Adults 65 and over are the age demographic most likely to die or become severely ill from COVID-19—which prompts the ethical question: Should advanced age be a factor in deciding who receives lifesaving medical resources ...
May 11, 2022
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A team of researchers unpacks a series of biases in epidemic research, ranging from clinical trials to data collection, and offers a game-theory approach to address them, in a new analysis. The work sheds new light on the ...
Mar 31, 2022
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New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has revealed Western Australian women with a breech presenting baby may feel pressure to have a caesarean section, without being informed of all options available to them.
Mar 24, 2022
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According to the Royal College of General Practitioners, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ways in which patients accessed their GP reversed from around 70 percent face-to-face and 30 percent by phone, video or online ...
Jan 18, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Following a months-long and unprecedented review, Medicare officials expect to announce within the next couple of weeks whether the program will cover the controversial Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm. The drug's ...
Jan 7, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Point-of-care (POC) intestinal ultrasound (IUS) affects clinical decision-making in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and could reduce the need for endoscopy or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to ...
Oct 29, 2021
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To protect themselves from the potential harms of low value care, patients must take an active role in clinical decision making, according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.
Jul 19, 2021
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Researchers, including academics from the University of York, analyzed systematic reviews of 1,200 Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to assess whether reporting had improved over time.
Jul 8, 2021
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease in nearly two decades, in a controversial decision that left the agency defending its reputation and its science.
Jun 8, 2021
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A team of Welsh academics has developed a new method of supporting health professionals to make clinical decisions about people who may be at risk of taking their own lives.
May 17, 2021
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