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News • Promising procedure

Testicular tissue transplant offers fertility hope

Doctors have performed a procedure to transplant a young man's testicular tissue that was frozen before he underwent chemotherapy, in a potential breakthrough for male fertility preservation.

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Sponsored • New Whitepaper

AI-Enabled Care Pathway: Shifting the Paradigm in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. As clinical guidelines increasingly recommend MRI before biopsy, prostate MRI has become a critical decision point in the diagnostic pathway. However, many imaging departments continue to face challenges such as long acquisition times, motion-sensitive exams, and labor-intensive post-processing.

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News • Airway bacteria

Oral and lung microbiome differs drastically in long Covid patients

A study of more than 700 people has shown that those with long Covid have a distinctly different mix of bacteria – the microbiome – that live in their mouths and lungs.

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News • Routine blood test

Haemoglobin count may suggest future dementia risk

A common blood test already carried out during routine health checks may contain clues about a person’s long-term risk of dementia, according to research presented at the ECNP Congress in Munich.

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Article • Respiratory health in a warming world

How global warming turns the climate against the lungs

Heatwaves killing thousands of Europeans every summer, desert dust settling over cities that have never seen a desert, and floodwaters destroying entire valleys, leaving mouldy homes: The effects of global warming on lung health are becoming ever more apparent. At the European Respiratory Society’s ERS Congress in Barcelona, experts discussed how extreme heat, dust storms, and flooding impact healthcare. The session's speakers went on to detail not only the scale of the damage, but also the concrete policy and clinical responses already showing results.

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Article • Workspace, management, research

Women in healthcare

Long time underrepresented in both leadership positions and research design, women have come a long way in restoring gender equality in healthcare settings. Yet, many challenges still remain. Keep…

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Article • Focus on radiology

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Imaging without ionising radiation: MRI uses magnetic fields to look inside the body. Keep up-to-date with the latest research news, medical applications, and background information on MR imaging.

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Article • Information channel

Neurology: Let's get nervous

Neural networks are emblematic of complex systems, so it's no surprise that the field of neurology is eclectic and intricate, too. Main challenges for neurologists are therapies of and research on…

Diagnostic imaging

Radiology, sonography and beyond: Keep reading to find out how imaging techniques like MRI, CT and ultrasound can be used in the diagnosis of diseases and the guidance of medical procedures.

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News • Combined approach

Prostate cancer: PSMA PET/CT-targeted biopsy improves detection

A combined approach of two biopsy techniques involving PSMA PET/CT may help identify clinically significant prostate cancer that would otherwise be difficult to detect, according to new research.

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News • Molecular imaging

CE mark cleared for new 'videography' PET/MR system

The uPMR Zenith PET/MR system from United Imaging has received CE marking. It aims to transform MR imaging from photography to videography.

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News • Meta-analysis of mammography trials

Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening less common than previously thought

The extent of overdiagnosis has been one of the most debated issues in breast cancer screening for decades. Now, a new study suggests that it is less of a problem than previously thought.

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Laboratory/pathology

From clinical chemistry to digital pathology: Read more about how modern medical laboratories and procedures in pathology play a vital role in the detection and prevention of diseases and in medical research.

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News • Study shows long-term benefits

Vaccination: protection beyond infection

Vaccination not only prevents disease caused by acute infection: it also protects against long-term immune-related consequences that can follow an acute viral infection, a new study finds.

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News • Pooled TB testing strategy

Tuberculosis: Rapid low-cost diagnosis within reach for ‘missed millions’

Global efforts to tackle tuberculosis are hampered by the large number who remain undiagnosed, untreated and unknowingly spreading TB. A new study proposes a rapid diagnosis workflow to fix this.

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News • Medical mycology

Faster diagnosis for fungal bloodstream infections

Fungal bloodstream infections can be life-threatening. In a recent study, researchers developed a new workflow to identify fungal species in blood samples much faster than conventional methods.

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Treatment

Medical innovations are rapidly expanding therapy options for many diseases. Keep reading to find more information on new therapies, surgical techniques, effective medication and patient care.

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News • Organ-preserving treatment

New radiotherapy approach to spare rectal cancer patients surgery and stoma

Novel radiotherapy may save increasingly many rectal cancer patients from surgery and stoma. Finland is at the forefront of implementing this novel treatment.

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News • Gynaecologic oncology

Vulvar cancer: New surgical technique can restore the clitoris

Surgery for vulvar cancer can save lives, but also significantly affect a woman's sexual function and quality of life. Now, a new surgical technique makes it possible to restore the clitoris.

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News • Radiation oncology trial

Tile-based radiation therapy to lower risk of recurrence in brain metastases

Using implanted collagen tiles during brain surgery, a new kind of radiation therapy (TBRT) could significantly lower the risk of recurrence in brain metastases, a new study finds.

Management

Time to bring out the white collars: Read more about the economy and politics of health as well as optimised hospital and patient management.

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News • Sustainable implementation

How healthcare and the environment can benefit from 'Green' AI

AI has a transformative effect on healthcare – but what about the environmental cost? Will healthcare be picking up the bill later? A new paper explores sustainable options of AI implementation.

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News • 10 years without a single case

"Farvel", congenital syphilis: how Denmark eliminated mother-to-child transmission

Congenital syphilis is on the rise across Europe, nearly doubling in a single year. Yet Denmark has marked a full decade without a single case. How one country managed what many others haven't.

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News • Medical professionals after the referendum

How Brexit transformed the UK health care workforce

Decreased health care worker migration, worsening physician shortages: Brexit – the UK's vote to leave the EU – has profoundly impacted the English healthcare system, a new study finds.

IT/Tech

From AI-based image analysis to virtual therapies: Find out how digitalisation and cutting-edge IT solutions advance the medical landscape.

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News • Cardiovascular Health Data and AI Network

European initiative to accelerate AI uptake in cardiovascular care

AI offers major opportunities to improve heart health, however, current use is fragmented. A new project aims to turn the technology's promise into better cardiovascular care.

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News • Vs. conventional knee replacements for arthritis

Robotic hip and knee surgery does not reduce risk of repeat surgery

Two major studies involving researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found that robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement does not reduce the overall early risk of repeat surgery.

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News • Emergency medicine

Cardiac arrest: Drones could speed up delivery of AEDs

Drones could be used to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to where a person is suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study presented at the EUSEM Congress.

Research

When scientific curiosity paves the way for improved healthcare: Read more about promising studies and trials that lead to more effective drugs, procedures as well as medical guidelines.

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News • Medical materials

Self-disinfecting fabric uses light to kill bacteria, fungi, viruses

A new self-disinfecting fabric uses visible light to eliminate bacteria, fungi and viruses in hospital settings. The manufacturing process could be easily implemented for hospital-use textiles.

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News • Preventive transmission model

How C. diff spreads in a hospital oncology ward

Many cancer treatments leave their recipients immunocompromised and at greater risk of infection. A new transmission model aims to better prevent transmission in hospitals' oncology wards.

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News • Current insights and research priorities

Atrial fibrillation during sepsis: what clinicians know (and what they don't)

A new review brings together the current evidence on sepsis-associated atrial fibrillation (SAAF) – and maps the research needed to close the gaps.

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