Archive: 27/08/2018

New immunotherapy inhibits tumor growth and protects against metastases

Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology have taken important steps toward the development of cancer-targeting immunotherapy. The research team developed a treatment in mice that destroys part of the tumor ...

Aug 27, 2018

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Cardio exercise and strength training affect hormones differently

For exercise, many people cycle to and from work, or visit the gym to lift weights. Regardless of the form of training they choose, people exercise to improve their health. But researchers actually know surprisingly little ...

Aug 27, 2018

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Drug reduces deaths and hospitalizations from underdiagnosed form of heart failure

A phase three clinical trial has shown that a drug called tafamidis significantly reduces deaths and hospitalizations in patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a progressive form of heart failure that ...

Aug 27, 2018

Care coordination improves health of older patients with multiple chronic diseases

For older adults with multiple chronic diseases, such as diabetes, depression, heart disease and others, care coordination appears to have the biggest impact on better health, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian ...

Aug 27, 2018