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Royal Marsden digital breakthrough set to revolutionise clinical trial management

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Royal Marsden digital breakthrough set to revolutionise clinical trial management: Paperwork-heavy clinical trial management is set to be revolutionised by a unique collaboration between Hyland content services provider and researchers at specialist cancer hospital The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This is Hyland’s first customer innovation partnership outside the U.S, and the first of its […]

Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated: 32% of people opposed to vaccine passports would change their mind if it meant keeping their local venues open. Vaccine passports could encourage a further 6 million people to be vaccinated New research from myGP has indicated that – of the 34% of […]

How coronavirus spreads through air

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Samples from public spaces could show how coronavirus spreads through the air: A new UK study will explore whether tiny airborne droplets and particles can spread coronavirus in settings like supermarkets, schools and busy streets. Led by Imperial College London and the University of Surrey, the research will collect samples from a wide range of […]

Study suggests greater need for grief support

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Study suggests greater need for grief support due to COVID-19: Curtin University research has found people grieving a COVID-related death would benefit from timely support and care to reduce the high risk of experiencing problems in important areas of everyday life. Published in ‘Journal of Pain and Symptom Management’, the study is the first to […]

Support for COVID-19 policy in Australia

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Support for COVID-19 policy response and willingness to get vaccinated high, according to new survey in Australia. Support among Australians for the policy response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and willingness to get vaccinated is high, according to new University of Melbourne research. In January 2021, the Policy Lab — based in the Faculty of […]

Urgent ovarian cancer symptoms ignored during lockdown

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Lives are at risk because women are not taking urgent cancer symptoms seriously during the pandemic, according to new research by Target Ovarian Cancer. Key ovarian cancer symptoms are of particular concern: Less than 2 in 10 women (17%) say they would book an urgent GP appointment (within a week) if they were experiencing persistent bloating. This […]

Severe COVID-19 risk factors

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Severe COVID-19 risk factors: The course and severity of COVID-19 in individual patients is largely influenced by the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the human immune system. Normally, the antiviral immune response of natural killer cells (NK cells) is an important step in combating viral replication in the early phase of the infection. On […]

COVID-19 infection in pregnancy not linked with still birth or baby death

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

COVID-19 infection in pregnancy is not associated with stillbirth or early neonatal death, according to a new study. However the research, from over 4000 pregnant women with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, also found women who had a positive test were more likely to have a premature birth. The research, led by scientists from Imperial College […]

Research project aims to improve justice for sexual violence survivors during Covid-19

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Victims of sexual offences could be helped by new research examining the criminal justice system during Covid-19. A new project led by Coventry and Lancaster Universities will explore the impact of Covid-19 on the experiences of sexual violence survivors as their cases go through the criminal justice system (CJS). The project, led by Coventry University’s […]

Australia-wide COVID study

Posted on February 22, 2021 (November 19, 2025) by Hippocratic Post

Australia-wide COVID study: Australians who have recovered from COVID-19 are being called on by researchers to help unravel the mystery of why people respond so differently to the virus. The University of Queensland’s Professor Naomi Wray said the two-pronged study could lead to new treatments by answering the question of why there are differences in the severity and […]