New tool can help clinicians calculate risk of surgery in heart patients

A new online tool is designed to help clinicians calculate the risk associated with mitral valve repair surgery in patients with heart disease.  The Society of...

New discovery could help counter cancer and ageing – study

Researchers have discovered an unknown cell mechanism which they say could help counteract cancer and the ageing process.  As time passes and we get older, many...

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Researchers develop app to train post-stroke care

Lithuanian researchers have developed an app that will train how to take care of a person who has suffered a stroke in a virtual environment. Statistics...

Online storytelling improves dementia patients’ quality of life

Online storytelling improved people with dementia’s quality of life during Covid-19 lockdowns, a new study has shown.  Academics translated a storytelling method known as ‘TimeSlips’ into...

New tool evaluates physical literacy among elderly

In a step towards improving healthy ageing, researchers have developed a tool that evaluates the physical literacy of the elderly population, including attitude, ability, and sociality....