To accurately perceive the direction of moving objects, rats may exploit a small but very useful cluster of visual neurons, which seem to work in the same way as the “pattern cells” found in the cerebral cortex of primates. Thanks to these neurons, rats may rely on a rather advanced motion processing system, based on extraction of high-level visual information […]
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Sepsis is claiming too many lives as hospitals are making the same mistakes as a decade ago, ombudsman warns Delays in diagnosis and treatment are among the failures in the new report Sepsis is still claiming too many lives as hospitals are making the same mistakes as a decade ago, the health ombudsman has warned. Rob Behrens said there had […]
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In an exploratory study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Netherlands investigated the efficacy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of 95 patients with post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) syndrome (PCS). They explored the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the response. They found that all the patients showed improved well-being and decreased symptoms, and about two-thirds of […]
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These days, we don’t think much about being able to access a course of antibiotics to head off an infection. But that wasn’t always the case—antibiotics have been available for less than a century. Before that, patients would die of relatively trivial infections that became more serious. Some serious infections, such as those involving the heart valves, were inevitably fatal. […]
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A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels, common among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, and pancreatic cancer. The study, published in Cell Metabolism, provides the first detailed explanation of why people with obesity and type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of […]
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‘The next weapon in war on type 2 diabetes in men could be a dose of HRT’: How blood sugar could be lowered by a spot of exercise in the sun A wave of blockbuster drugs are shifting the outlook for type 2 diabetes patients When it comes to battling life-limiting chronic diseases, there are few genuine moments of hope. But […]
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TOPLINE: The prevalence of clinically meaningful levels of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) is significantly lower among Black patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), compared with people of other races and ethnicities. METHODOLOGY: The researchers reviewed data from seven longitudinal SLE cohorts including more than 2500 individuals to examine the overall prevalence of aPLs as well as their presence by race. Clinically […]
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In science, a simple but thorough observation can kick-start the most surprising findings. Researchers at the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center noticed that mice lacking a protein of interest in cancer research were showing visible signs of abnormal motor functions as they aged, including loss of coordination and strength. The team showed that that lack of this protein resulted in the […]
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CDC explains how tuberculosis can be transmitted In the Victorian era, TB killed around one in seven people in England, and while great progress has been made to curb the disease, it’s still here. The latest data from the Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that there have been a total of 1,175 cases of TB across the country in the […]
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TOPLINE: For trauma patients with exsanguinating torso hemorrhage, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) did not reduce mortality, and may have increased 90-day mortality, when added to standard hemorrhagic management in a randomized controlled trial. METHODOLOGY: REBOA is a novel technique whereby a percutaneously inserted balloon is inflated in the aorta. The UK-REBOA trial is the first randomized […]
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