Medical results are not always easy to understand—and the risk statements that come with them perhaps even less so. Communicating statistical information to patients is no easy task.
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A kidney from a deceased donor is supposed to be allocated to the top-ranked patient on a transplant center's waiting list, identified using an objective algorithm to rank patients based on age, waiting time, and other factors.
Jun 8, 2023
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Fertility in England and Wales fell to its lowest recorded level between 2010-20—for women across all educational groups—according to a new study today in Population Studies, from John Ermisch Emeritus Professor from ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Peer health coaching interventions can create opportunities for well-being improvements, although not physical health improvements, in veterans with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, according to a study published ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Children who are breastfed for longer appear to be more likely to gain slightly better results in their school GSCEs at age 16 compared with non-breastfed children, suggests a study published online in the journal Archives ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Children and young people naturally spend a large amount of their time at school, college or in other educational settings. And while most children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are able to access education, many ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Expressions of loneliness and depression from emergency medicine doctors increased consistently on social media as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, according to a new JAMA Network Open study by researchers at the Perelman School ...
Jun 1, 2023
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The intricate relationship between human health and various social and economic factors has gained significant attention in medical education. These social factors, known as social determinants of health (SDH), play a crucial ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Almost three out of ten children in 13 Sub-Saharan Africa countries are infected with malaria, with older under-five children living in large families with low incomes in rural areas being most vulnerable, according to a ...
May 31, 2023
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"Why didn't anyone tell me about this virus?" is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than half of the U.S. population will be infected ...
May 31, 2023
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