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Study Displays Benefits of Tailored Swimming Lessons for Dementia Patients

Dementia patients and their carers can benefit substantially from specially designed ‘dementia friendly’ swimming lessons, according to researchers from…

6-Month Course of Herceptin Just as Effective as 12 Months in Breast Cancer Treatment

Herceptin treatment for women with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer is just as effective when taken for 6 months in preventing relapse and death…

Widely Available Drug Could Reduce Death and Disability in Intracerebral Haemorrhage

Using a drug called tranexamic acid (TXA) to treat patients with stroke caused by bleeding on the brain, known as intracerebral haemorrhage, may reduce…

ADHD Awareness, Mechanisms, and Treatments: Advances and Challenges

The neurological and genetic mechanisms underpinning attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are becoming increasingly more recognised and…

Light Treatment for Chronic Pain

Neuropathic pain can be successfully treated in mice by a novel technique, which uses near-infrared light that targets the nerves responsible for the…

Olfactory Dysfunction as a Marker of Cognitive Decline

Decline in cognitive function, including remembering, thinking, and reasoning, often accompanies the normal ageing process. However, a recent…

Reducing Alcohol Serving Sizes Could Improve Public Health

Reduced numbers of alcohol-related deaths and hospital admissions could be achieved by reducing the serving size of alcoholic beverages, according to a…

New Standard of Opioid Prescription in Hospitals Can Improve Pain Relief

Opioid delivery through non-intravenous (IV) methods to hospitalised patients can decrease exposure to these drugs as well as improve pain relief…

European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress 2018 Preview

This year’s EAACI Congress is heading to Germany’s third biggest city, Munich, from 26th–30th May, with a range of sessions on all aspects of allergy…

55th European Renal Association-European Dialysis & Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Congress Preview

The Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, the largest conference centre in all of Scandinavia,1 will open its doors for the 2018 edition of the ERA-EDTA…