Obstetrics & gynaecology
At-home care of painful endometriosis
Patients with painful endometriosis can help reclaim their lives by managing flare-ups at home and getting medical care, a specialist in women's health assures.
Mar 8, 2023
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News tagged with medical diagnosis
Oncology & Cancer
AI improving digestive cancer diagnosis, but data-sharing obstacles remain
Artificial intelligence is helping to deliver earlier and better diagnoses of digestive cancers, but many challenges remain to widespread clinical application, not least limited sharing of medical imaging data between hospitals, ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Gastro or endometriosis? How your GP discusses uncertainty can harm your health
You wake with stomach pain that worsens during the day and decide to see your doctor. You describe your symptoms and your doctor examines you. Then the doctor says, "From what I hear, I think you could just have a stomach ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Medical economics
US leads world in health care spending yet key health outcomes lag
The U.S. spends as much as three times more on health care per person as other high-income countries, yet residents are often less likely to visit doctors, according to a report that highlights poor returns for the nation's ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Dementia complicates cancer care, increasing risk of poorer clinical outcome and patient experience
Pre-existing dementia complicates cancer care and increases the risk of worse clinical outcomes and inferior patient experience, according to a review of studies exploring the intersection of dementia and cancer. People living ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Vaccination
Monitoring heart measures via smartwatches shows COVID booster vaccine is safe
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Tel Aviv University equipped close to 5,000 Israelis with smartwatches and monitored their physiological parameters over two years. Of those monitored, 2,038 received the booster ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New rat lungworm disease resource to help doctors with diagnosis, treatment
As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet present. A review paper, led ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Neuroscience
MS clinicians, here's how your patients need you to talk about brain atrophy with them
For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), hearing a doctor tell them they are experiencing brain atrophy—an important, predictive biomarker of MS disease progression—can trigger debilitating fear and anxiety.
Nov 14, 2022
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Medical research
Personalising whole genome sequencing doubles diagnosis of rare diseases
Tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Nov 7, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Starting cancer treatment? You should discuss fertility first
Not all Australians with cancer are getting the fertility care they need.
Oct 31, 2022
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