Withdrawing aspirin one month after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in high-risk heart patients and keeping them on ticagrelor alone safely improves outcomes and reduces major bleeding by more than half when compared ...
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Portal hypertension (PHT) is a severe complication of chronic liver disease, like cirrhosis, where increased pressure builds up in the portal vein. This major blood vessel drains blood from the intestines, spleen, and stomach ...
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A group of St. Michael's Hospital researchers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help clinicians prescribe warfarin to heart surgery patients. The tool is currently in use at St. Michael's, where clinicians ...
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A New Mexico man died after being hospitalized for bubonic plague in the state's first death from the disease since 2020, health officials reported.
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More than 20 million Americans undergo colonoscopy screenings every year, and in many of those cases, doctors end up removing polyps that are 2 cm or larger and require additional care. This procedure has greatly reduced ...
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Heart disease researchers have identified a group of patients for whom international guidelines on aspirin use for heart health may not apply.
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 10% of adults worldwide. Mental health is an important yet under-recognized issue in patients with CKD. Depression is common and related to poor prognosis in CKD patients, but ...
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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, more than 11,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Physicians should be aware of a potential serious adverse effect associated with sotatercept use. A case report detailing serious and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Antithrombotic agents (blood thinners), which prevent blood clots from forming, are widely used to prevent thromboembolic events such as ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction. This benefit of antithrombotic agents is ...
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Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of blood from the circulatory system. Bleeding can occur internally, where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body or externally, either through a natural opening such as the vagina, mouth, nose, or anus, or through a break in the skin. The complete loss of blood is referred to as exsanguination, and desanguination is a massive blood loss. Typically, a healthy person can endure a loss of 10-15% of the total blood volume without serious medical difficulties, and blood donation typically takes 8-10% of the donor's blood volume.
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