Musculoskeletal health during lockdown

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will investigate musculoskeletal health during the Covid_19 lockdown. A £52,000 grant has been awarded to investigate the impact of lockdown on patients with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions – specifically psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, also known as Ankylosing Spondylitis, and chronic pain conditions including fibromyalgia. The charity Versus Arthritis […]

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Musculoskeletal health during lockdown

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will investigate musculoskeletal health during the Covid_19 lockdown. A £52,000 grant has been awarded to investigate the impact of lockdown on patients with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions – specifically psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, also known as Ankylosing Spondylitis, and chronic pain conditions including fibromyalgia. The charity Versus Arthritis […]

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Chronic pain: Mapping the weather patterns

A new mass study of people living with chronic pain in the UK has demonstrated the links between pain and certain atmospheric weather conditions. Weather systems in the UK could cause chronic pain suffers to experience more or less pain on certain days as a result of certain pressure patterns and accompanying rain, humidity, and […]

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Chronic pain: Mapping the weather patterns

A new mass study of people living with chronic pain in the UK has demonstrated the links between pain and certain atmospheric weather conditions. Weather systems in the UK could cause chronic pain suffers to experience more or less pain on certain days as a result of certain pressure patterns and accompanying rain, humidity, and […]

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Covid-19 detection dogs

Medical Detection Dogs have proved that dogs can detect #Parkinsons, #malaria, #cancer .  They are now training them to join the fight against #Coronavirus. Together with their collaborators London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Graduate Studies and Durham University they believe they can make this happen, and if you can support this work please […]

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Covid-19 detection dogs

Medical Detection Dogs have proved that dogs can detect #Parkinsons, #malaria, #cancer .  They are now training them to join the fight against #Coronavirus. Together with their collaborators London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Graduate Studies and Durham University they believe they can make this happen, and if you can support this work please […]

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Amazing face shield initiative

Engineers at the University of Bradford have started face shield mass production of for the NHS in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The project is being carried out at the University of Bradford’s Faculty of Engineering & Informatics in partnership with two local companies, Leeds-based additive manufacturer ActiveCell Technologies and Teconnex from Keighley. Academics are […]

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Amazing face shield initiative

Engineers at the University of Bradford have started face shield mass production of for the NHS in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The project is being carried out at the University of Bradford’s Faculty of Engineering & Informatics in partnership with two local companies, Leeds-based additive manufacturer ActiveCell Technologies and Teconnex from Keighley. Academics are […]

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Contact dermatitis: potential new treatments

APOSEC is a biologic wound-healing agent developed by thoracic surgeon Hendrik Jan Ankersmit from MedUni Vienna. Together with dermatological basic researcher Michael Mildner, also from MedUni Vienna, he has now also investigated the efficacy of the substance in the treatment of allergic skin lesions such as contact dermatitis, since the anti-inflammatory effects of APOSEC are […]

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Contact dermatitis: potential new treatments

APOSEC is a biologic wound-healing agent developed by thoracic surgeon Hendrik Jan Ankersmit from MedUni Vienna. Together with dermatological basic researcher Michael Mildner, also from MedUni Vienna, he has now also investigated the efficacy of the substance in the treatment of allergic skin lesions such as contact dermatitis, since the anti-inflammatory effects of APOSEC are […]

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