Great War. Small, Bracing, Shows

That’s an idea, but not the only one, that emerges from two small exhibitions that Yale University is mounting to mark the centennial of the War to End All Wars. “Yale Medicine Goes to War, 1917” and “Refugees, Immigration, and Library Books for Soldiers: A Selection of World War I Posters” are on view in the corridor and in the rotunda of the John Hay Whitney Medical Library over on Cedar Street at the medical campus.

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A BLIND World War Two veteran from Stafford has been formally presented with France’s highest honour for his part in the liberation of France. Rowland Edwards, 93, received the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur during a special ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum.

NANOBIOTIX appoints senior executive from pharmaceutical industry, as Chief Operating Officer

Paris, France and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, February 7, 2017 – NANOBIOTIX , a late clinical-stage nanomedicine company pioneering novel approaches for the local treatment of cancer, announced today the appointment of Alain Dostie, a senior executive from the pharmaceutical industry, as its Chief Operating Officer . Mr. Dostie will lead Nanobiotix’s operations, including development, manufacturing, market access and sales, for the Company’s lead product NBTXR3, which could obtain a CE Mark approval in 2017.

Diabetes may be an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer

London, Jan 30 – The onset of diabetes, or a rapid deterioration in existing diabetes that requires more aggressive treatment, could be a sign of early, hidden pancreatic cancer, warns a new study. The findings are based on an analysis linking nearly a million patients with Type-2 diabetes in Italy and Belgium with recorded cases of pancreatic cancer.

Research highlights need to improve sleep for homeless people

The homeless sleep less and are more likely to have insomnia and daytime fatigue than people in the general population, findings researchers believe suggest more attention needs to be paid to improving sleep for this vulnerable population, according to a research letter published online by JAMA Internal Medicine . Sleep is part of good health, but the homeless often have no access to safe and warm beds at night.