Medications
Rural Americans are going without meds to fight opioid, alcohol addictions
Less than 9% of rural Americans who abuse both opioids and alcohol are prescribed medications to treat both disorders, new research reveals.
Mar 26, 2024
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Are clinical trial data shared sufficiently today?
Ben Goldacre, research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says we need all the evidence to make informed decisions about medicines.
Jul 9, 2013
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Health
Electronic health records may compromise safety for chemotherapy patients
Electronic health records were supposed to streamline patient information, but in the decade since inception, health workers claim they have compromised patient care and complicated their jobs.
Apr 25, 2019
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Medications
Do you think you have a penicillin allergy? Chances are, you're wrong
Knowing your penicillin allergy status could make a big difference if you end up in hospital, according to UNSW researchers.
Aug 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds GPs are unwilling to refer patients for bowel cancer checks
GPs can be reluctant to refer patients with symptoms of bowel cancer for further investigations, a study by the Universities of Birmingham and Exeter has found.
Sep 22, 2017
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Cardiology
Do sexual orientation and gender identity affect your stroke risk?
People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary may have a higher risk for stroke at a younger age, as well as a possible higher risk for recurrence than those who identify as straight and cisgender, ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Two methods to de-identify large patient datasets greatly reduced risk of re-identification
Two de-identification methods, k-anonymization and adding a "fuzzy factor," significantly reduced the risk of re-identification of patients in a dataset of 5 million patient records from a large cervical cancer screening ...
Jul 28, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study examines necessity of additional imaging in PET/CT oncologic reports
Radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians recommended additional imaging about 30% of the time in oncologic PET/CT reports, with about half of those recommendations being unnecessary, a new study shows.
May 4, 2012
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Immunology
Electronic medical record alert found effective for reducing food allergy panel testing
An electronic medical record (EMR) alert is effective for reducing food allergy panel ordering among pediatric and adult patients, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Health
Mining the data mother lode
A mother posting on Facebook about the way her son behaves while playing video games could provide a vital clue for the correct treatment for his epilepsy. This is but one type of social media chatter that is informing data ...
Jun 7, 2017
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