America's aging population means that more families are soon going to be grappling with a heartbreaking issue—a loved one living with dementia who then develops cancer.
Mar 3, 2023
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A steroid hormone called aldosterone is linked to an increased risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published in the European Heart Journal today. The risk of CKD worsening ...
Aug 8, 2022
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According to an article in the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), when predicting post-TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) survival for patients with cirrhosis, ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Hepatocytes—the chief functional cells of the liver—are natural regenerators, and the lymph nodes serve as a nurturing place where they can multiply. In a new study published online and appearing in a coming issue of ...
Aug 24, 2020
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For many with end-stage lung disease, lung transplantation has become a viable option to extend lives and improve the quality of life.
Jul 27, 2020
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Natural language processing, the technology that lets computers read, decipher, understand and make sense of human language, is the driving force behind internet search engines, email filters, digital assistants such as Amazon's ...
Nov 7, 2019
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Lung transplantation can prolong the lives of patients with end-stage lung disease, but the median survival rate after lung transplant is less than six years, which has improved only slightly in recent decades. To see what ...
Aug 28, 2019
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Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience extremely high morbidity and mortality, and there are virtually no therapeutic interventions besides dialysis treatment which are proven, in properly designed randomized ...
Jun 14, 2019
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A new technique to rehabilitate lungs that are too damaged to be considered for transplant could benefit an increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease.
May 7, 2019
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One in four people in Western and Asian societies develop a build-up of fat in the liver as a result of an unhealthy diet. This disease – referred to as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – causes no symptoms initially ...
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