Asia
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Making breast cancer test more accurate for Ashkenazi Jewish women
Changes to genetic tests can improve the accuracy with which they assess breast cancer risk for women from Ashkenazi Jewish backgrounds, British researchers reported last night. Read more
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Promising new radiation-based cancer therapy
A novel compound has been created that uses radiation to selectively kill cancer cells. Read more
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Strength test ‘identifies heart failure risk after heart attack’
A simple leg strength test should be used to identify people who are more likely to develop heart failure, experts have heard. Read more
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Global stroke deaths ‘to reach five million by 2030’
The number of deaths globally from ischaemic stroke is expected to increase to nearly five million by 2030, a new Chinese study published today has found. Read more
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Low-cost interventions could prevent one million stillbirths and new-born deaths
Eight low-cost interventions for pregnant women in 81 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could prevent about 566,000 stillbirths and 5.2 million babies from being born preterm or small for gestational age every year. Read more
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‘Pruning’ brain connection problems linked to mental health disorders
Problems with the brain’s ‘pruning’ brain connections could be why adolescents are at risk from a range of mental health disorders, new international research suggests today. Read more
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Dementia risk for those with hearing loss
People with hearing loss who do not use hearing aids may have a higher risk of dementia than either those who do use them or individuals who do not have hearing loss, researchers report today. Read more
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Bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine ‘effective’
The bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is effective in reducing the risk of hospitalisation or death among older people, according to one of the first studies to assess the vaccine. Read more
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COVID-19 infection ‘increases dementia progression’
Individuals with dementia experience rapidly progressive symptoms after they have had COVID-19, according to a new study. Read more
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Poor sleep ‘doubles risk of genetic susceptibility to asthma’
Poor quality sleep could double the risk from an individual’s genetic susceptibility to asthma, according to a study of the British population published today. Read more