Health

Hospital suspends trial of paramedics administering ketamine

Hennepin Healthcare is suspending a clinical trial of the sedative ketamine in emergency situations following criticism that its hospital, Hennepin County Medical Center, enrolled patients in the study without their knowledge.

Diabetes

Depressive symptoms tied to diabetes self-management

(HealthDay)—Changes in depressive symptoms can predict improvement in self-efficacy and adherence to diabetes management, according to a study published online March 27 in Diabetes Care.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Aching knee or sore back? New app helps doctors treat pain

Danish researchers have developed a system that lets you visually draw your pain using an app on your phone. Doctors can then study your symptoms as images or video, saving time and improving treatment.

Sleep disorders

Regulating 'gasotransmitters' could improve care for sleep apnea

Unbalanced signaling by two molecules that regulate breathing leads to sleep apnea in mice and rats, researchers report in the Jan. 23, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They show, working with rodents, ...

Oncology & Cancer

Guidelines developed for pain management in cancer survivors

(HealthDay)—Guidelines have been developed for chronic pain management in adult cancer survivors. The American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline was published online July 25 in the Journal of Clinical ...

Oncology & Cancer

Analytics approach could improve chemo combinations

(HealthDay)—Models based on machine learning and optimization could improve chemotherapy regimens to be tested in phase III clinical trials without altering the toxicity outcomes, according to a study published in the May ...

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