A simple compound found in our gut could help to stop dangerous bacteria behind severe, and sometimes fatal, hospital infections.
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Driving with dementia—New guidance for doctors
New guidance on when people living with dementia should stop driving has been published to support doctors and other health
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Faster, cheaper test can help predict risk of metastasis in prostate cancer patients
For men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer or patients previously treated, the risk of metastasis is a crucial determinant of
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New discoveries predict ability to forecast dementia from single molecule
Scientists who recently identified the molecular start of Alzheimer’s disease have used that finding to determine that it should be
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Predicting disease emergence from forest fragmentation
A Massey University team has developed new ways of predicting disease-hot spots, created by humans changing the environment, to help
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Dialysis patients at risk of progressive brain injury
Kidney dialysis can cause short-term ‘cerebral stunning’ and may be associated with progressive brain injury in those who receive the
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To ease out the policy of population salt reduction is dangerous and scientifically unjustified
The journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease (NMCD), has published an important and authoritative statement of the ESAN (European Salt
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Targeted cognitive training benefits patients with severe schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is among the most difficult mental illnesses to treat, in part because it is characterized by a wide range
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Pot withdrawal eased for dependent users
A new drug can help people diagnosed with cannabis use disorder reduce withdrawal symptoms and marijuana use, a new Yale-led
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Houston Methodist launches real-time flu tracker website
Pathologists at Houston Methodist developed a real-time website to track flu cases, just in time to assist physicians, the CDC
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