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Smartphone reminders can improve memory for older adults with dementia

Written by | 13 Feb 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment sometimes struggle to remember daily tasks, including managing medications, shopping for groceries and tracking upcoming events, including… read more.

UK rolls out new drug approval pathway

Written by | 12 Feb 2022

Effective 1 January 2022 Pharmaceutical companies can now seek accelerated drug approvals in the UK using the newly launched Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP). The new approval… read more.

Regular paracetamol use linked to higher blood pressure, study finds

Written by | 12 Feb 2022

Long-term paracetamol use could increase the risk of heart disease and strokes in people with high blood pressure, a study suggests. Patients who have a long-term prescription for… read more.

When it comes to obesity, the problem isn’t an excess of fat but its loss of function, researchers argue

Written by | 11 Feb 2022

Obesity is known to cause cardiometabolic diseases like hypertension and diabetes but attributing these diseases to merely an overabundance of fat is a simplification. On a basic level,… read more.

COVID-19 increases risk of pregnancy complications, study suggests

Written by | 11 Feb 2022

Pregnant women with COVID-19 appear to be at greater risk for common pregnancy complications — in addition to health risks from the virus — than pregnant women without… read more.

Largest genetic study of migraine to date reveals new genetic risk factors

Written by | 10 Feb 2022

An international consortium of leading migraine scientists identified more than 120 regions of the genome that are connected to risk of migraine. The groundbreaking study helps researchers better… read more.

Trapping sperm in semen’s natural gel could lead to new contraceptive

Written by | 10 Feb 2022

A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows promise for development of a new form of non-hormonal, over-the-counter contraception…. read more.

Phase III CARISEL study of Vocabria + Rekambys shows long-acting regimen is achievable in HIV – ViiV Healthcare

Written by | 9 Feb 2022

ViiV Healthcare presented positive interim data from the Phase III CARISEL study of Vocabria + Rekambys (cabotegravir + rilpivirine), which was initiated and conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic…. read more.

New treatment emerges for difficult-to-treat form of ovarian cancer

Written by | 9 Feb 2022

Trametinib, a drug treatment for skin and lung cancers, appears to slow the progression of low-grade serous cancer of the ovary and to increase the number of patients… read more.

Phase III IMpower010 study of Tecentriq consistent with previous studies in NSCLC and published in The Lancet – Genentech/Roche

Written by | 8 Feb 2022

Genentech/Roche presented new data from the Phase III IMpower010 study at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2021 Presidential Symposium, reinforcing the significant disease-free survival (DFS)… read more.

Implications of findings for disease flare and vaccine reactions in RMD patients

Written by | 8 Feb 2022

With low rates of disease flare and reactogenicity after vaccination, the study findings are reassuring for both patients and clinicians, according to Dr Caoilfhionn Connolly, Rheumatology Fellow at… read more.

Research strongly suggests COVID-19 virus enters the brain

Written by | 8 Feb 2022

More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. And researchers are discovering why. The… read more.

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