More than 60 percent of women who undergo a mastectomy to treat breast cancer choose breast reconstruction, and the demand for that surgery is rising. However, due to the previous lack of evidence-based, patient-centered ...
Jun 20, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Blood transfusions around the time of surgery may raise your risk for dangerous blood clots, researchers say.
Jun 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For young adults hospitalized for injury, the first year of implementation of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act correlated with significant increases in Medicaid coverage, reductions in lack of ...
Jun 9, 2018
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The opioid crisis has shown us that prescription painkillers and their illicit counterparts can wreak havoc in American communities. Now researchers have quantified the damage they can do inside hospitals when administered ...
May 28, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing resection of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), the presence of the V600E BRAF mutation is associated with worse prognosis, according to a study published online May 16 in JAMA Surgery.
May 21, 2018
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The most common cause of preventable death following traumatic injury is uncontrolled bleeding, and traumatic injury is the leading cause of death for Americans under 46. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital devised ...
May 9, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), pre-hospital advanced life support (ALS) provided by a physician is associated with increased likelihood of one-month survival, according to ...
Apr 27, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing day surgery, inadequate functional health literacy (FHL) is associated with poorer postoperative recovery and lower health-related quality of life, according to a study published online ...
Apr 27, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For women undergoing hysterectomy for uterine fibroids, there was an increase in major and minor 30-day complication rates following the issuing of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration black box warning against ...
Apr 12, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Bariatric surgery is associated with changes in relationship status, according to a study published online March 28 in JAMA Surgery.
Mar 30, 2018
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