Oncology & Cancer
Cancer: Here's the role exercise plays, from prevention to treatment
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. In Europe, almost 3 in every 10 adults were diagnosed with a form of cancer in 2022.
May 9, 2024
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News tagged with recovery
Surgery
Road of recovery in gastrointestinal surgery: From ERAS to FRAS
In the 1990s, Dr. Henrik Kehlet introduced the concept of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), pioneering multimodal surgical care. Initially applied to patients undergoing colonic surgery, ERAS has also been dedicated ...
May 8, 2024
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Neuroscience
New study reveals age-related brain changes influence recovery after stroke
A new study by a global team of researchers, led by Sook-Lei Liew, Ph.D., of USC's Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI), has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate ...
May 6, 2024
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Health
Job losses help explain increase in drug deaths among Black Americans
New research points to an economic factor that might be overlooked when considering why drug-related deaths among Black Americans increased significantly after 2010 in U.S. regions reporting heightened fentanyl activity: ...
Apr 25, 2024
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Medical research
New treatment method using plasma irradiation promotes faster bone healing
"Break a leg!" is a welcome blessing of good luck, but who wants to hear that they have actually broken a bone? What's worse, fractures that are displaced or complex require surgery and possibly lengthy recovery times while ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Pediatrics
Scientists say blood protein could help detect delayed concussion recovery in children
Researchers have discovered a blood protein that could help detect which children will experience ongoing concussion symptoms more than two weeks after an injury.
Apr 9, 2024
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Dentistry
Transforming root canal treatments: The rise of precision dentistry
Endodontic diseases present a significant challenge in dentistry due to their complex nature and the precision required in treatment. Traditionally, the success of these treatments has heavily relied on the dentist's skill ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Surgery
Patient recovery after surgery for esophageal cancer isn't influenced by using standard or keyhole incisions
New research has found no evidence of a difference between recovery time and complications when comparing standard and keyhole surgical incisions for the treatment of oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet). The study, ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Does pregnancy accelerate aging? Study suggests that it does, at first
New research from the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) published in Cell Metabolism suggests that pregnancy accelerates aging, but with an important caveat—there appears to be significant reversal of this effect in the postpartum ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Neuroscience
Researchers find branched chain amino acid supplementation may aid in concussion recovery
In the first clinical trial of a targeted pharmacologic therapeutic for mild traumatic brain injury in pediatric patients, scientists from the Minds Matter Concussion Frontier Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...
Mar 18, 2024
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