Cardiology
With symptoms blamed on stress, she pressed on and learned the truth
A few years after her first child was born, Nina Stanley began experiencing strange blood pressure spikes.
Apr 15, 2020
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Surgery
Ergonomic risk factors identified for surgeons
(HealthDay)—Most surgeons report being in physical pain after performing surgery, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Apr 13, 2020
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Surgery
ACA has helped protect low-income patients from catastrophic spending for surgery
In the years after 2014, when the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces were established, low-income patients who underwent a surgical procedure saved an average of $601 in out-of-pocket spending and $968 in ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Medications
Drug combination for women suffering miscarriages is cost-effective
A pretreatment medication for women who suffer miscarriages—called mifepristone—is not only more clinically effective when combined with the standard of care drug, but also more cost effective, according to researchers ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Gastroenterology
AGA issues formal recommendations for PPE during gastrointestinal procedures
Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new COVID-19 recommendations in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the AGA: AGA Institute Rapid Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Cardiology
Studies show stents and surgery no better than medication, lifestyle changes at reducing the risk for heart attack
Invasive procedures such as bypass surgery and stenting—commonly used to treat blocked arteries—are no better at reducing the risk for heart attack and death in patients with stable ischemic heart disease than medication ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Study examines why colon cancer is more deadly in pediatric and young adult patients
Colon cancer is more likely to be lethal in children and young adults than middle-aged adults. In a single-institution study, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex., found that differences ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Cardiology
Research shows new drug helps to preserve brain cells for a time after stroke
After 50 years of research and the testing of over 1,000 drugs, there is new hope for preserving brain cells for a time after stroke. Treating acute ischemic stroke patients with an experimental neuroprotective drug, combined ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Health
Euthanasia's legal status in Europe
Euthanasia is legal in only three European countries while others allow terminally ill people to refuse life-maintaining treatment or to have help to die.
Feb 20, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Fetal balloon treatment for lung-damaging birth defect works best when fetal and maternal care are highly coordinated
Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Center for Fetal Therapy report new evidence that fetuses with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a rare but life-threatening, lung-damaging condition, experience a significantly ...
Feb 19, 2020
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