Oncology & Cancer
For low-risk thyroid cancer patients, less may be more for post-surgery surveillance
Not all patients feel the same way about medical treatment.
Oct 14, 2019
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Medications
Addiction intervention in hospital is a 'reachable moment'
Patients who meet an addiction medicine consult team while they're in the hospital are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they go home, according to new research.
Aug 15, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Older people are more digitally savvy, but aged care providers need to keep up
Older adults are more digitally connected than ever, even though their uptake of internet-based technologies remains lower than for younger age groups.
Mar 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer
A research team led by investigators from the National Institutes of Health and Global Good has developed a computer algorithm that can analyze digital images of a woman's cervix and accurately identify precancerous changes ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Health
How to become an educated patient
(HealthDay)—Emergency treatment rarely allows you much time to consider your options. But what about care that can be done on your timetable?
Aug 7, 2018
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Surgery
Surgeons discuss options when the risks of surgery may be too high
In an essay published July 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine, Ira Leeds, M.D., research fellow, and David Efron, M.D., professor of surgery, both of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, along with their ...
Jul 27, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
New hope for women with fistula injuries
The health care systems in the United States and other industrialized countries have outgrown many of the childbirth-related injuries that are still very problematic in poor countries.
May 21, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Obesity drives US health care costs up by 29 percent, varies by state
The prevalence of obesity has risen dramatically in the U.S., but there has been little information about the economic impact of this trend for individual states.
Feb 7, 2018
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Health
Denying patient requests lowers physician ratings
Patients who ask for specialist referrals, laboratory tests or certain medications and don't get them tend to be less satisfied with their doctors than those whose requests are fulfilled, new research from UC Davis Health ...
Nov 28, 2017
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Health
Rich American seniors are getting healthier, leaving the poor behind
The U.S. has seen substantial improvements in life expectancy over the past century, particularly for those who are better-educated and more affluent.
Sep 19, 2017
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