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A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested in mice, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Scientists develop potential compound to neutralise flesh-eating bacteria

A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested.

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August 6, 2024
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A new cardiovascular disease risk calculator may render 16 million US citizens ineligible for preventive therapy if the current guidelines for cholesterol and high blood pressure treatment remain the same, according to a Harvard Medical School study.

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New cardiovascular risk calculator may impose a burden on 16 million US citizens

HQ Team August 6, 2024: A new cardiovascular disease risk calculator may render 16 million US citizens ineligible for preventive therapy if the.

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August 6, 2024
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Contineum Therapeutics, Inc., a US San Diego-headquartered biopharmaceutical company’s trial drug may reverse multiple sclerosis damage by potentially restoring movement and function.

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Contineum’s test drug may reverse multiple sclerosis damage

Contineum Therapeutics, Inc., a US San Diego-headquartered biopharmaceutical company’s trial drug may reverse multiple sclerosis damage by potentially restoring movement and function.

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August 6, 2024
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Caristo Diagnostics, founded by four Oxford University cardiologists, has developed an AI-assisted software that can detect cardiac events a decade in advance.

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Oxford spin-off develops new test to detect heart attacks 10 yrs in advance

Caristo Diagnostics, founded by four Oxford University cardiologists, has developed an AI-assisted software that can detect cardiac events a decade in advance.

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August 5, 2024
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Flexible, gel-like synthetic tubes can replace human veins during heart bypass operations to reroute blood flow, according to engineers at the University of Edinburgh.

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Artificial blood vessels can improve heart surgery outcomes: UoE

Flexible, gel-like synthetic tubes can replace human veins during heart bypass operations to reroute blood flow, according to engineers at the University of.

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August 5, 2024
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Researchers have added two additional risk factors — untreated vision loss and high LDL cholesterol — to 12 other steps to identify dementia, projected to affect 153 million people by 2050.

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Untreated vision loss, high LDL cholesterol risk factors for dementia

Researchers have added two additional risk factors — untreated vision loss and high LDL cholesterol — to 12 other steps to identify dementia,.

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August 5, 2024
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Seventeen types of cancer are common in US millennials and the incidence rate for some forms is two to three times higher in people born in 1990 than in 1995, a study reveals.

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GenX faces a higher risk of 17 cancer types than older generation

Seventeen types of cancer are common in US millennials and the incidence rate for some forms is two to three times higher in.

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August 4, 2024
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WHO issues global warning on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie pathogen

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WHO warns on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie spread

HQ Team August 4, 2024: The WHO has warned about the rising global incidence of hypervirulent and multi-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae (hvKp) infections. The.