Patients who quit smoking after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries have similar outcomes as non-smokers during four years of follow-up after the procedure, according to a large study ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Dozens of diabetes patients in Pakistan suffered vision loss after being given a contaminated drug, a provincial health official said Tuesday.
Sep 26, 2023
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A new injectable solution that self-assembles into a gel under the right conditions could help manage HIV unlike any currently available methods, researchers have found.
Sep 25, 2023
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Liver cancer is one of the most prevalent and deadly types of cancer worldwide. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, which leaves them with few treatment options. Unfortunately, the first-line drugs used in advanced ...
Sep 20, 2023
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To give cancer treatments the greatest possible chance of success, patients are often treated with multiple drugs that attack the cancer using different mechanisms. A team of researchers has now combined three highly potent ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Mindfulness practices such as meditation and yoga should be recommended to people with high blood pressure, according to a comprehensive review of lifestyle changes that can help prevent and manage the condition, co-authored ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Individuals with opioid use disorder who were prescribed a lower buprenorphine dose were 20% more likely to discontinue treatment than those on a higher dose, according to a study of patients prescribed buprenorphine in Rhode ...
Sep 18, 2023
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E. coli is a well-known risk factor in food preparation and hygiene, but how does it cause damage in the body and how does an outbreak have the power to send hundreds to hospital, potentially with kidney damage?
Sep 18, 2023
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While advance directives are quite common for patients with physical impairments, advance directives for people with mental impairments are controversial. In many countries, including Germany, there are as yet no legal provisions ...
Sep 13, 2023
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A large number of drugs used to treat everything from multiple sclerosis to blood cancers to rheumatoid arthritis may cause a rare but often-fatal condition called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Sep 13, 2023
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