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A study of for-profit hospices acquired by private equity firms found that Medicare spending rose by 5.9% per hospice stay after acquisition, compared with similar for-profit hospices that weren't acquired. The increase was ...
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Rates of electric bike and electric scooter injuries are rising in children and teens across the country, a new Stanford Medicine–led study has found.
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Flinders University research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing has examined how specialist palliative care nurses navigate these complex decisions and found they draw on clinical expertise, ethical judgment, close ...
Oct 30, 2026
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Black patients and people with a learning disability face longer waiting times at key stages of breast cancer care, according to a nationwide study led by the University of Surrey.
Oct 26, 2026
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When Natasha Allard's close friend Dave was diagnosed with stage 4 testicular cancer at age 26, the University at Buffalo postdoctoral associate started paying more attention to how cancer was upending the lives of young ...
Oct 25, 2026
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When transplant candidates become frail, doctors often worry that they are too weak to survive transplantation. But according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, frailty can be significantly ...
Oct 21, 2026
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New research in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that older adults who rely on electricity-dependent medical devices—such as ventilators, respirators and dialysis machines—may face substantial health ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Why did some people become severely ill with COVID-19 while others experienced only mild symptoms? Associate professor Maria Timofeeva and assistant professor Jacob Krabbe Pedersen from the Department of Public Health at ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Staying active before surgery may do more than strengthen the body for recovery—it may protect the brain. Regular physical activity at least seven times a week before cancer surgery was linked to a lower risk of developing ...
Oct 18, 2026
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Mobile app-based monitoring may help address the vulnerable days and weeks after surgery when recovery shifts from the hospital to home with little direct supervision. Patients using mobile apps had a lower risk of serious ...
Oct 17, 2026
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