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Drug works against current Ebola strain
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's Thomas Geisbert has just published a study offering the first evidence that a drug developed to fight Ebola works against the strain causing the current outbreak in West Africa, reports The Daily Telegraph. The drug is now being tested in Ebola patients in Sierra Leone.
Scientists say they have developed the first successful treatment for Ebola, which works up to three days after exposure to the virus.
Jail for nurse who r aped unconscious patients
A UK nurse who filmed himself raping unconscious patients behind curtains in a busy A&E, has been jailed for 18 years after admitting carrying out 27 horrific attacks.
50th International Liver Conference, Vienna, Austria
Some research highlights from the European Association for the Study of the Liver’s 50th International Liver Conference, including a potential cure for hepatitis B virus infections, with a promising new treatment proving 100% successful in pre-clinical models and new hepatitis C virus treatment guidelines. P-hacking to get publishable results
An Australian study has found some scientists are unknowingly tweaking experiments and analysis methods to increase their chances of getting results that are easily published. It claims to be is the most comprehensive investigation yet into a type of publication bias called p-hacking.
Heart failure culprit identified
Working with lab animals and human heart cells, scientists have identified what causes the cell-signalling breakdown that triggers progressive heart failure.
Less risk using artery in arm
Patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiogram had a significantly lower risk of major bleeding and death if the heart was accessed through an artery in the arm rather than the groin.
Losing too much blood from too many tests
Laboratory testing among cardiac surgery patients can lead to excessive bloodletting, increasing risk of hospital-acquired anaemia and the need for blood transfusion. Patients were found to be undergoing 116 tests each.
Vitamin D doesn't lower blood pressure
A review of clinical trial data found vitamin D supplementation was ineffective at lowering blood pressure and should not be used as an anti-hypertensive
Longer life for elderly from TAVR
Elderly patients once considered too frail for asurgery are living longer, with better quality of life, following minimally invasive trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) than those followed standard therapy with balloon aortic valvuloplasty but no surgery.
Phase-3 anticoagulation trial terminated
A novel therapy that allowed blood-clotting to be turned off and on in a more controlled way showed similar efficacy to established anticoagulants in angioplasty patients, without improvement in major bleeding, according to data from a Phase-3 trial terminated due to an excess of severe allergic reactions.