Health
Lingonberry juice may lower elevated blood pressure
An experimental study found that long-term consumption of lingonberry juice lowers high blood pressure and improves the function of blood vessels.
Jan 03, 2020
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News tagged with doctors
Oncology & Cancer
Artificial intelligence tracks down leukemia
Artificial intelligence can detect one of the most common forms of blood cancer—acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—with high reliability. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the University ...
Dec 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New methodology developed to monitor patients with glioblastoma
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive brain tumor in adults. Currently, it can be treated with neurosurgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Still, the median life expectancy of patients affected with this pathology is ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Health
Prescribing for self, family, and friends widespread among young Irish doctors, poll shows
Prescribing for self, family, friends and colleagues is widespread among young Irish doctors, suggest the results of a survey, published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Dec 03, 2019
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Medical economics
How much for health insurance? Employee premiums and deductibles topped 11.5% of median income
Everyone knows it's expensive to get sick in America. But it also costs a lot to stay healthy—so much, in fact, that many people aren't willing to pay the price.
Dec 03, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Online cognitive behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia shows promise
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for the difficult-to-treat pain syndrome fibromyalgia. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf shows that patients ...
Dec 03, 2019
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Cardiology
Blood clots, uncontrolled bleeding and a stroke—all after giving birth
Near the end of her second pregnancy, Amanda Moreland sliced open her knee. She applied pressure with a towel but couldn't fully stop the bleeding.
Nov 26, 2019
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Medical economics
Greedy doctors make private health insurance more painful
Large bills are one of the main reasons people are dissatisfied with their private health insurance—especially when these bills come as a surprise.
Nov 26, 2019
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Health
One third of UK doctors may suffer from workplace 'burnout'
This is the finding of new research, published in the journal BMJ Open, led by scientists at Imperial College London.
Nov 25, 2019
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Medical economics
New hospital tech disrupts doctors' and nurses' jobs, forces improvisation to ensure patient safety
Doctors and nurses must adapt their routines and improvise their actions to ensure continued patient safety, and for their roles to be effective and to matter as new technology disrupts their working practices.
Nov 25, 2019
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