An international group of hearing specialists has released a new set of recommendations emphasising that cochlear implants should be offered to adults who have moderate...News Release
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to fund international trial of chloroquine
An international group of physicians and scientists, including from the University...Clinical Medicine
The number of people evaluated for signs of stroke at US hospitals has dropped by nearly 40% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from...
May 6th, 2020
A new novel disinfection process, developed in collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine, uses vaporised hydrogen peroxide. Test results from a pilot...
The risk of a serious cardiovascular event is reduced by a fifth in people taking an integrase inhibitor-based antiretroviral regimen compared to alternative drugs....Neurology
Up to two decades before people develop the characteristic memory loss and confusion of Alzheimer's disease, damaging clumps of protein start to build up in their...
June 26th, 2019Eating two or more weekly servings of yoghurt is associated with lower risk of developing the adenomas which precede the development of bowel cancer – at least in men...
A Washington University study finds that women’s brains metabolically appear to be about three years younger than men’s of the same chronological age, metabolically...Neuroscience
Years before symptoms of Alzheimer's disease manifest, the brain starts changing and neurons are slowly degraded. Scientists at the German Centre for Neurodegenerative...Oncology
Obesity was associated with an increased risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) among younger women, according to a large, 14-year study by Washington University...