In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a five-month period in 2022—researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine ...
Feb 13, 2024
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New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can predict whether adult patients with brain cancer will survive more than eight months after receiving radiotherapy treatment. The use of the AI to successfully predict ...
Jan 31, 2024
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The two most common obesity surgeries—gastric bypass and gastric sleeve—have few short-term complications and are equivalent in that sense. These are the findings of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg.
Jan 30, 2024
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Acupuncture may improve language function in patients with poststroke motor aphasia, according to a study published online Jan. 22 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 29, 2024
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In patients who undergo pulmonary resection for lung cancer, a major potential postoperative complication is venous thromboembolism (VTE)—a condition that develops when a blood clot forms in a vein—which can lead to part ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Black patients in Florida are transferred to public hospitals more often than white patients, even when comparing patients from the same hospital with similar health conditions and the same insurance, according to new research ...
Jan 26, 2024
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Many states have passed new laws that place restrictions on the duration of first-time opioid prescriptions to help address the opioid epidemic.
Jan 19, 2024
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For adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, early administration of simnotrelvir plus ritonavir shortens the time to sustained resolution of symptoms, according to a study published in the Jan. 18 issue of the New England ...
Jan 18, 2024
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Cancer deaths continue to decline in the United States, with more than 4 million deaths prevented since 1991, a new report shows.
Jan 17, 2024
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When a person has one or more blocked arteries, providers may choose to conduct a minimally invasive procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI. By inflating a balloon and potentially placing a stent, they ...
Jan 17, 2024
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