Improve remote care to keep patients safer during health crises, says study
New research draws out three key recommendations to improve remote care in the NHS and better prepare it for future health threats.
Lockdown reduced children’s contacts with GPs but increased remote appointments
Young people’s contacts with GPs in England dropped by 41% overall during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 compared with previous years.
Aspirin may improve 3-month survival for patients critically ill with COVID-19
Antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin have little effect on the need for life support in COVID-19, but they may improve survival in the following months.
Data-driven research partnership aims to identify predictive disease markers
Imperial College London and SomaLogic will combine research expertise with the aim of uncovering predictive biomarkers for cancer and other diseases
A Real-Time DRS Probe Tracking System for Gastrointestinal Cancer Detection
Researchers developed a probe tracking system for gastrointestinal cancer tissue detection using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS).
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Imperial pioneer wins UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize
An Imperial Regius Professor of Engineering has won the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences.
COVID-19 mapper reveals symptom variation between countries and health status
Imperial research has unveiled how COVID-19 symptoms varied between country and health condition in 2020 in partnership with symptom mapper Healthily.
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COVID-19 complications in children: What we’ve learnt about PIMS and long COVID
Dr Elizabeth Whittaker discusses the evolution of research into PIMS - a rare inflammatory condition in children linked to COVID-19 - and long COVID.
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AI could worsen health inequities for UK’s minority ethnic groups - new report
A new white paper highlights the opportunities and barriers for artificial intelligence to improve the health of the UK’s minority ethnic groups.
Miscarriage may be linked to changes in vaginal bacteria
A new study finds that changes to a mother’s vaginal microbiome may be associated with pregnancy loss.
