Researchers have uncovered how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses that are harmful to tumors but not to healthy cells.…
Underlying illness risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death
Age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness have emerged as risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death in the UK,…
Study shows hydroxychloroquine’s harmful effects on heart rhythm
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for Covid-19, is known to have potentially serious…
Like a treasure map, brain region emphasizes reward location
Neuroscientists found that a brain region called the lateral septum encodes spatial information with a special emphasis on the location…
New test method can offer safer dosages of hydroxychloroquine
Researchers have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquine in patients with the rheumatic disease systemic…
How Do You Decide if Children Can Play Together Again?
As always, parents must weigh the risks, look at what the experts say and make decisions based on their own…
How Do You Decide if Children Can Play Together Again?
As always, parents must weigh the risks, look at what the experts say and make decisions based on their own…
How ketamine combats depression
The anaesthetic drug ketamine has been shown, in low doses, to have a rapid effect on difficult-to-treat depression. Researchers now…
Impact of children’s loneliness today could manifest in depression for years to come
A rapid review into the mental health impacts of loneliness on children and young people concludes that there could be…
Statistical analyses and quality of individual participant data network meta-analyses were suboptimal: a cross-sectional study
Network meta-analyses using individual participant data (IPD-NMAs) have been increasingly used to compare the effects of multiple interventions. Although there…