Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A simplified COVID-19 diagnostic method to ramp up widespread testing

To properly monitor and help curb the spread of COVID-19, several millions of diagnostic tests are required daily in just the United States alone. There is still a widespread lack of COVID-19 testing in the U.S. and many ...

Surgery

Nonopioid pain protocol feasible after sports orthopedic surgery

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing common orthopedic sports procedures, a multimodal, nonopioid pain protocol featuring little or no use of opioids is feasible for managing postoperative pain, according to a study published ...

Oncology & Cancer

Photographic protocol developed to plan breast cancer surgeries

Breast cancer is most common among women: More than half a million new cases were detected in the European Union in 2018. Surgery and breast reconstruction are part of the treatment in a high percentage of cases, by way of ...

Oncology & Cancer

Clinical trial shows promising new treatment for rare blood cancer

Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that develops from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). It has many subtypes. A rare subtype, called intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (or IVLBCL) is notably hard to diagnose accurately ...

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