Social interaction may help reverse food and cigarette cravings triggered by being in social isolation, a UNSW study in rats
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Anticancer drug may improve outcome for severe COVID-19 patients
Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according to a small
Continue reading »Brain-related visual problems may affect 1 in 30 primary school children
A brain-related visual impairment, which until recently was thought to be rare, may affect one in every 30 children according
Continue reading »For some, GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection
No evidence so far indicates that food or drinks can transmit the virus that causes COVID-19, but new research at
Continue reading »Timing and intensity of oral sex may affect risk of oropharyngeal cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) can infect the mouth and throat to cause cancers of the oropharynx. A new study published early
Continue reading »Drug for pulmonary hypertension may become an option against cancer
A drug used to treat pulmonary hypertension significantly reduced the capacity of tumor cells to migrate and invade other tissues
Continue reading »Current treatment period may be too short to remove competitive advantage of transgender athletes
Transgender women elite athletes may need more than the recommended year of feminising hormone therapy to remove the competitive advantage
Continue reading »Lab results don’t explain ‘obesity paradox,’ but bias may
Results of standard laboratory tests performed on adult outpatients to provide an overall picture of their health are fairly consistent
Continue reading »VR headsets and hypnosis may help distract patients undergoing medical procedures
New research presented at Euroanaesthesia (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care [ESAIC) shows that
Continue reading »New therapy for flu may help in fight against COVID-19
A new therapy for influenza virus infections that may also prove effective against many other pathogenic virus infections, including HIV
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