Cart is empty The World Health Organization launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
Improving the results of home training with an AI app
Many of us have tried and given up strength training at some point. An injury, tendonitis or surgery may have resulted in us having a spell of physiotherapy and guided exercise sessions at a gym. After a period of support, we are left to ourselves. After a while, we get bored. We drop out.
Lab-designed chimeric protein shows beneficial effects in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease
A research team at the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has developed a new protein capable of improving memory and reducing tau protein levels in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. The new compound—HEBE, generated by fusing three proteins—represents a new approach in the search for new strategies to tackle the disease.
Guidelines aim to include end users in neurotechnology development
“Neurotechnology” refers to a broad range of technologies designed to interface with the nervous system, with the aim of treating neurological disorders, enhancing cognitive function, and improving overall well-being. This can include devices like brain-computer interfaces, neurostimulation systems, and wearable sensors that monitor brain activity or physiological responses.
Position menstrual cups carefully to avoid possible kidney problems, doctors urge
A poorly positioned menstrual cup to capture monthly blood flow may lead to more serious complications than leakage alone, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports, after treating a young woman with uterohydronephrosis—a swollen kidney caused by blocked urine flow into the bladder.
Poor childhood social and cognitive skills combo linked to teens’ poor exam results
The combination of poorly developed social and cognitive skills during childhood is linked to poor exam results by the age of 16, with those for whom these issues persist throughout their childhood more than four times as likely not to pass at least five GCSEs, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Study suggests around 1 in 5 UK medical students considers dropping out: Mental health is key contributor
Around one in five UK medical students consider dropping out of medical school, with mental health issues a key contributor to their intention to abandon medicine, suggest the results of an observational study published in the open access journal BMJ Open.
Study finds nearly 70% of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients were misdiagnosed
University of Queensland researchers have discovered that nearly 70% of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that contribute to misdiagnosis of this notoriously difficult to diagnose disorder.
When teen body image becomes a deadly perception
Adolescents who perceive themselves as overweight are three times more likely to consider committing self-harm compared to those who do not, regardless of whether the person is objectively overweight, according to a new study released by The University of Texas at Arlington.
FDA clears sepsis test that significantly reduces life-or-death diagnosis time
Sepsis, a life-threatening organ dysfunction, is responsible for an estimated 1 in 5 deaths globally and 1 in 3 deaths that occur within a U.S. hospital. It happens due to a dysregulated immune response to infection, and its high mortality rate correlates to the difficulty in quickly diagnosing and appropriately addressing the origin of infection, be it bacterial, viral, or some other pathogen. Current methods can delay that life-or-death determination for as long as three days.