The AstraZeneca company is going to produce in Japan doses of the coronavirus vaccine enough for 40 million people, the executive director of the Japanese department of the firm said. The company’s representative told the NHK broadcaster that AstraZeneca had signed a contract with Japan on providing the country with doses for 60 million people. Doses for 40 million people will […]
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Study reveals boys who play video games have lower depression risk
Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new study. The study led by a UCL researcher was published in Psychological Medicine. It also found that girls who spend more time on social media appear to develop more depressive […]
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Local, national restrictions in England reduced contacts in small and varied ways: Study
The imposition of various local and national restrictions in England during the summer and autumn of 2020 gradually reduced contacts between people, but these changes were smaller and more varied than during the lockdown in March, according to a recent study. The novel study was published in the open-access journal BMC Medicine. […]
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Damage to heart found in more than half of Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital
Around 50 percent of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin cause damage to their hearts. The injury was detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans at least a month after discharge, according to new findings published today (Thursday) in the European […]
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LGB people more prone to mental health disorders, alcohol misuse
The findings of a new study suggest that Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB*) people are significantly more likely to have mental health conditions and report alcohol and drug misuse than heterosexual people. The research was led by UCL researchers in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and City, University […]
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Post-surgery in kids, aspirin preferred to prevent blood clots
The findings of a new study suggest that aspirin should be favoured over warfarin in order to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo surgery that replumbs their hearts. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, will have […]
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Cabozantinib most effective treatment for metastatic papillary kidney cancer: Study
Recent research in a SWOG Cancer Research Network trial that put three targeted drugs to the test, found cabozantinib, which is a small molecule inhibitor, most effective in treating patients with metastatic papillary kidney cancer. There are currently no effective treatments for metastatic papillary kidney cancer, or metastatic pRCC, a rare subtype of kidney cancer. […]
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Study suggests liquid biopsy for colorectal cancer could guide therapy for tumours
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrates that a liquid biopsy examining blood or urine can help gauge the effectiveness of therapy for colorectal cancer that has just begun to spread beyond the original tumour. Such a biopsy can detect lingering disease and could serve as a guide […]
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Study: Tiny population of neurons may have big role in depression
Scientists from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University claim that a tiny population of neurons known to be important to appetite appear to also have a significant role in depression that results from unpredictable, chronic stress. Scientists report the first evidence that not short-term stress, like a series of tough college exams, […]
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New study on potential drug target for HIV
The researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have discovered that a human protein named SAMHD1 recognizes a unique molecular pattern in nucleic acids. This pattern, called ‘phosphorothioate’, may act as a signal for action to the human body defence system and […]
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England, Scotland may have observed more deaths due to obesity, exce
Obesity and excess body fat may have contributed to more deaths in England and Scotland than smoking since 2014, according to research. The new research was published in the open-access journal BMC Public Health. Between 2003 and 2017 the percentage of deaths attributable to smoking is calculated to have decreased from 23.1% to 19.4% while deaths attributable to obesity and excess […]
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Study sheds light on how women make choices about surgery to prevent ovarian cancer
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University in London has investigated how women who are at high risk of ovarian cancer make choices about possible preventive surgery. Women who have BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations have a 17-44% lifetime risk of ovarian cancer. Scientists now believe that most ovarian cancers begin in the fallopian tubes, and […]
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Rabies treatment demonstrated as safe, effective for use in children in first pediatric trial
A treatment, known as KEDRAB (Rabies Immune Globulin [Human]), currently used in the prevention of rabies has been demonstrated to be safe and effective for patients age 17 and under. Results published today in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics report the first and only pediatric trial of any human rabies immunoglobulin […]
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Study highlights link between mental disorders and gene readouts
Research by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) claims that the distinctions in the expression of gene transcripts that construct human body cells may hold the way to understand how mental issues with shared hereditary danger factors bring about various examples of onset, symptoms, side effects, course of ailment, […]
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Researchers shed light on routinely imaging brain tumour
A team of researchers explored the best way to monitor brain tumour. The article is the work of a large collaboration of UK experts and stakeholders who met to discuss the value of routinely imaging brain tumour patients to assess their tumour treatment response, which is known as “interval imaging”. The results of the study […]