❤️ Health Tech
🎗 Major breakthrough for breast cancer with new treatment
A new treatment for breast cancer is currently being tested at the University Hospital in Uppsala. In the first tests, the treatment has been much more effective than the best of those currently available."The first studies of Enhertu as the drug is called, show...
💊 New covid-pill could reduce hospitalization risk by half
The American pharmaceutical company Merck has developed a pill that in studies has proven effective against Covid-19.In the tests, one group received the drug, called Molnupiravir, as soon as they were diagnosed with Covid-19. Another group received a placebo pill. Of...
🧠Hope for more effective treatment for Alzheimer’s
A research group at Uppsala University has developed a method that could mean improved chances to treat Alzheimer's disease. While treatments available today have marginal effects, the Uppsala researchers' method works in a slightly different way.When...
💉 New method reduces severe malaria in children
In 2019, 274,000 children died of malaria, but a new method could bring that figure down dramatically. In an experiment in Burkina Faso and Mali, the number of children in need of hospital care decreased by as much as 70 percent.The method has been developed by an...
