Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Varicose veins keep some in long pants all year
(HealthDay) -- Varicose veins are a cosmetic issue for most people, but they can be a sign of a serious medical problem for others, an expert says.
Mar 18, 2012
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Surgery
Music lessens pain and anxiety in patients undergoing surgery
Music can reduce the anxiety and pain of invasive surgery, according to an analysis of all relevant randomized controlled trials published since 1980.
Apr 24, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Emerging invasive disease linked to raw freshwater fish
Experts from the University of Stirling have contributed to a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), warning of an emerging foodborne hazard in Southeast Asia.
Jun 22, 2021
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Other
Wireless ultrasound transducers help physicians
Siemens has presented the world's first ultrasound system with wireless transducers. The system's transducers, which can be easily operated with one hand, transmit ultrasound images via radio waves to the screen on the base ...
May 20, 2013
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Radiology & Imaging
Artificial intelligence enables noninvasive, accurate screening for Down syndrome in the first trimester
Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is the most common chromosomal abnormality causing developmental delay and intellectual disability, and it can be identified in utero. Many pregnant women seek to determine whether ...
Jul 12, 2022
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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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Neuroscience
Engineers can take pictures of the brain with surgical needle and laser light
With just an inexpensive micro-thin surgical needle and laser light, University of Utah engineers have discovered a minimally invasive, inexpensive way to take high-resolution pictures of an animal brain, a process that also ...
Mar 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population
Early, sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), which results in long-term viral suppression, helps to prevent AIDS-defining cancers and also non-AIDS-defining cancers, to a lesser degree. However, patients with long-term ...
Jun 11, 2018
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Cardiology
Results from the FORECAST trial reported
In the FORECAST randomized clinical trial, the use of fractional flow reserve management derived from computed tomography (FFRCT) did not significantly reduce costs but did reduce the use of invasive coronary angiography ...
Oct 17, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fewer women getting minimally invasive hysterectomies since FDA guidelines
Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned against using a minimally invasive method to treat fibroid tumors called power morcellation, there was a nearly quarter increase in hospital readmissions and 27 percent ...
Sep 11, 2015
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