Category: Education
Research advocates personalised, precision medicine to fight cancer
In a new treatment course for cancer, personalised, combination therapies were found to improve outcomes in patients with therapy-resistant tumours. Patients treated by University of California San Diego (UCSD) researchers were considered highly matched when more than 50% of their […]
Japanese study finds spices can suppress respiratory inflammation
Damaging air pollutant particles, typically found in most urban and some suburban areas, are capable of penetrating people’s lungs and entering their bloodstream. They can cause strokes, heart disease, lung cancer, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases. A joint study by […]
Control levels influence “youthfulness” of older adults
Free reign of their undertakings makes older adults feel more youthful, more so than helplessness – previous research has linked a strong sense of control to contentment and better wellbeing. Control beliefs are important to support the pursuit of goals […]
Drug-administering contact lenses, with sugar
Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP are working with Israeli and German partners to develop long-wearing contact lenses that can release medicine. The active ingredient is encapsulated in liposomes and bound to the inside of the […]
Interval training for weight loss better than jogging
Regular workouts comprising of various intense exercises with brief recovery periods in between have been observed to be more beneficial to weight loss compared to monotonous jogging or walking. Researchers have noted in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that […]
UK researchers test male contraceptive pill
In fertile men, new sperm cells are constantly made in the testicles, but a birth control pill to temporarily stop sperm production has been recently designed. The latest male pill is currently under testing by researchers led by Professor Christina […]
Back and neck pains are likely in obese diabetics
Low back pain or neck pain is common later in life, but research has suggested that diabetes makes this type of chronic pain more likely to develop – back pain in 35% of some 131,000 diabetics and neck pain in […]
Weekly stroll can save your life, Chinese study observes
Researchers from northern Chinese Shandong University have reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine that active people or frequent walkers had 18% lower risk of death as compared to full-on couch potatoes. Professor Bo Xi from the Department of […]
Healthcare firms turn to email simulations in phishing attempts
Sending out digital lures or “phishing” allows hackers to access a recipient’s computer network or introduce malware by clicking on an email link. Healthcare networks have had patient data exposed in phishing attacks; studies have shown that patient information is […]
Precision drugs and DNA repair effective for cancer treatment
The advancements in immunotherapies boast some 10-20% of patients who are responsive to treatment, though many cancers still evade detection by the immune system. But, recent studies have suggested that treatment with PARP inhibitors in precision drugs cause cancer cells […]
