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Strength and aerobic exercise and high-protein, low-GI diet best to fight obesity
Physical activity itself is beneficial, but combining it with an appropriate diet - high in protein, with carbohydrates, with a low glycaemic index - gives the best results in regulating body weight and balancing metabolic disorders in patients with obesity, researchers from the University of Physical Education in Kraków have shown.
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Expert: Artificial intelligence can improve ovarian cancer diagnostics
Artificial intelligence can improve ovarian cancer diagnostics. Studies show that it is better at recognizing ovarian cancer cases than both experts and other doctors. Its diagnostic accuracy is 86 percent, Professor Artur Czekierdowski from the Medical University of Lublin told PAP.
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Optoelectronics experts help diagnose brain tumours
Scientists propose a new approach to data analysis that combines convolutional neural networks and extreme learning machines. This solution will enable early detection and precise classification of brain tumours. The new method uses magnetic resonance images.
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Scientists slow down development of melanoma by modifying immune system cells
Scientists have slowed down the development of melanoma by modifying immune system cells. The first author of the paper published in Nature is Marek Wagner, PhD, a Polish biotechnologist from the Innate Immunity Research Group at Łukasiewicz - PORT.
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Expert: Metapneumoviruses do not have pandemic potential
The hMPV virus does not have a high epidemic potential, we are not at risk of a pandemic caused by it. An increase in infections occurs every year in the winter season, but these are self-limiting infections, or ones that require only symptomatic treatment, emphasises Tomasz Dzieciątkowski, a virologist and professor at the Medical University of Warsaw.
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Percutaneous procedures are the future of cardiac surgery - Polish co-authors of paper in The Lancet
Percutaneous procedures, without opening the chest, can bring better results than conventional treatment in patients suffering from coronary artery disease and aortic valve stenosis. The results of research conducted by an international team with the participation of Polish researchers have been published in the prestigious journal The Lancet.
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Michał Wszoła: First bionic pancreas implantation in human possible in 2026
Millions of patients around the world are waiting for organs for transplantation, but only a fraction have a chance to receive them. Bioprinting paves the way to the production of personalised organs for patients. Michał Wszoła MD, PhD, used it to develop a bionic pancreas. He wants to implant it in the first patient in 2026.
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Polish researchers discover key role of endothelium cells in bone marrow transplant success
Scientists at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków have uncovered a groundbreaking discovery that could significantly improve the outcomes of bone marrow transplants, a key treatment for blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma.
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Men and women need different treatments for Insomnia, says sleep expert
According to Professor Monika Białecka from the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, sleep isn't just a one-size-fits-all issue; it has a distinctive gender flair that can dramatically affect treatment choices.
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