Health
More trees, parks may mean longer lives for city dwellers
(HealthDay)—More green spaces in cities could significantly reduce premature deaths and their costs, researchers say.
Apr 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Artificial intelligence can categorize cancer risk of lung nodules
Computed tomography scans for people at risk for lung cancer lead to earlier diagnoses and improve survival rates, but they can also lead to overtreatment when suspicious nodules turn out to be benign.
Apr 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cost-effective canopy protects health workers from COVID infection during ventilation
Researchers have designed a cost-effective, constant flow plastic canopy system that can help to protect healthcare workers who are at risk of airborne coronavirus infection while delivering non-invasive ventilation or oxygen ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mayo Clinic offer guidance on treating COVID-19 patients with signs of acute heart attack
Much remains unknown about COVID-19, but many studies already have indicated that people with cardiovascular disease are at greater risk of COVID-19. There also have been reports of ST-segment elevation (STE), a signal of ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Three non-invasive methods used to predict who has NASH agree only about 20% of the time
Researchers and clinicians have been trying to find a way to diagnose nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) without taking a liver tissue biopsy, but according to new research, formulas that aim to predict NASH based on risk ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Cardiology
Studies show stents and surgery no better than medication, lifestyle changes at reducing the risk for heart attack
Invasive procedures such as bypass surgery and stenting—commonly used to treat blocked arteries—are no better at reducing the risk for heart attack and death in patients with stable ischemic heart disease than medication ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Invasion of exotic plants elevates disease risks
Invasive plants can not only interfere with the recovery of native plants, but also become hotbeds of arthropod disease vectors. Increased numbers of chigger mites that can transmit deadly scrub typhus were observed under ...
Mar 10, 2020
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Medical research
Inhalation therapy shows promise against pulmonary fibrosis in mice, rats
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that lung stem cell secretions—specifically exosomes and secretomes—delivered via nebulizer, can help repair lung injuries due to multiple types of pulmonary fibrosis ...
Feb 28, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fetal balloon treatment for lung-damaging birth defect works best when fetal and maternal care are highly coordinated
Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy report new evidence that fetuses with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a rare but life-threatening, lung-damaging condition, experience a significantly ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Surgery
Robotic surgery saw 8.4-fold increase from 2012 to 2018
(HealthDay)—Hospitals that launch robotic surgery programs have a broad and immediate increase in the use of robotic surgery, accompanied by a decrease in traditional laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery, according to ...
Jan 14, 2020
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