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A new artificial intelligence tool may be able to successfully identify people at risk of pancreatic cancer up to three years in advance. The breakthrough AI model used patients' medical records and information from previous scans to detect those at risk of the deadly disease, which can be hard to catch early, difficult to treat, [...]
Soldiers exposed to the shock waves from military explosives may be at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's in later life. A study supported by the Leonard Wood Institute in Missouri in cooperation with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), has found that the brains of otherwise healthy military personnel who are exposed to explosions [...]
We grudgingly accept we will lose muscle strength and slow down as we get older, making it more difficult to walk, sit down, and get up. But new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Western Australia published in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, indicates this could also be a signal for another sinister age-related [...]
The man behind an innovative exercise and rehabilitation system to screen patients at risk of serious falls, believes it will "revolutionise" the way the primary care sector deals with what has become a massive global problem linked to ageing. Tim Henson has spent the last decade and hundreds of thousands of pounds developing the Formula [...]
Scientists have unwrapped what could be a sweet fix for ageing bones. A team from Dresden in Germany have designed novel bio-inspired molecules based on long-chained sugars to boost bone regeneration in mice. Now the multi-disciplinary team is applying for funding for a pre-clinical study to further develop their work as they look to transfer [...]
To rephrase a well-known saying, you wait decades for an Alzheimer's breakthrough to come along, and then two potential new drugs that could slow the progression of the disease are unveiled within months of each other. This week American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly reported its donanemab drug has shown positive results in a late-stage trial, [...]
Scientists researching an 'ancient virus' treatment for metastatic prostate cancer have been awarded $1.7 million by the US Department for Defense. Oncology expert Charles Spruck's laboratory at Sanford Burnham Prebys in California, is focused on developing new, effective, and non-toxic treatments for patients with advanced cancers. Now the associate professor and his team will use [...]
An innovative test to help detect the early stages of oesophageal cancer, has won £3.4m in grant funding. It means more diagnostic tests can be offered to NHS patients in primary and community care settings, diverting them away from lengthy hospital endoscopy waiting lists. One of the biggest grants of its kind, the multi-million pound [...]
A common Chinese herb could hold the key to improving the outcome for heart attack patients. Astragalus has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years to build strength and promote longevity. Now experts at Newcastle University in the UK have found that a plant-based compound purified from the product, known as TA-65, [...]
Type 2 diabetics could soon be able to control their own blood sugar levels without the need to take insulin. Researchers say a new hour-long procedure that uses controlled electrical pulses to induce changes in the lining of the first part of the small intestine, has shown promise in helping type 2 diabetics maintain glycemic [...]
