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Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on June 23, 2021 (November 19, 2025) by Hippocratic Post

Non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: Ultrasound can overcome some of the detrimental effects of ageing and dementia without the need to cross the blood-brain barrier, researchers at The University of Queensland have found. Professor Jürgen Götz from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) led a multidisciplinary team who showed low-intensity ultrasound effectively restored cognition without opening the barrier in mice models. The […]

Young women with breast cancer lecture

Posted on June 21, 2021 by The Royal Society of Medicine

Young women with breast cancer and Leah Lederman Lecture: This webinar aims to teach healthcare professionals, both at a primary and specialist level a multidisciplinary approach towards managing young women with breast cancer, both in the early and advanced setting. Date and time: Mon 21 Jun 2021 from 9:30am to 4:30pm Register here Join us […]

Diabetes – The Facts

Posted on June 17, 2021 (November 19, 2025) by Emma Hammett

Diabetes – The Facts: One in 15 people in the UK have diabetes. This includes one million people who have Type 2 but haven’t yet been diagnosed. In the UK, there is a diagnosis of diabetes every two minutes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are around 422 million people are living with […]

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Water injections to relieve labour pains

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Water injections could be used to relieve labour pains. The effectiveness of using sterile water injections for labour contraction pain will be tested by an international collaboration of researchers, thanks to federal funding. The Commonwealth Government’s Medical Research Future Fund has granted more than $300 thousand to the two-year project, run by The University of […]

Plastic device could reduce risks of treating heart disease

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

A plastic device that could radically reduce the risks and complications of treating coronary heart disease, is being co-developed by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast. The researchers are working as part of a national project, which is being led by the University of St Andrews, and also includes experts from the University of the Highlands […]

Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

Posted on June 3, 2021 (November 19, 2025) by Hippocratic Post

A needle-free COVID-19 vaccination could be possible, with University of Queensland scientists successfully protecting mice from the virus by administering a US-developed vaccine candidate with a ‘patch’. The University of Texas Hexapro vaccine candidate – delivered via the UQ-developed and Vaxxas-commercialised high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) – provided protection against COVID-19 disease with a single, pain-free ‘click’ from a pocket-sized applicator. […]

Coventry Uni and charity Mobility collaboration

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Coventry University has collaborated with national disability charity Motability to recruit and sponsor a number of doctoral candidates to undertake research into accessible transport at the university’s National Transport Design Centre (NTDC). The collaboration combines Coventry University’s strong tradition of design transport teaching and Motability’s objective to support and develop innovative solutions to meet the […]

Long-term employment impact of pandemic

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Next week the House of Lords COVID-19 Select Committee will hear from witnesses on the potential long-term impact the pandemic has had on parents’ employment and what action is needed from the Government and others to tackle any identified issues. This session continues the Committee’s exploration into the overall long-term impact of the pandemic on […]

Alzheimer’s and cataract surgery

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Hippocratic Post

Alzheimer’s and cataract surgery: People with newly diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease are less likely to have cataract surgery than people without Alzheimer’s disease. People with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are less likely to have cataract surgery than people without Alzheimer’s disease. The procedure rate starts to decrease already one year after the diagnosis, according to a new study […]

Seizures, convulsions and epilepsy

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Emma Hammett

A seizure is the medical term for a fit or convulsion. One in twenty people will have a seizure at some point in their lives. However, not everyone who has a seizure will have epilepsy. Electrical activity happens constantly in our brains and controls movements and bodily functions. If there is a disruption to the […]