Oncology & Cancer
New service transforms childhood cancer treatment
Children with cancer are to benefit nationally from a service which for the first time will allow doctors to personalise their treatment.
Nov 28, 2018
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Medications
Drug overdose deaths up among middle-aged US women (Update)
Overdose deaths in the U.S. are rising fastest among middle-aged women, and their drug of choice is usually prescription painkillers, the government reported Tuesday.
Jul 2, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Will new guidelines to reduce C-sections change maternity care?
Women planning to deliver at some birth centers are being encouraged to stay at home when their labor begins. They are advised to rest, eat, walk around and not to time every contraction.
Mar 21, 2014
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Cardiology
Heart patients advised to move around every 20 minutes to prolong life
Heart patients are being advised to move around every 20 minutes in a bid to prolong life following a study presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) 2018.
Oct 22, 2018
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Health
Electronic inhaler monitoring reduces hospitalizations, ER visits in patients with COPD
In one of the first-of-its-kind studies, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that the use of electronic inhaler monitoring, in combination with a disease management program, is associated with reduced healthcare utilization ...
Jun 11, 2019
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Diabetes
Heart rate affected by nocturnal hypoglycemia in T1DM patients
(HealthDay) -- For adults with type 1 diabetes there is a marked decrease in the low-frequency component of heart rate variability during spontaneous nocturnal hypoglycemia, according to a study published online May 18 in ...
Jun 1, 2012
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Medications
Emergency physicians use new tool to detect drug-seekers in the ER
Emergency physicians and other emergency department staff were fairly accurate in assessing which patients were drug-seekers in the emergency department, changing their prescribing plans for less than 10 percent of patients ...
Jul 10, 2013
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Surgery
Patient-reported outcomes and wearable data predict postop adverse events
Postoperative monitoring of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and a wearable device is feasible and showed moderate ability to discriminate between the days the patients experienced postoperative adverse events and those they ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Cardiology
Engineers and cardiologists develop low-cost wireless AI heart monitor
A Cambridge start-up has developed a low-cost next-generation wearable heart and cardiovascular function monitor which uses AI to diagnose heart rhythm and respiratory problems in real time.
Sep 12, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Home-monitoring during IVF found to work just as well as hospital checks
Home monitoring of ovulation prior to placing frozen embryos during an IVF process works just as well as hospital checks to determine the best time. In addition, it is more pleasant for women to undergo this in their own ...
Aug 30, 2023
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