Health
Power of older people could save villages
Older people could hold the key to revitalising rural communities, researchers say.
Feb 10, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New robot will provide surgical assistance in uterine operations
A team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), belonging to the Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics (AI2), has developed a gynecological surgical assistance robot for uterine operations.
Feb 6, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Elders in Rwanda need leaders' support to face old age, study finds
Rwanda's Government should investigate how leaders can honor and support older people who – despite making a valuable contribution to society across their lifetimes – face intense poverty in old age due to lack of water, ...
Feb 4, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Equatorial Guinea quarantines four from China over virus fears
Equatorial Guinea has quarantined four travellers who arrived from Beijing, the government said on Wednesday, in one of the first such measures by an African country since the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
Jan 29, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Researchers create app to help stressed-out caregivers
A group of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have developed an app-based pilot project to help relieve stress and offer support to caregivers of people with Alzheimer's or dementia.
Jan 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Twitter leading to new way of tracking and predicting virus outbreaks
Researchers at Arizona State University are developing a flu-tracking system using Twitter. The scientists published their results in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Jan 29, 2020
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Medical research
Artificial nerve cells could cure chronic diseases
With its promise to bring new insights into the diagnosis and treatment of conditions as varied as cancer, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, bioelectronic medicine is now in the spotlight. Bringing together various ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sri Lanka confirms first case of new virus, a Chinese tourist
Sri Lankan health authorities said Monday that the country has its first confirmed case of of a person infected with the new virus from China.
Jan 27, 2020
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Genetics
Unrecognized genetic variation in research mouse models can affect immune cells
Congenic mouse strains—used for decades in immunology research and assumed to be genetically identical outside of a marker locus—have been found to contain previously unrecognized genetic variation, University of Alabama ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Neuroscience
Brainwave activity that reveals knowledge of crime
An innovative research project that detects brain activity revealing individuals' knowledge of criminal behavior is delivering positive results for a University of Canterbury (UC) led research team.
Jan 16, 2020
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