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Magnesium sulfate shown to reduce risk of cerebral palsy in premature babies
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
"Giving magnesium sulfate to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies is a simple, inexpensive intervention that can make such a difference to...
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Hypertension linked to risk of severe COVID
- Author:
- Rob Hicks, MBBS
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
“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
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
“Apixaban stood out as having lower risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.”
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Study uncovers two molecular subgroups of cervical cancer
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
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...
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Gene ‘cut-and-paste’ treatment could offer hope for inherited immune system diseases
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
“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...
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Dementia signs detected years before diagnosis
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
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
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
Of note, the researchers said that “there was no association between the risk of COVID-19 death and ethnicity, except for those of Indian...
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Robots better than humans at detecting mental well-being issues in children
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
“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?
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
“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
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
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
- Drcog, MRCGP
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
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
The impairment is “equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.”
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One in four feel fully recovered following COVID-19 hospitalization
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- Rob Hicks, MBBS
The total number and range of ongoing symptoms at one year was “striking” and emphasizes the “multisystem nature of long COVID.”