Nonmedical factors drive up to 60 percent of health outcomes, and for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), social determinants of health factors like poverty, food insecurity, and unstable housing can derail even the best treatment ...
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A UCLA Health research team has helped define and characterize a rare bowel obstruction that affects premature infants, known as meconium-related obstruction of prematurity (MROP). Distinct from Hirschsprung disease and meconium ...
Sep 15, 2025
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Researchers at Queen Mary's Barts Cancer Institute have found a more active approach to monitoring and treating people with a rare eye cancer (known as uveal melanoma) that has spread to the liver could help some patients ...
Jan 22, 2026
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A large clinical trial published in JAMA Surgery shows that prehabilitation (also called prehab) can reduce disability after surgery in older adults with frailty, provided they are able to fully take part in the prehab program.
Dec 3, 2025
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Chronic wounds affect thousands of patients each year and can lead to serious complications, including amputation and death. The Regenstrief Institute Chronic Wound Registry, a statewide database that collects real-world ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Commercial pricing varies considerably for general surgery services, with facility prices exhibiting greater variability, according to a research letter published online June 25 in JAMA Network Open.
Jul 3, 2025
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One third of severely injured trauma patients in the United States are first treated at hospitals designated as Level III or non-trauma centers, and less than half of those patients get transferred out to a Level I trauma ...
Aug 27, 2025
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Leading global doctors, researchers, and lawyers have joined forces with patient representatives and created the first-ever information guide to better support and protect patients across the world who are considering pioneering, ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Women now make up over half of medical students in Canada, but only one-third of practicing surgeons. A new study suggests part of the gap stems from gender norms embedded in workplace culture. The researchers at McGill University ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Oct 30, 2025
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