In a potential step forward for early pancreatic cancer diagnosis, a miniaturized brush was successfully tested as a possible technique for loosening cells from the walls of pancreatic cysts. If proven safe to use, the technique ...
Jan 28, 2021
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As violence in Philadelphia continues at a high rate, "scoop-and-run" hospital transports—when a responding police officer takes a gunshot or stabbing victim to a trauma center as quickly as possible—have become a time-tested ...
Jan 26, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Going into cardiac arrest at night can be particularly deadly, and now new research suggests that it might strike women more than men.
Jan 25, 2021
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A first-of-its-kind randomized clinical trial found that patients with pancreatic cancer didn't live any longer than expected after receiving pre-operative chemotherapy from either of the two standard regimens, according ...
Jan 21, 2021
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A new combination of drugs could help to increase survival rates with fewer side effects for some children with one of the most aggressive forms of childhood brain cancer.
Jan 21, 2021
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An analysis of data collected from patients treated for ischemic stroke at Geisinger shows no disparity in outcomes based solely on sex.
Jan 19, 2021
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New treatments to cut the global death rate from dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses could result from research led by The University of Queensland.
Jan 7, 2021
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High rates of COVID-19 in the county where a hospital is located appears to reduce survival rates among hospitalized patients with the virus, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at ...
Dec 22, 2020
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(HealthDay)—A pair of studies shed new light on why a relatively rare blood cancer—acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—is more deadly among Black patients.
Dec 11, 2020
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In a sign that the coronavirus pandemic is entering its most dire stage yet, new federal data shows that more than a third of Americans now live in areas where hospitals are critically short of intensive care beds.
Dec 9, 2020
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