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Negligence by medics at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTH) contributed to an otherwise avoidable brain injury at birth in 1998, a High Court judge has ruled. As reported by the BBC, Elisha Woods, 25, was starved of oxygen before her birth at Bassetlaw District General Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. A High [...]
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has expressed that it is deeply disheartened with the decision by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to not re-appraise SPRAVATO for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in England and Wales. NICE has decided against reappraising the guidance despite significant new evidence that further supports SPRAVATO (an esketamine nasal [...]
A new study has looked at neurons in the hippocampus, a seahorse shaped structure deep in the brain involved in memory formation, and discovered a way to visualise the tuning of neuronal patterns associated with a location while an animal was asleep. Lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain information, and two [...]
A roundup of today's big news stories from around the world Number of over 65s with type 1 diabetes has almost tripled in 30 years The number of people aged 65 and older with type 1 diabetes increased from 1.3 million in 1990 to 3.7 million in 2019, while death rates fell 25 per cent [...]
Rehab robotics company Fourier Intelligence recently showcased its advanced solutions at the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) 2024. One of the major events in Sydney was held in conjunction with the 7th Annual Meeting of the Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (RMSANZ). The event was attended by national and [...]
Research has found that episodic hypoxemia and hypoxic burden related to obstructive sleep apnoea are associated with the risk of accelerated lung cancer reoccurrence. Results show that a 4% oxygen desaturation index of more than 15 and time spent in desaturation events were risk factors for cancer reappearance in less than two years. Measures of [...]
By Mike Battista, Director, Science and Research, Creyos
Engaging in vigorous physical activity more than once a week can lower the risk of cognitive impairment in people with high blood pressure, new research has found. The research is published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. Richard Kazibwe, M.D., is assistant professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest University School [...]
An intensive lifestyle intervention, without drugs, significantly improved cognition and function after 20 weeks in many patients with mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer's disease in a newly-published randomised controlled clinical trial. The multisite clinical study was published in the peer-reviewed Alzheimer's translational research journal, Alzheimer's Research and Therapy. The study was [...]
According to new research, veterans who were paired with a service dog for just three months were 66 per cent less likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Ret. Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans served in the United States Army for 27 years until a rocket blast in Afghanistan brought her career to an [...]
