For patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), molecular imaging can improve staging and clinical management of the disease, according to research published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In a retrospective study of PDAC patients, the…
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Cardiorespiratory fitness improves grades at school
Recent studies indicate a link between children’s cardiorespiratory fitness and their school performance: the more athletic they are, the better their marks in the main subjects—French and mathematics. Similarly, cardiorespiratory fitness is known to benefit cognitive abilities, such as memory…
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OCD drug improves coronavirus patients' symptoms, study finds
OCD drug improves coronavirus symptoms by stopping body from attacking its own cells and tissues in ‘storms’ that can cause organ failure, study finds Fluvoxamine is a drug commonly used to treat patients with obsessive compulsive disorder or anxiety disorder …
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Medical imaging improves cancer staging
Prof. Tian Chao’s group from the Department of Precision Machinery and Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has made progress on the photoacoustic imaging for medical science. They improved the…
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E-health resource improves men’s health behaviours with or without fitness facilities
Men who regularly used a free web resource made significantly more health changes than men who did not, finds a new study from Intensions Consulting and the University of British Columbia. The researchers compared differences in behaviour among 863 men…
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