health

COVID-19 infection waves linked to spikes in heart attack deaths

Posted in Medicine on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

The findings cannot causally link the increases in heart attacks to COVID, however, the research is far from the first to suggest SARS-CoV-2 infections can harm heart health.

Our Conscious Experience Of The World Is A Memory, Says New Theory

Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

By reframing consciousness as part of memory, the team hopes the theory can help patients with neurological disorders.

AI Uses a Scan of Your Retina to Predict Your Risk of Heart Disease

Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

"AI-enabled vasculometry risk prediction is fully automated, low cost, non-invasive, and has the potential for reaching a higher proportion of the population in the community because of 'high street' availability and because blood sampling or are not needed."

Cancer-killing virus shows promise in patients

Posted in Medicine, Science on 16th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

A new type of cancer therapy that uses a common virus to infect and destroy harmful cells is showing big promise in early human trials, say UK scientists.

Lung cancer treatment: Specific gene mutation may be a key

Posted in Medicine, Science on 16th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

Data from a new study found that the mutated KRAS gene influences the lipids and metabolism of lipids in lung cancer. Their findings suggest that targeting components of lipid metabolism and synthesis could be part of effective lung cancer treatments.