Health
Multivitamins' 'benefits' are all in your head: study
Multivitamins really are magic pills for your health, a new study contends—but just not the way you might think.
Nov 10, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
MRI-ultrasound fusion improves prostate biopsy cancer detection
(HealthDay)—Magnetic resonance imaging-ultrasound fusion targeted prostate biopsy (MRF-TB) improves detection and risk stratification of high-grade disease and limits detection of clinically insignificant prostate cancer, ...
Nov 17, 2015
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Study identifies patients at increased risk after bilateral knee replacement surgery
A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has identified patients who are at a higher risk of morbidity and mortality when undergoing knee replacement surgery in both legs at the same time. The study found ...
Jul 14, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Life expectancy prolonged for esophageal cancer patients
For those with esophageal cancer, initial staging of the disease is of particular importance as it determines whether to opt for a curative treatment or palliative treatment. Research presented in the June issue of The Journal ...
Jun 4, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Big data analysis identifies prognostic RNA markers in a common form of breast cancer
A Big Data analysis that integrates three large sets of genomic data available through The Cancer Genome Atlas has identified 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in patients with the most common form of breast cancer.
Apr 29, 2013
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Diabetes
Polycystic ovarian syndrome ups risk of type 2 diabetes
(HealthDay) -- Middle-aged women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a prospective long-term study published online June 14 in Diabetes.
Jun 22, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals complication predictors in children with Crohn's disease
Researchers have successfully identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (CD) capable of predicting whether a child will develop disease-related complications requiring major ...
Mar 2, 2017
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Cardiology
Researchers validate a new cardiovascular risk score for Latin America and the Caribbean
Researchers from the Latin American and Caribbean Cohort Consortium (CC-LAC) developed a risk algorithm specific to the Latin American and Caribbean region. These equations include information such as age, cholesterol level, ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Cardiology
CHADS2 risk score assigns over one-third of stroke patients to low or intermediate stroke risk
The CHADS2 stroke risk scores 0 or 1 assign more than one-third of patients in atrial fibrillation with stroke to low or intermediate risk not mandating oral anticoagulation, according to research presented at ESC Congress ...
Sep 1, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
'Wildly heterogeneous genes'
Cancer tumors almost never share the exact same genetic mutations, a fact that has confounded scientific efforts to better categorize cancer types and develop more targeted, effective treatments.
Sep 15, 2013
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