Health
Can stretching replace other types of exercise? Fitness experts explain positives and negatives of the latest trend
There is massage. There is yoga. There is physical therapy.
Apr 12, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
'Safety bundles' may reduce pregnancy-related deaths, particularly among Black women
A woman begins losing blood during childbirth. Some vaginal bleeding is normal, but is it too much?
Apr 12, 2024
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Medical economics
Freestanding emergency departments are popular, but do they function as intended?
Freestanding emergency departments (EDs)—either satellite branches of hospitals or independently operated facilities—have popped up across the country. Texas has the most, with 338 freestanding EDs as of May 2023, and ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Health
No, beetroot isn't vegetable Viagra. But here's what else it can do
Beetroot has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Supply issues in recent months have seen a shortage of tinned beetroot on Australian supermarket shelves. At one point, a tin was reportedly selling on eBay for more ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Surgery
Can normothermic regional perfusion increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants?
Re-perfusing the lungs of an organ donor with a technique called normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) after the heart has irreversibly stopped beating could potentially increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants, ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Surgery
Engineering students' device could make intubation safer for young babies
TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice University, has created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Medications
Q&A: Can weight loss drugs help in addiction treatment?
In recent years, the popularity of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy has skyrocketed. While this new class of drugs, called GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, are approved for use in diabetes and for weight loss, researchers have ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
PET/MRI found to accurately classify prostate cancer patients, offer potential to avoid unnecessary biopsies
PET/MRI can improve diagnostic accuracy for prostate cancer patients and help avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to new research published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. By applying the PRIMARY scoring system to PET/MRI ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Medications
Research team develops novel PTPN2/N1 inhibitor for cancer immunotherapy using generative AI
In recent years, cancer immunotherapy, exemplified by PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 blockade, has made remarkable advances. But while immunotherapy drugs offer new treatment possibilities, only about 20% to 40% of patients respond ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Cardiology
Anemia may contribute to higher female mortality during heart surgery
Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia—the loss ...
Apr 11, 2024
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