3D eye scans widely used in high street opticians could help to identify people at high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before they have symptoms, data has suggested. The finding added to growing evidence that the use of eye scan data could help to detect neurodegenerative diseases and followed recent studies… Continue reading 3D eye scans at opticians could identify those at risk of Parkinson’s, study finds | Medical research
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Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs | Medical research
More than one in 10 patients admitted to cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs, research has found. Researchers in France tested the urine samples of all patients admitted to cardiac intensive care in 39 French hospitals during a fortnight in April 2021. They found 11% had taken drugs such as marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine.… Continue reading Study finds 11% of patients in cardiac intensive care have taken recreational drugs | Medical research
French research centre behind controversial Covid paper found to have used questionable ethics processes | Coronavirus
A major French research centre that produced one of the most widely cited and controversial research papers of the Covid-19 pandemic has been found by an international research team to have used questionable and concerning ethics approval processes across hundreds of studies. The Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, or IHU, is a large clinical research centre… Continue reading French research centre behind controversial Covid paper found to have used questionable ethics processes | Coronavirus
New vaccine research centre in UK to help scientists prepare for ‘disease X’ | Medical research
Ministers have opened a new vaccine research centre in the UK where scientists will work on preparing for “disease X”, the next potential pandemic pathogen. The state-of-the-art Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre is based at the UK Health and Security Agency’s (UKHSA) Porton Down campus in Wiltshire. Live viruses will be kept onsite in specialist… Continue reading New vaccine research centre in UK to help scientists prepare for ‘disease X’ | Medical research
Ukrainians are being forced to become Russian citizens, U.S.-backed research finds
Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory are being forced to assume Russian citizenship or face harsh retaliation, including possible deportation or detention, U.S.-backed research published on Wednesday said. Yale University researchers said that as part of a plan by Moscow to assert authority over Ukrainians, residents of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions are being… Continue reading Ukrainians are being forced to become Russian citizens, U.S.-backed research finds