Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Case study reports details of mysterious Utah Zika-related death

The first Zika virus-related death in the continental U.S. occurred in June of this year, but even now, months later, two aspects of this case continue to puzzle health experts. First, why did this patient die? It is quite ...

Health

Value-driven outcomes tool can cut health care costs

(HealthDay)—A multifaceted value-driven outcomes tool that identifies variability in costs and outcomes can reduce health care costs, according to a study published in the Sept. 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical ...

Diabetes

CV autonomic neuropathy tied to sexual dysfunction, incontinence

(HealthDay)—Among women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) there are increased odds of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and urinary incontinence (UI) associated with specific measures of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy ...

Oncology & Cancer

Dialing up chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer with ultrasound

Researchers at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway have combined a laboratory ultrasound technique called "sonoporation" with the commercially-available chemotherapy compound Gemcitabine to increase the porosity ...

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