MeSH tree: E04.579
A new AI tool that accurately predicts the need for a feeding tube could transform patient care and improve quality of life for people living with Motor Neuron Disease (MND). The new tool, developed by a team at the University ...
Feb 12, 2026
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Oct. 22, 2025—The emotional strain on parents and other caregivers faced with deciding whether a tracheotomy is the best treatment for their child is hard to measure. The latest clinical practice guideline from the American ...
Oct 22, 2025
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Pam Thomson-Kai's son Sawyer was just 7 months old when he stopped breathing. He was rushed to hospital, where he was revived and put on a breathing machine. Then the doctors asked his parents whether they could give him ...
Sep 16, 2025
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The most popular TikTok videos related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have millions of views—but very low scores for quality of medical information, reports a study in Gastroenterology Nursing.
Jun 4, 2025
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Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered important strategies that help caregivers and parents of children with medical complexity (CMC) adapt to the inherent stress in their roles. ...
Jun 3, 2025
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While randomized comparative trials are needed, a relatively new treatment option for upper urinary tract cancers shows promise for lowering long-term recurrence in many patients with low-grade disease, according to a multicenter ...
Mar 10, 2025
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I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions.
Feb 4, 2025
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An ostomy is a surgical procedure creating an opening, or "stoma," on the abdomen to allow waste to exit the body. This may be essential due to conditions like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or colorectal cancer. The ...
Dec 30, 2024
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Children who are injured by firearms require significantly more inpatient care, have higher medical complication rates and face a greater risk of death than children with other forms of trauma, according to research presented ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Caregivers at University Hospitals (UH) recently placed the first-ever patient-specific 3D printed T-tube into a human patient. The patient had been suffering complications from his commercial grade T-tube. The FDA granted ...
Jul 23, 2024
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