New research reveals that widespread fracture liaison service (FLS) implementation would benefit patient outcomes, manifested in a significant reduction in subsequent fragility fractures and gains in quality of life, while ...
Feb 8, 2023
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A few days ago, the Australian drug regulator—the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)—surprised experts around the world when it announced the approval of certain psychedelic treatments.
Feb 8, 2023
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The Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA) has investigated which key factors are essential in the planning, design, implementation and operation of so-called dementia quality registries. The AIHTA report ...
Feb 1, 2023
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One third of premature deaths attributable to higher temperatures in European cities during summer 2015 could have been prevented by increasing urban tree cover to 30%, reveals a modeling study published in The Lancet. The ...
Jan 31, 2023
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A new disease model that can account for contact patterns between age groups shows how infectious diseases evolve in space and time and how to predict future case numbers across a region.
Jan 30, 2023
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Smoking can have a serious impact on the effect of the treatment of periodontitis—a widespread condition that leads to degradation of the teeth's supportive tissue and, in serious cases, to loss of the teeth.
Jan 26, 2023
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Despite everyone wanting 2023 to be the year we go "back to normal," the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us, and with open borders, increased travel and new variants appearing, decision-makers face further challenges in deciding ...
Jan 22, 2023
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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who undergo major surgery are more likely to die in the year after surgery and incur higher health care costs than similar patients without COPD, found a new study ...
Jan 17, 2023
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A new study from the School of Nursing and Midwifery has found that factors influencing a clinician's decision to perform a cesarean-section on a first-time mother, are complex and multifactorial.
Jan 12, 2023
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Antibiotic residues in wastewater and wastewater treatment plants in the regions around China and India risk contributing to antibiotic resistance, and the drinking water may pose a threat to human health, according to a ...
Jan 4, 2023
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