Surgery
Busier hospitals may be safer places for liver surgery
A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery finds that patients undergoing liver surgery fare better in higher-volume hospitals; their mortality rates are lower.
Feb 7, 2023
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Neuroscience
New possible strategy for treating chronic pain due to burns may help sufferers including veterans
New research shows how second-degree burns cause hard-to-treat chronic pain, and this understanding may be key to treating these complications, common in war veterans This research, published in Physiological Reports, suggests ...
Jan 10, 2020
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Cardiology
FDA advisors to weigh new gene therapy for sickle cell anemia
Patients with sickle cell disease may soon have two new treatments to try.
Oct 30, 2023
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Cardiology
Common infertility treatments may increase risks for pregnancy, vascular complications
Women who conceive with assisted reproductive technology (infertility treatment) may be at increased risk for vascular and pregnancy-related complications, according to new research published today in a special Go Red for ...
Feb 22, 2022
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Cardiology
Black and Hispanic people in US less likely to get treatment for stroke complications
Analysis of 20 years of electronic health records across the U.S. finds Black and Hispanic stroke survivors were less likely than white stroke survivors to receive treatment for common complications during the first year ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study identifies new risk factor for heart disease among kidney dialysis patients
Kidney failure affects 25 million individuals in the U.S. and many more throughout the world. Loss of kidney function means the majority of these patients must undergo dialysis treatments to remove excess fluids and waste ...
Mar 6, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry score predicts treatment efficacy
(HealthDay)—The R.E.N.A.L. (radius, exophytic/endophytic, nearness to collecting system or sinus, anterior/posterior and location relative to polar lines) nephrometry scoring system predicts the efficacy of treatment and ...
Dec 27, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New advances in the management of patients with cirrhosis
New data from clinical studies presented for the first time at the International Liver Congress 2013 provide new rationale for an old and established treatment option for portal hypertension. Additionally, spleen stiffness ...
Apr 25, 2013
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Cardiology
Cardio-oncology services may improve patient care if more widely available
The impact of cancer treatments on cardiovascular health is an important consideration when treating cancer patients, but many hospital training programs have no formal training or services in cardio-oncology and a lack of ...
Jun 22, 2015
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Diabetes
Social networking approach to public health research raises hypoglycemia awareness
Hypoglycemia may be a much larger problem among patients with diabetes than is currently realized, according to a study of members of a diabetes-focused social network conducted by researchers in Boston Children's Hospital's ...
Feb 11, 2013
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