Sudden cardiac death is a common cause of death in patients with reduced systolic ejection function. As part of a long-term observational study, MedUni Vienna researchers from the Division of Cardiology have now shown the importance of the diastolic filling function: the less the heart fills when there is diastolic dysfunction, the more likely patients […]
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While pangolins can be carriers of coronavirus, they appear able to tolerate it through some other unknown mechanism. The exotic animals lack two sensors that detect when a virus enters the body and trigger a – sometimes dangerously excessive – immune response in other mammals. Understanding how pangolins are able to survive coronavirus infections could […]
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Study discovers the link between an the anti-inflammatory gut and seratonin. The scientific journal, Cell Metabolism publishes this April, the latest findings from Professor of Immunology Claudia Mauri’s Laboratory in UCL’s Inflammation Department in the Division of Medicine. This study, co-led with Dr Elizabeth Rosser, Senior Research Associate, Immunology Department, reveals a link between the […]
Online ventilator training in 30 minutes now available to help doctors and nurses care for COVID-19 patients. A new online training tool has launched that can quickly teach nurses and doctors how to operate ventilators under the direction of an intensive care consultant. Global efforts are underway to provide the ventilators that the majority of […]
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The newest cohort of doctors from the University of Aberdeen will graduate early (Friday, April 17) so that many of them can join the frontline and support the NHS and the COVID-19 effort. With guidance from the General Medical Council, the graduation date of final year medical students at the University was brought forward by […]
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New project examines impact on young carers of COVID-19. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young carers is being examined in a new research project involving the University of East Anglia (UEA). Dr Kate Blake-Holmes, of UEA’s Centre for Research on Children and Families, is working with support organisations Caring Together and Norfolk Young […]
Dr Daniel Sokol, a leading bioethicist and medical lawyer, has published an Intensive Care Unit triage protocol to help clinicians decide how to allocate scarce ICU resources in the event of an overwhelmed ICU. Why did you write this? I was getting phone calls from doctors charged with developing ICU protocols, asking for help. As […]
At this time there is no proven effective treatment for Covid-19. Historically, a viral pandemic has led doctors and scientists to focus on finding an effective anti-viral drug or an effective vaccine. Neither of these have been particularly fruitful. It seems this focus is not in the right place especially given the propensity for viral […]
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Staying fit during isolation – new online fitness programme Quarantrain launches today. Staff and students from the University of Nottingham are part of an international team of experts who are today (2 April) launching QuaranTrain – a student-led healthcare project to help provide information and resources to stay fit and well during periods of isolation. Covid-19 […]
Babies with brain tumours could benefit from targeted treatment – Tumours in infants biologically distinct from older patients – – Study finds genetic vulnerabilities to existing targeted drugs – – Clinical trials to offer hope for families of youngest patients – Brain cancer in infants is biologically distinct from other childhood brain tumours and could […]
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