Gerontology & Geriatrics
When you're 84: What should life look like as we age?
Have you thought about what you'd like your life to look like when you're 84?
Jul 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Addition of zinc may benefit some being treated for COVID-19
(HealthDay)—For hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the addition of zinc sulfate to hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin may improve some outcomes, according to a study not yet peer reviewed and posted on medRxiv.org.
May 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treatment for diverticulitis: Updated ASCRS guidelines published
Reflecting research-driven changes in clinical practice, a revised set of evidence-based recommendations for the medical and surgical treatment of left-sided colonic diverticulitis has been published in Diseases of the Colon ...
May 7, 2020
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Surgery
New toolkit provides rapid implementation guide for adopting telemedicine during COVID-19
Stay-at-home orders caught many medical practices and health care systems off guard, leaving them ill-equipped to rapidly adopt an efficient telemedicine platform so they could keep providing time-sensitive care to non-COVID-19 ...
May 1, 2020
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Health
Neglecting general practitioner research risks poor health outcomes
Australians may experience poorer health outcomes unless recognition and funding of general practice research is boosted with investment in training and funding, according to the authors of a Perspective published online ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Thinking like a Buddhist about coronavirus can calm the mind and help us focus
The coronavirus pandemic is challenging our health, work, family, food and fun. It's also disturbing our peace of mind and forcing us to question our own existence.
Mar 30, 2020
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Health
Patients with exercise-related hyponatremia advised to 'drink to thirst'
Hyponatremia is a condition of low sodium concentration in the blood. Prolonged overhydration during exercise is the primary cause of all forms of exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH) and should be avoided. The updated ...
Mar 18, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Online program more than doubled pregnancy rate for women with infertility
For women being treated for infertility, studies show that in-person counseling decreases anxiety, depression and stress and leads to higher rates of pregnancy.
Mar 18, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Rural Hondurans embrace cancer screening opportunities
The burden of cancer is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Honduras. Few people in rural Honduras have access to cancer screening of any kind. A research team comprised of Honduran oncologists ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Addiction
Artificial intelligence can scan doctors' notes to distinguish between types of back pain
Mount Sinai researchers have designed an artificial intelligence model that can determine whether lower back pain is acute or chronic by scouring doctors' notes within electronic medical records, an approach that can help ...
Feb 28, 2020
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