An international study that has been carried out on nearly 3000 people in Norway, Germany, and Iceland, shows that our
Month: June 2020
Artificial intelligence enhances brain tumour diagnosis
A new machine learning approach classifies a common type of brain tumour into low or high grades with almost 98%
Scientists identify targets for COVID-19 vaccine using cancer immunotherapy tools
Cancer researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have harnessed tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies and adapted
Health disparities prove to be multidimensional
Hollings Cancer Center researcher Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D., said this is illustrated in two recent health disparity studies, both reported online
Appetite can be increased by cells in the brain
Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers
Study finds another reason to wash hands: Flame retardants
The researchers found that halogenated flame retardants added to plastic TV cases can move from the TV to indoor air and dust,
Opioid prescriptions after childbirth linked to increased risk of overdose, persistent use
Women who are prescribed opioids after childbirth have an increased risk of persistent opioid use or other serious opioid-related events,
Artificial brains may need sleep too
No one can say whether androids will dream of electric sheep, but they will almost certainly need periods of rest
JNCCN: Many hospitalized people with advanced cancer struggle with important daily tasks
New research from Mass General Cancer Center, published in the June 2020 issue of JNCCN–Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network,
Virus DNA spread across surfaces in hospital ward over 10 hours
Virus DNA left on a hospital bed rail was found in nearly half of all sites sampled across a ward
