For acute renal colic, acupuncture as an adjunct to intramuscular injection of diclofenac sodium may accelerate pain relief, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in JAMA Network Open.
Aug 10, 2022
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Cystic fibrosis remains an incurable genetic disorder that impairs lung function and significantly reduces life expectancy. A new combination drug therapy that addresses the disorder's underlying defects offers a promising ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Close to half of all marriages in the US end in divorce, affecting over 1 million children each year.
Jul 15, 2022
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It's summertime, the sun is shining, and in the northern hemisphere, the evenings are long. And at this time of year, it's usual to see runners taking to the footpaths and roads to run 5 kilometers, 20 kilometers, or even ...
Jul 5, 2022
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On its surface, the subreddit for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a den of tongue-in-cheek humor; its logo reimagines the classic Reddit alien gripping its gut in discomfort, scatological memes abound, and the most active ...
Jun 20, 2022
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Clinical decision support (CDS) tools are electronic systems that take information in patients' electronic health records and make suggestions to clinicians about how to care for patients. These tools can, for example, see ...
Jun 9, 2022
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An innovative mobile phone application was found to be as good as expert gastroenterologists at characterizing stool specimens, according to a study by Cedars-Sinai. The artificial intelligence (AI) used in the smartphone ...
May 20, 2022
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Adults aged 45 to 64 experienced a nearly doubled rate of esophageal cancer and a 50 percent increase in the precancerous condition Barrett's esophagus between 2012 and 2019, according to a database analysis of roughly five ...
May 13, 2022
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One of the most common effects of strokes are hemiplegia, a partial paralysis occurring in the left or right side of the body. When it occurs in the arm or hand, it is especially devastating to a patient's ability to perform ...
May 11, 2022
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For patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), outcomes at 10 years do not differ for parathyroidectomy (PTX) compared with observation without intervention (OBS), according to a study published online April 19 ...
Apr 19, 2022
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