Are surgeons giving patients unrealistic expectations about recovery after robotic lung surgery? That's what CU Department of Surgery faculty member Robert Meguid, M.D., MPH, and surgery resident Adam Dyas, M.D., set out ...
Mar 12, 2024
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What is a good death for a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)? The answer to that question may depend on whether you ask a family member of a patient or the physician, who are not necessarily aligned.
Mar 12, 2024
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The pandemic put a spotlight on the challenges that health systems face when deciding how to allocate scarce resources during a time of crisis. To better understand differing opinions on this issue, researchers at the David ...
Mar 12, 2024
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A new study published in The Lancet reveals never-before-seen details about staggeringly high mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic within and across countries. Places such as Mexico City, Peru, and Bolivia had some of the ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Endometriosis is a chronic condition affecting women, often resulting in painful symptoms such as menstrual cramps and pelvic pain. Pain caused by endometriosis significantly lowers the quality of life and reproductive health ...
Mar 7, 2024
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There is no doubt that primary care in the UK—the services that provide the first point of contact in the health care system, such as general practice—isn't working.
Mar 7, 2024
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In a pilot study, a telephone-based dietary intervention designed to improve bowel function was shown to be widely acceptable to participants who had had surgery for rectal cancer. The intervention did not significantly improve ...
Mar 6, 2024
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A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, or muscular dystrophies. This is shown in a new study carried out at Umeå University, Sweden, ...
Mar 6, 2024
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A three-year world-first study by Australia's Heart Research Institute (HRI) has found that a common cruciferous vegetable eaten by millions of Australians every day could prevent and treat one of the nation's biggest killers.
Mar 5, 2024
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A new review paper from authors at Brigham and Women's Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate the risk of depression and other mental health conditions.
Mar 5, 2024
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