, babies born to women whose diet lacked sufficient protein during pregnancy tend to have kidney problems resulting from alterations that occurred while their organs were forming during the embryonic ...
May 5, 2021
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