Becoming reality – mucopolysaccharide storage diseases and adulthood
Susanne Gerit Kircher, of the Medical University of Vienna, explains why more resources and effort must be put into understanding mucopolysaccharide storage diseases in...
It’s time for a new Europe-wide strategy on prostate cancer
Europa Uomo chairman André Deschamps sets out the need for an improved approach to prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.
30 million men in Europe are...
A call to action for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The EU-IPFF sets out a series of recommendations to improve the quality of life and treatment outcomes of people living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis...
The World Mosquito Program: eliminating mosquito-borne diseases
The World Mosquito Program is an indispensable tool in the global effort to eliminate infectious diseases. Scott O’Neill tells Health Europa more.
What if we...
Colorectal cancer and colonoscopy
Jolanta Gore-Booth, the CEO of Digestive Cancers Europe, discusses the value of colonoscopy in diagnosing and preventing colorectal cancer.
In a recent survey by specialist...
D-MOSS: an integrated dengue virus early warning system
Driven by Earth Observations in Vietnam, D-MOSS, Dengue Mosquito Simulation from Satellites, is a dengue virus early warning system for Vietnam.
D-MOSS is developed by...
Social media addiction: student binge drinkers affected
Binge drinkers, typically university students, are frequently posting on social media while intoxicated therefore showing signs of social media addiction.
Researchers have found that social...
Discover how protein clumps damage cells in Parkinson’s
Biologists studying Parkinson's disease have found that enzymes modify tau to create tau-alpha-synuclein protein clumps on mitochondria.
Biologists studying Parkinson's disease have long wanted to...
Operating room pressures: surgeons under stress make more mistakes
New study finds that surgeons under stress make up to 66% more mistakes on patients in the operating room.
Using a technology that captured the...
Ovarian cancer metastasis aided by DNA ‘webs’
According to University of Texas, after being caught in DNA ‘webs’ extruded by immune cells, ovarian cancer metastasis occurs, spreading to new tissue.
Researchers from...
Blood coagulation cascade and thrombosis
Blood coagulation cascade causes thrombosis, many methods have been attempted to determine medical treatment and few have been both successful and easy to use,...
Lung transplant discrimination: patients claiming the system is ‘rigged’
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA, lung transplant discrimination may still be occurring across the nation.
Court filing prompted change in lung allocation policy in...
Let’s talk about ischemic stroke treatment
Increasing demand for minimally invasive procedures & advancements are key factors driving researchers to find surgical procedures in ischemic stroke treatment.
The ischemic stroke market...
Food fraud: are obesogens preventing weight loss?
Although excessive consumption of unhealthy food is the common cause of obesity, scientists are exploring the role chemicals play in obesity, specifically obesogens.
More than...
The world of microbiomes is about to get much better
The newly European-funded project MicrobiomeSupport held its kick-off meeting, with the goal of enhancing research regarding microbiomes.
The meeting held on 28 November 2018 in...
Gut microbiota linked to obesity and mental disorders
EU-funded project 'MyNewGut' finds new gut microbiota that may help battle obesity and mental disorders.
The MyNewGut project has discovered new gut microbiota, specifically bacterial...
Breast cancer risk remains high decades after childbirth
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have found that contrary to previous knowledge, breast cancer risk remains elevated 20-30 years after childbirth.
Generally, women...
Rare blood disorders: could sutimlimab treat the untreatable?
Researchers yearn to treat rare blood disorders, and now they may have found the solution with the investigational drug, sutimlimab.
Sutimlimab has shown promising results...
Excessive alcohol consumption: ready for the holiday hangover?
According to University of Michigan, USA, parents are not prepared for 'parenting hangovers' this holiday season – is it time to reduce excessive alcohol...
Nosocomial infections: the potential killer Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus epidermidis is a pervasive coloniser of healthy human skin, but is also a notorious source of serious nosocomial infections found in hospital devices.
Scientists...