New blood test can diagnose bipolar disorder
• Apr 9, 2024, 1:46 PM
1 min de lecture
It's an innovation that scientists are describing as a revolution. EDIT-B is a simple blood test that helps differentiate between depression and bipolar disorder, enabling doctors to establish a diagnosis within four weeks, compared to eight to 10 years currently. Bipolar disorder is a chronic mental illness affecting more than 46 million people worldwide, and for which medical misdiagnosis is common. FRANCE 24's Julia Sieger tells us more.
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Promising findings emerge from latest cancer trials
• 1:15 PM
1 min
We take a look at some of the findings that emerged from this year's European Society for Medical Oncology conference in Barcelona. Some 30,000 people attended the forum to hear what advances doctors and researchers have made in the fight against cancer.
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Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39 million by 2050
• 9:02 AM
1 min
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario.
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