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radiotherapy
Healthcare News
New guide on radiotherapy equipment to fight cancer
Lourdes Antenor Mar 8, 2021

New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the procurement of radiotherapy equipment could improve access to

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eczema
Healthcare News
$270M for new medicine to benefit Australians with Severe Eczema
Lourdes Antenor Mar 5, 2021

The Government has added a life-changing new eczema medicine to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The $270 million in funding to list the medicine will

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placebo
Hospitals
A deep dive on the neuroscience of placebo effecs
Lourdes Antenor Mar 5, 2021

A new meta-analysis gives the most detailed look yet at the neuroscience of placebo effects. Much of the benefit that a person gets from taking

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diet
Healthcare News
Traditional Tanzanian diet shows less inflammation that Western diet
Lourdes Antenor Mar 5, 2021

Urban Tanzanians have a more activated immune system compared to their rural counterparts. The difference in diet appears to explain this difference: in the cities,

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hearing
Healthcare News
Hearing problems projected to affect 1 in 4 people by 2050
Lourdes Antenor Mar 3, 2021

Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the

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sickle cell disease
Healthcare
Sickle Cell Disease: A complex world of pain in a single gene difference
Lourdes Antenor Mar 2, 2021

A single letter difference in a single gene, inherited from both parents, spells a lifetime of anemia and pain for 20 million people, mostly of

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funding
Healthcare
Funding of $100M for medical research technology in Australia
Lourdes Antenor Mar 1, 2021

The Australian Government is investing $100 million in funding into the development of new technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, epilepsy and

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Healthcare News
Early-Warning for Seizures Could Be a Game-Changer for Epilepsy Patients
Lourdes Antenor Mar 1, 2021

USC Researchers have harnessed a powerful mathematical model to provide advanced seizure prediction, revolutionizing epilepsy management and treatment. Epilepsy is one of the most common

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oxygen
Healthcare News
Oxygen supply impacted in low-income countries as demand surges
Lourdes Antenor Feb 26, 2021

More than half a million COVID-19 patients in LMICs estimated to need oxygen treatment every day. New assessments show US$90 million immediate funding required to

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stem cells
Healthcare News
New discovery could help reactivate aging stem cells in the brain
Lourdes Antenor Feb 25, 2021

As people get older, their neural stem cells lose the ability to proliferate and produce new neurons, leading to a decline in memory function. Researchers

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lab
Healthcare News
Lab-grown ‘mini bile-ducts’ used to repair human liver in medical first
Lourdes Antenor Feb 24, 2021

Scientists have used a technique to grow bile duct organoids – often referred to as ‘mini-organs’ – in the lab and shown that these can

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spinal cord
Healthcare News
Yale scientists repair injured spinal cord using patients’ own stem cells
Lourdes Antenor Feb 24, 2021

Intravenous injection of bone marrow-derived stem cells (MSCs) in patients with spinal cord injuries led to significant improvement in motor functions, researchers from Yale University

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