New research in the February 2023 issue of Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network illustrates how the use of an algorithm to calculate a patient-reported symptom complexity score can help oncologists identify ...
Feb 15, 2023
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To fight an urgent opioid overdose crisis, a Canadian province took an unusual step on Tuesday.
Jan 31, 2023
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In cancer patients with neutropenic fever, delaying antibiotic treatment past 60 minutes from the time of fever detection does not reduce the short-term chance of survival, according to a study in the American Journal of ...
Dec 29, 2022
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The difficulties in defining schizoaffective disorder, as well as complications associated with managing homeless patients, result in considerable challenges for homeless people with schizoaffective disorder, according to ...
Nov 16, 2022
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More than half of the patients who were prescribed medication to treat opioid use disorder through a virtual program established during the pandemic continued with their treatment at least a month later, according to a NEJM ...
Nov 16, 2022
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With the growing popularity of tattoos, you may wonder if a tattoo is the best way to express health care wishes. Tattooing "DNR" or "DNI" on your chest may seem like an easy way to permanently express your wishes. But this ...
Oct 20, 2022
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From 2019 to 2020, more than 11,000 people who had been using drugs were treated in U.S. emergency departments for injuries that occurred while riding a bicycle, according to a new report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol ...
Sep 26, 2022
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As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the South, cancer physicians are wrestling with how new state laws will influence their discussions with pregnant patients about what treatment options they can ...
Sep 21, 2022
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At the age of 22, when Susan Conover wanted to get a strange-looking mole checked out, she was told it would take three months to see a dermatologist. When the mole was finally removed and biopsied, doctors determined it ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Can an otherwise healthy young woman die from what starts out as something akin to a common cold? The answer is, shockingly, yes, when certain telltale signs of a more serious problem go undetected.
Jun 13, 2022
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