On 28 March it’s the 60th anniversary of the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus, the most common viral infection in humans. The virus was first discovered…
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Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients
Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict which breast cancer patients are more at risk of side-effects after treatment. Worldwide, 2 million…
View More Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients‘We actually don’t know much’: the scientists trying to close the knowledge gap in trans healthcare
When Cameron Whitley was diagnosed with kidney failure seven years ago, the news came as a shock. But the situation was about to get worse.…
View More ‘We actually don’t know much’: the scientists trying to close the knowledge gap in trans healthcareCovid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study finds
Covid vaccinations substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and potentially dangerous blood clots linked to the infection for up to a year, according to…
View More Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study findsResearchers study brain activity of surgeons for signs of cognitive overload
It is a high-stakes scenario for any surgeon: a 65-year-old male patient with a high BMI and a heart condition is undergoing emergency surgery for…
View More Researchers study brain activity of surgeons for signs of cognitive overloadThe debilitating impact of tinnitus, and how a new app could help – podcast
It’s thought that about 15% of us are affected by tinnitus, and despite its potentially debilitating impact on mental health and quality of life, there…
View More The debilitating impact of tinnitus, and how a new app could help – podcastIs the 100-year old TB vaccine a new weapon against Alzheimer’s?
Scientific discoveries can emerge from the strangest places. In early 1900s France, the doctor Albert Calmette and the veterinarian Camille Guérin aimed to discover how…
View More Is the 100-year old TB vaccine a new weapon against Alzheimer’s?Long Covid ‘brain fog’ may be due to leaky blood-brain barrier, study finds
From forgetfulness to difficulties concentrating, many people who have long Covid experience “brain fog”. Now researchers say the symptom could be down to the blood-brain…
View More Long Covid ‘brain fog’ may be due to leaky blood-brain barrier, study finds‘As with a poem, each patient is unique’: the cancer surgeon using poetry to help train doctors
In an unremarkable lecture hall on a rainy Monday afternoon, Cândida Pereira is expounding passionately on the intricacies of a poem by the Portuguese politician-poet…
View More ‘As with a poem, each patient is unique’: the cancer surgeon using poetry to help train doctorsDrug offers ‘wonderful’ breakthrough in treatment of asbestos-linked cancer
Scientists have developed a drug to treat mesothelioma, a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer linked to asbestos, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades. Thousands of people…
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