Archive: 04/06/2018

Some people with advanced kidney cancer could avoid surgery

The targeted drug sunitinib (Sutent) is as effective alone as when it's combined with surgery for some people with advanced kidney cancer, according to a clinical trial.

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Why hip fractures in the elderly are often a death sentence

The news an elderly relative has broken a hip tends to sound alarm bells, perhaps more than breaking another bone would. That's because a hip fracture dramatically increases an older person's risk of death.

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Self-admissions can improve patients' ability to manage their illness

Helene Egvang has suffered from bipolar disorder since she was 17. A large part of her life swings between depression and mania. The worst situation is where a deep depression accompanies mania. It is at these times that ...

Jun 4, 2018

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Voluntary admissions do not reduce coercion among psychiatric patients

Since 2013, severely ill psychiatric patients in Denmark have been able to decide when to admit themselves to hospital without having to first go to the emergency department for evaluation.

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In MS, disintegrating brain lesions may indicate the disease is getting worse

For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans as a sign that a patient's disease is getting worse. Now, ...

Jun 4, 2018

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Genetic testing for statin therapy not cost-effective

Current United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines call for screening all Americans between the ages of 40 and 75 years to determine eligibility for statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications. ...

Jun 4, 2018

Eating disorders are hard to overcome, but ditching diets is crucial

Eating disorders affect at least 30 million Americans and have the highest mortality rates of any mental disorder. Those who survive eating disorders often have a long, difficult journey ahead of them.

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Where the brain processes spiritual experiences

Yale scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience—the sense of connection to something greater than oneself.

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Timing resuscitation compressions using the song 'La Macarena' to improve compression quality

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, shows that the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be improved by using either a smartphone app ...

Jun 4, 2018

A major step towards individualized cancer therapy

Fuyuhiko Tamanoi of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and colleagues in the U.S. succeeded in establishing a powerful and convenient model to analyse human cancer.

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