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Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease
Healthcare Channel Apr 27, 2021

Brain changes in people with Alzheimer’s disease and in those with mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have significant similarities, a new USC study shows, suggesting

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addiction
Healthcare News
Two novel biobanks offer investigatory targets for cocaine and oxycodone addiction
Healthcare Channel Apr 27, 2021

A major hurdle to developing new and effective treatments for drug addiction is better understanding how exactly it manifests itself before, during, and after chronic

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Alzheimer's
Aged Care
Experimental drug shows potential against Alzheimer’s disease
Healthcare Channel Apr 27, 2021

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The drug works by

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dementia
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare News
Fewer deaths among Australians with dementia during first 10 months of COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare Channel Apr 26, 2021

The age-standardized death rate of Australians with dementia fell during the first 10 months of 2020, probably as a result of measures designed to prevent

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stroke
Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
NICO.LAB announces new partnership with AI Advance for stroke care
Healthcare Channel Apr 23, 2021

NICO.LAB and AI Advance announced a new partnership that will revolutionise stroke care across Australia and New Zealand. AI Advance will be distributing StrokeViewer, an

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SARS
COVID-19, Healthcare
SARS-CoV-2: Infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells regardless of disease severity
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Drawing on epidemiological field studies and the FrenchCOVID hospital cohort coordinated by Inserm, teams from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the Vaccine Research Institute

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children
Children's Health
Children’s Health: Prevalence of COVID symptoms on weakened immune systems
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Children with weakened immune systems have not shown a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection despite commonly displaying symptoms, a new study suggests. During

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wildfire
Healthcare
Wildfire smoke linked to skin disease a new study reveals
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Wildfire smoke can trigger a host of respiratory and cardiovascular symptoms, ranging from runny nose and cough to a potentially life-threatening heart attack or stroke.

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Sleep
Healthcare, Learning - Topics
Disrupted sleep linked to the increased risk of early death in women
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

For the first time, a study has shown a clear link between the frequency and duration of unconscious wakefulness during night-time sleep and an increased

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videocam dose
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals, Watch
Questions with Professor Michael Kidd: second vaccine dose, vaccine safety and consent forms
Healthcare Channel Apr 22, 2021

Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, answers the top three questions you’ve been asking about the second AstraZeneca vaccine dose, vaccine safety, and consent

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brain
COVID-19, Healthcare News
Coronavirus does not infect the brain but still inflicts damage
Healthcare Channel Apr 21, 2021

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, likely does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, according to a new study

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Healthcare News
New Global Compact will speed up action to tackle diabetes
Healthcare Channel Apr 15, 2021

The World Health Organization’s new Global Diabetes Compact aims to bring a much-needed boost to efforts to prevent diabetes and bring treatment to all who

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