Health
Go on, volunteer—it could be good for you
Volunteering may be good for your health, reveals a large systematic review and meta-analysis led by the University of Exeter Medical School.
Aug 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Asymptomatic infection helps norovirus to spread in Indonesia
Norovirus, also referred to as the "winter vomiting bug", is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans. A Japanese research team has shown that norovirus is significantly present in the stools of healthy volunteers ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Neuroscience
Head injury patients develop brain clumps associated with Alzheimer's disease
Scientists have revealed that protein clumps associated with Alzheimer's disease are also found in the brains of people who have had a head injury.
Feb 3, 2016
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Health
Playgroups are are struggling to survive—here's why we need them
Playgroups can be a lifeline for new parents. Run by volunteers, they give young children a space to explore and interact with others, and parents a chance to have a cup of tea and a chat.
Oct 15, 2023
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Medications
Man dies after taking part in botched French clinical trial
A man died in a French hospital Sunday after taking part in an experimental drug trial for a painkiller, and five other participants remain hospitalized after one of France's most troubling medical incidents.
Jan 17, 2016
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Health
Wearable tracker study links insufficient sleep to biological aging and cardiovascular disease risk
Getting a good night's sleep is important, and insufficient sleep has been linked to poor health in many studies. Analysing data collected from wearable trackers, researchers from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel radiopharmaceutical tracks 'master switch' protein responsible for cancer growth
A protein that is critical in cancer cell metabolism has been imaged for the first time with a newly developed radiopharmaceutical, 18F-DASA-23. Imaging with this novel agent has the potential to improve the assessment of ...
Jun 15, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Having to make quick decisions helps witnesses identify the bad guy in a lineup
(Medical Xpress)—Eyewitness identification evidence is often persuasive in the courtroom and yet current eyewitness identification tests often fail to pick the culprit. Even worse, these tests sometimes result in wrongfully ...
Aug 28, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NIH begins study of vaccine to protect against mosquito-borne diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched a Phase 1 clinical trial to test an investigational vaccine intended to provide broad protection ...
Feb 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Serious adverse events rare in healthy volunteers participating in Phase I drug trials
Many people believe that phase I trials with healthy volunteers are very risky and because they pose risks with no benefits, unethical. But how risky are such trials? Less than 1% of 11,000 healthy volunteers who participated ...
Jul 7, 2015
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