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Dissolvable microneedle patch for flu vaccine found to be safe and preferred in first-in-human trial
Jun 28, 2017News Hour: Dissolvable vaccine patch could result in fewer sharps waste, was found to be stable for one year at 40 degrees Celsius and was successfully self-applied by participants. Delivering the influenza vaccine via a dissolvable... -
Guided self-help approach to graded exercise programme is safe and may reduce fatigue for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Jun 24, 2017News Hour: A self-help approach to a graded exercise program, supervised by a specialist physiotherapist, is safe and may reduce fatigue for some people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a new trial of 200... -
Half of chronic urticaria patients are not receiving any treatment despite significant disease burden
Jun 21, 2017News Hour: Novartis announced new baseline results from a real world study of 3,733 chronic urticaria (CU) patients showing many are not receiving adequate care, with almost half (42%) not receiving any treatment at all for... -
More action needed to help severe asthma patients gain control of their disease
Jun 21, 2017News Hour: Novartis announced the results of a new survey of 904 severe asthma patients, presented today for the first time at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress. Data from the ‘Still... -
More care and support needed for people living with Dementia
Jun 21, 2017News Hour: The World Dementia Council (WDC) has published a Statement on the importance of care and support for those affected by dementia and their families. The Global Care and Support Statement (“Global Care Statement”), which... -
750,000 children at risk of being cut off from safe drinking water after increased shelling in eastern Ukraine
Jun 18, 2017News Hour: At least 750,000 children are at imminent risk of being cut off from safe drinking water following a surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine, warned UNICEF. The recent escalation of hostilities has damaged vital... -
Around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse
Jun 17, 2017News Hour: Around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse, a figure higher than previously estimated and predicted to rise as populations age worldwide. A new study, supported by WHO and published in... -
Long-term daily aspirin use linked to higher than expected risk of bleeding in adults aged 75 or over
Jun 14, 2017News Hour: In people aged 75 or over, long-term daily aspirin use is linked to a higher than expected risk of disabling or fatal bleeding, according to a new study in The Lancet. While short-term aspirin... -
IBM takes Watson for Oncology to Bangladesh
Jun 13, 2017News Hour: IBM, today announced its collaboration with RITE Solutions Limited to deploy Watson for Oncology, a cognitive computing platform trained by Memorial Sloan Kettering, in hospitals in Bangladesh. Under this agreement with IBM, RITE Solutions... -
Switching to Tresiba® provides significant reductions in blood glucose
Jun 13, 2017News Hour: Findings from the real-world study, EU-TREAT (European TREsiba AudiT), were presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 77th Scientific Sessions (ADA) in San Diego, US. The study showed that people with type 1 diabetes and...
