Artificial aorta can reduce patients’ blood pressure
Engineers at EPFL’s Center for Artificial Muscles have developed a silicone aorta that can reduce how hard patients’ hearts have to pump. Their breakthrough could […]
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Gout drug help cuts need for oxygen therapy and hospital stay in COVID-19 patients
Colchicine, a cheap drug normally used to treat gout, helps to cut the need for oxygen therapy and hospital stay in COVID-19 patients, reveal the […]
Read moreThe 3-week yoga challenge, as told by someone who’s really bad at yoga
Stylist’s Kayleigh Dray can barely cross her legs without grunting. Here’s what happened when she gave the 3-week yoga challenge a go. Confession time: while […]
Read moreUnusual 2019-2020 flu season linked to more transmissible strain
The 2019-2020 flu season in the U.S. was unusual in a number of ways. Cases picked up in August rather than the more typical fall […]
Read moreChinese researchers find natural mutation in African swine fever virus
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have found a natural mutation in the African swine fever virus they say could be less deadly than the strain […]
Read moreDual treatments help PTSD and depression
This study is the first randomized control trial to rigorously test a sequential approach to treating comorbid PTSD and major depressive disorder. Findings from a […]
Read moreZinc supplementation bolsters repurposed antivirals against SARS-CoV-2
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen, serious efforts have been […]
Read moreClinical trial: Using MRI for prostate cancer diagnosis equals or beats current standard
The results of a Phase III randomized clinical trial have shown that when it comes to detecting clinically significant prostate cancer, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) […]
Read moreInvestigating the modulation of the COVID-19 immune response
In a recent paper, the research team around Prof. Antonio del Sol from the University’s Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) describes a new method […]
Read moreThe Coronavirus Is a Master of Mixing Its Genome, Worrying Scientists
In recent weeks, scientists have sounded the alarm about new variants of the coronavirus that carry a handful of tiny mutations, some of which seem […]
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