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  Immunology

  How to make the TB vaccine more effective

  Written by Charlie King | 16 Mar 2022

  Briefly blocking a key molecule when administering the only approved vaccine for tuberculosis vastly improves long-term protection against the devastating disease in mice, researchers from Texas Biomedical Research… read more.

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  COVID-19

  Clinical trial reveals new treatment option for COVID-19

  Written by Charlie King | 16 Mar 2022

  A clinical trial conducted by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Beaumont Hospital Dublin has indicated an effective treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients…. read more.

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  'In Discussion With'

  Ovarian cancer – facts and symptoms

  Written by Christine Clark | 16 Mar 2022

  Two thirds of UK women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed late when the cancer has spread and is difficult to treat.  IMI spoke to Dr Sharon Tate, Head… read more.

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  Mental Health

  Air pollution linked to depressive symptoms in adolescents

  Written by Charlie King | 15 Mar 2022

  Exposure to ozone from air pollution has been linked to an increase in depressive symptoms for adolescents over time, even in neighborhoods that meet air quality standards, according… read more.

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  Nutrition

  Weight loss doesn’t help pregnancy chances, study finds

  Written by Charlie King | 15 Mar 2022

  Women who are obese and struggling to become pregnant are often advised to lose weight, but a new study finds no fertility benefits from weight loss. A randomized… read more.

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  Infectious Diseases

  Home-based flu tests as accurate as rapid diagnostic testing in clinical settings

  Written by Charlie King | 14 Mar 2022

  Home-based, self-administered tests for influenza are comparable in accuracy to rapid diagnostic tests in clinical settings, according to a recently published, peer-reviewed study. “Home tests are a valuable tool… read more.

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  Diabetes & Endocrinology

  Discovery could lead to fewer side effects from a diabetes treatment

  Written by Charlie King | 14 Mar 2022

  By uncovering the subtle difference between two varieties of a protein, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania may have discovered how to… read more.

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  Mental Health

  Initial treatment choice for prostate cancer doesn’t affect mental health outcomes

  Written by Charlie King | 13 Mar 2022

  Depression and other mental health outcomes are similar for men choosing different options for initial treatment of localized prostate cancer, reports a study in The Journal of Urology®, an… read more.

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  Ophthalmology

  Dry-eye disorder improved by modulating hormone levels

  Written by Charlie King | 13 Mar 2022

  Health issues for people over sixty commonly involve the heart and other vital organs. So do eye-related conditions such as cataracts and glaucoma, but dry eyes don’t often… read more.

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  'In Discussion With'

  Mass media and building trust

  Written by Christine Clark | 13 Mar 2022

  Open discussion of the scientific evidence and the uncertainties could have generated less political polarisation, less wasted expenditure but built more trust, according to Allyson Pollock, Clinical Professor… read more.

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  Cardiology

  More severe stroke patients should receive palliative care consultations

  Written by Christine Clark | 12 Mar 2022

  Only 20 percent of patients being treated in the hospital for severe stroke received a palliative care consultation, and only 43 percent of patients who died in the… read more.

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  COVID-19

  Model of the human nose reveals first steps of SARS-CoV-2 and RSV infection

  Written by Charlie King | 12 Mar 2022

  Preclinical models that recapitulate aspects of human airway disease are essential for the advancement of novel therapeutics and vaccines. In the current study published in the journal mBIO, researchers… read more.