A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that frailty is associated with higher rates of death and major morbidity after surgery.
Nov 6, 2023
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Across the U.S., Black and Hispanic people who survived cardiac arrest occurring outside of a hospital setting were less likely than white people to survive to hospital discharge or survive with favorable neurological outcomes, ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Ready or not, patients with cancer are increasingly likely to find themselves interacting with artificial intelligence technologies to schedule appointments, monitor their health, learn about their disease and its treatment, ...
Nov 3, 2023
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A new study has found there is significant scope to increase the number of eye donations from patients cared for in hospice and palliative care settings—donations which are desperately needed for sight-restoring surgeries.
Nov 2, 2023
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Investigators have implemented an automated health maintenance tool created by the National Kidney Foundation into electronic medical records to prompt primary care physicians to screen for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in ...
Nov 2, 2023
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A health care team has endorsed a new cultural competency training program which could help clinicians better connect with diverse population living with an auto-immune rheumatologic conditions.
Nov 2, 2023
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Health organizations such as hospitals, medical clinics, pharmaceutical companies and community health centers are increasingly turning to social media to promote their brand and connect with patients by delivering personally ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Americans who have a tooth pulled or another painful dental procedure in the United States today are far less likely to get opioid painkillers than they were just a few years ago, a new study shows.
Nov 2, 2023
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For computation of the skeletal muscle index (SMI), calculated as skeletal muscle area (SMA) at L3 divided by patient height squared, a height scaling power of 1 seems better than 2, according to a study published online ...
Nov 2, 2023
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In the U.S., someone has a stroke every 40 seconds and dies from it every three minutes and 14 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When it comes to stroke, experts echo the fact that time ...
Nov 2, 2023
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