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Belgian euthanasia cases hit record high
Belgium carried out more than 2,000 mercy killings last year, the most since euthanasia was controversially legalised in 2002, the government said Wednesday.
Jan 27, 2016
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Cardiology
Absorbable matrix does not prevent cardiac remodelling
An investigational material known Bioabsorbable Cardiac Matrix (BCM) that is injected through the coronary artery to prevent cardiac remodelling in heart attack patients had no significant effect compared to a saline placebo, ...
Sep 1, 2015
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JAMA Internal Medicine: Package of articles on end-of-life, physician-assisted suicide
JAMA Internal Medicine will publish a package of articles, along with an author interview podcast, focused on end-of-life, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The original investigation, research letter, special communication ...
Aug 10, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression and personality disorders drive psych patients to euthanasia
Depression and personality disorders are the most common diagnoses among Belgian psychiatric patients requesting help to die, on the grounds of unbearable suffering, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Jul 27, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
PET adapted treatment improves outcome of patients with stages I/II Hodgkin Lymphoma
Final results of the randomized intergroup EORTC, LYSA (Lymphoma Study Association), FIL (Fondazione Italiana Linfomi) H10 trial presented at the 13th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland, ...
Jul 15, 2015
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Health
Heightened hospital weekend death risk common in several developed countries
The heightened risk of death after admission to hospital at the weekend—the so-called 'weekend effect'—is a feature of several developed countries' healthcare systems, and not just a problem for hospitals in England, ...
Jul 6, 2015
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Health
Single motherhood before age of 50 linked to poorer health in later life
Single motherhood between the ages of 16 and 49 is linked to poorer health in later life in several different countries, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
May 14, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
ESA aids Ebola patients
New antiviral drugs to treat Ebola patients in West Africa have been tested with the help of a transportable diagnostics laboratory developed with ESA's support.
Apr 29, 2015
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Health
Estimated costs of endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure exceed $209 billion annually
A new economic analysis found exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals likely costs the European Union €157 billion ($209 billion) a year in actual health care expenses and lost earning potential, according to a new series ...
Mar 5, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Overweight linked to 500,000 cancer cases per year
Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total, a study said Wednesday.
Nov 25, 2014
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