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Mexican boy fighting massive tumor is out of ICU
An 11-year-old Mexican boy who had portions of a massive tumor removed in New Mexico is out of intensive care.
Dec 8, 2014
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News tagged with intensive therapy
Pediatrics
Researcher exploring how to best use music to help premature infants develop
(Medical Xpress)—Neonatal intensive care units are armed with ventilators and incubators to support a premature baby's early arrival into the world. But one University of Kansas researcher believes music can serve as another ...
Apr 30, 2014
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Health
Preserving patients' sanity in the hospital
Last year, 62-year-old Mark Halliday, a student in the Master of Social Work program at Rutgers, was hospitalized with a diabetes-related leg infection. Within 24 hours Halliday's heart rhythm became irregular, he developed ...
Apr 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Patient-reported outcomes provide valuable insight regarding quality of life for patients with NSCLC
An analysis of quality of life (QOL) data of stage III lung cancer patients who received higher doses of radiation therapy (with chemotherapy) shows a significantly lower quality of life at 3 months after treatment compared ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Research to change how breast cancer treated
(Medical Xpress)—Research from the newly formed Cambridge Cancer Centre, a collaboration between the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cancer Research UK and others, could change ...
Sep 23, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Brachytherapy to treat cervical cancer declines in US, treatment associated with higher survival
A study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) found that brachytherapy treatment was associated with better cause-specific survival and overall survival in women with cervical cancer. The population-based analysis ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Physiotherapy patient interaction a key ingredient to pain reduction, research says
How many times have you been to a physiotherapist where you've had more time in the waiting room than face-time with the physio?
Jun 5, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
ASC: Rapid BP lowering tx no better for intracerebral bleed
(HealthDay)—For patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and elevated systolic blood pressure, intensive, rapid blood pressure lowering treatment is not associated with a significant reduction in death or severe ...
May 29, 2013
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Other
ACP issues recommendations for management of high blood glucose in hospitalized patients
High blood glucose is associated with poor outcomes in hospitalized patients, and use of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to control hyperglycemia is a common practice in hospitals. But the recent evidence does not show a ...
May 24, 2013
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Health
Early IV nutrition for certain patients does improve survival or reduce ICU length of stay
The early (within 24 hours of intensive care unit [ICU] admission) provision of intravenous nutrition among critically ill patients with contraindications (a condition that makes a particular procedure potentially inadvisable) ...
May 20, 2013
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