1057 GMT May 25, 2022
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have identified a gene variant that can cause cerebral small vessel disease and stroke. The study was published in Neurology Genetics.
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Enlarged spaces in the brain that fill with fluid around small blood vessels may be a harbinger of impending dementia, a new Australian study suggests.
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More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from the University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir, the only treatment of its kind currently approved in the US for the coronavirus.
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Schools that practice social distancing, mask-wearing and other precautions have not seen rapid spread of coronavirus, but indoor sports activities should be avoided, researchers said.
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Every year, more than 400,000 people die from malaria, the majority are children under the age of five years old, who die from a disease which affects more than 200 million people a year.
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Young children who use touchscreens extensively are more easily distracted than peers who engage less with the technology, a study published by Scientific Reports found.
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Breast cancer, even at its initial stages, could be detected earlier and more accurately than current techniques using blood samples and a unique proteomics-based technology, according to findings of a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school located in Duarte, California, US.
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Incidence rates of skin cancer (cutaneous malignant melanoma) have increased more than 550% in males and 250% in females since the early 1980s in England —according to a new study by Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
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