Oncology & Cancer

Improving mental health of young people with cancer

More research is urgently needed to improve the mental health of young people during and after cancer treatment and improve their access to clinical trials, concludes a new study published in the journal BMJ Open.

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Waiting room tool aids patient-physician communication

(HealthDay)—Patients who use a simple waiting room tool are more prepared and more likely to begin heir primary care visit by communicating their top priorities, according to a study published in the March/April issue of ...

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New ethical framework released for global health research

The author of a new ethical framework for global health research aims to support researchers and their partners to better engage disadvantaged and marginalised communities when setting research priorities.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

10 infected with polio in China outbreak

At least 10 people in northwestern China have contracted a highly infectious strain of polio, in the first outbreak of the disease in the country for 12 years, a United Nations group said Thursday.

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Study finds breastfeeding priorities most important to parents

A new study describes the findings of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) and Reaching our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE)'s collaborative, multi-methods approach to identify breastfeeding priorities most important to parents.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

UK hits target: Gives at least 1 vaccine shot to 15 million

The U.K. announced Sunday that it had reached its goal of giving at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to the most vulnerable people in the country, increasing pressure on ministers to clarify when they will ease a lockdown ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Hopes grow for lockdown easing as UK nears vaccine target

Britain closed in Friday on a mid-February target to offer coronavirus vaccinations to 15 million of its most vulnerable people, raising hopes that a grinding lockdown could be eased.

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