Health
Family caregivers can help shape the outcomes for their loved ones—an ICU nurse explains their vital role
The floor nurse had just told me that my new patient—let's call her Marie—would not stop screaming.
Apr 10, 2024
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News tagged with intensive therapy
Genetics
How genetic therapies transformed the lives of sickle cell patients
Their stories are divided into before and after. First, those long years of pain which flooded every moment—school, relationships, work.
Mar 18, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hospital discharge practices could improve health of infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
The chronic lung disease bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) affects a significant number of infants who were born early and have underdeveloped lungs. They typically require lengthy specialized care in a neonatal intensive ...
Jan 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study: Prostate cancer focal therapy is cost-effective and may improve patient outcomes
Minimally invasive focal therapies for prostate cancer are associated with a lower overall cost and improved quality of life for patients.
Nov 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
SAD lamps: Experts explain how they help the winter blues
Have you ever noted that you sleep more in the winter months? Or eat more carbs or have low energy? If you do, then you might be one of the around 6% of the higher latitude populations with seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Nov 22, 2023
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Cardiology
Microbubble gene therapy may protect against heart disease
Gene therapy has great promise for treating genetic diseases, and even for more common diseases such as atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Over the past decade, the gene-editing technology CRISPR (Clustered Regularly ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Health
Singing supports brain development in preterm infants and maternal well-being after premature birth, research finds
According to a recently completed doctoral thesis, singing can promote the development of the auditory cortex in preterm infants. Singing can also support maternal well-being as well as the relationship between mother and ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Pediatrics
Therapy framework reveals promise for intensive pediatric rehabilitation for children with motor disabilities
Virginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have demonstrated that children with a wide range of diagnoses that affect their motor function improve after receiving intensive pediatric neurorehabilitation ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Medical research
E-health reduces patient pain, opioids in clinical study
An online "e-health" program helped more people with chronic pain reduce their opioid medications and pain intensity than a control group that had only regular treatment in a recent clinical study.
Apr 3, 2023
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Health
Moderate exercise safe for people with muscle pain from statins
Statin therapy does not exacerbate muscle injury, pain or fatigue in people engaging in moderate-intensity exercise, such as walking, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...
Apr 3, 2023
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