Cardiology
Predicting the likelihood that someone has heart disease
Is it possible to know which tests have the most "bang for the buck" in determining if a patient has heart disease?
Feb 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Zealand virus outbreak is first of UK variant: officials
Two new coronavirus infections which sent New Zealand's biggest city into lockdown Monday are due to the UK variant of the disease, the first to be detected in the country, officials said.
Feb 15, 2021
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Medications
Duke policy provides ethical foundation for managing drug shortages
Hospitals and health systems faced with ongoing shortages of key drugs for cancer and other diseases should develop firm rationing policies based on transparency and fairness, researchers at Duke University Medical Center ...
Sep 24, 2012
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Health
Foundation releases second list of medical 'don'ts' for America's doctors
Doctors should avoid 90 medical procedures that are performed regularly but often cost too much or do little good, according to a new list of expert recommendations.
Feb 25, 2013
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Health
Patient-centered medical home philosophy boosts patient, physician satisfaction
(Medical Xpress)—The common refrain about health care is that it's a broken system. A new joint program between UCLA and USC demonstrates a way to mend the system with a new patient-centered program that is getting rave ...
Oct 9, 2013
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Health
A million Aussies will have dementia by 2056, so now is the time to act on prevention
Dementia prevention needs to be Australia's next public health area of focus, as the nation heads towards a projected number of one million people with dementia by 2056, according to the authors of a Perspective published ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Japan pledges safe Olympics, medical experts aren't so sure
Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but admits if they were being held anywhere else, he'd probably support a cancellation.
Feb 8, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Europe gives go ahead to market Ebola vaccine
The European Union authorised the marketing of a vaccine against Ebola on Monday, permitting the first wider commercial use of a protection that has helped stem an outbreak in DR Congo.
Nov 11, 2019
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Medical research
Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?
Gravity can be a real downer when you are trying to grow organs.
Jul 8, 2020
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Health
Supplement use widespread among Americans
(HealthDay)—A new survey estimates that one in seven people in the United States regularly takes supplements that aren't vitamins or minerals—such as fish oil, echinacea or ginseng—but only 30 percent of them have had ...
Nov 20, 2012
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