Little is known about the genetics and biology of chordoma, a rare and aggressive bone tumor. Chordomas occur in approximately one in a million people in the U.S. a year and 5% of these are in children. These tumors can arise ...
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Researchers have reported that patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibiting sympathetic denervation in the major salivary glands and the heart tend to have more advanced non-motor symptoms as they age, suggesting that ...
May 30, 2024
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A new study conducted by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health has revealed critical insights into how ICU capacity influenced patient mortality during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado. A major ...
May 30, 2024
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For a large percentage of men with prostate cancer, the tumor may be so slow-growing that doctors advise a "watch-and-wait" approach instead of active treatment.
May 30, 2024
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Karen Mustian, Ph.D., MPH, a Wilmot Cancer Institute leader, is senior author on a new set of national guidelines for easing fatigue in cancer patients.
May 30, 2024
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Rural children and families are having to skip vital health treatments and even ending up in the emergency room, while already struggling rural clinics are losing more patients, as states cull their Medicaid rolls.
May 30, 2024
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Even as suicide rates have risen among Americans generally, one group appears to be bucking that trend: People diagnosed with cancer.
May 30, 2024
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The decision to undergo surgery can be complicated for people living with dementia, not only due to limited decision-making capabilities, but also because participation in rehabilitation afterward is imperative to surgery ...
May 30, 2024
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A cancer diagnosis is an emotional experience. Learning that you have cancer can create feelings of hopelessness, fear and sadness. This is especially true if your cancer is advanced or available treatments are unable to ...
May 30, 2024
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New findings on long COVID—long-term effects on health experienced by many who have had COVID-19—present a good-news, bad-news situation, according to a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
May 30, 2024
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