Common arthritis drugs could block spread of breast cancer, study suggests
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Common arthritis drugs could block spread of breast cancer, study suggests

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-20/common-arthritis-drugs-could-block-spread-of-breast-cancer-study-suggests/ By ITV News Simple arthritis drugs used on the NHS could help stop breast cancer spreading, research suggests. Scientists propose that arthritis drugs anakinra, canakinumab and sulfasalazine could be re-purposed to help block cancer reaching bones. Research teams from the University of Manchester and the University of Sheffield discovered…

Microphone could diagnose ‘noisy’ arthritic knees
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Microphone could diagnose ‘noisy’ arthritic knees

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50071602 By BBC Health News Technology used by engineers to listen for faults in bridges could be used to diagnose ‘noisy’ arthritic knees, a study suggests. It involved a tiny microphone being attached to participants’ knees to pick up high-frequency sounds. Although not audible to humans, the waveforms can be…