Rob Hicks, MBBS

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Poorly Controlled Asthma Equal to Greenhouse Gases From More Than 124,000 Homes

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: March 5, 2024

In addition to medical implications, new research points to the environmental impact of asthma which is not well controlled.

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Magnesium sulfate shown to reduce risk of cerebral palsy in premature babies

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: January 12, 2023

"Giving magnesium sulfate to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies is a simple, inexpensive intervention that can make such a difference to fa...

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Hypertension linked to risk of severe COVID

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: November 18, 2022

A new study out of the United Kingdom identifies at what level high blood pressure can help predict a life-threatening case of the virus.

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A hormone that can predict male long-term health

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: November 10, 2022

“The holy grail of aging research is to reduce the fitness gap that appears as people age.”

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Best anticoagulant for minimizing bleeding risk identified

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: November 1, 2022

“Apixaban stood out as having lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.”

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Study uncovers two molecular subgroups of cervical cancer

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: October 28, 2022

Patients with so-called C2 tumors were more than twice as likely to die from their cervical cancer at any point during the follow-up period - up to...

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Gene ‘cut-and-paste’ treatment could offer hope for inherited immune system diseases

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: October 27, 2022

“Collecting the T cells is easier and correcting the T cells is easier. With this approach the amount of time in hospital the patients would need w...

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Dementia signs detected years before diagnosis

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: October 17, 2022

Findings of a new study offer hope for interventions to reduce the risk of the dementia developing.

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3-D scaffold could revolutionize diabetes treatment

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: October 7, 2022

Researchers have developed a scaffold using 3-D bioprinting that slowly releases antibiotics.

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Risk factors linked to post–COVID vaccination death identified

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: September 13, 2022

Of note, the researchers said that “there was no association between the risk of COVID-19 death and ethnicity, except for those of Indian backgroun...

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Robots better than humans at detecting mental well-being issues in children

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: September 6, 2022

“The children were willing to confide in the robot, in some cases sharing information with the robot that they had not yet shared via the standard ...

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Should patients undergoing surgical treatment for cervical lesions also receive an HPV vaccination?

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: August 4, 2022

“HPV vaccination might reduce the risk of recurrence of CIN, in particular when related to HPV16 or HPV18, in women treated with local excision.”

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Duration of breastfeeding associated with cognition in children

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: May 26, 2022

Taking socioeconomic position and maternal cognitive ability into account, those children who were breastfed for longer scored higher in cognitive ...

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One in four obese teens don’t know they’re obese

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: May 9, 2022

Two-thirds of adolescents living with obesity feel it is their sole responsibility to deal with their excess weight.

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Severe COVID-19 adds 20 years of cognitive aging: Study

Author:: Rob Hicks, MBBS

Publish date: May 4, 2022

The impairment is “equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.”