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[ad_1] Newswise — SAN ANTONIO, October 23, 2022 — Meeting with a medical physicist who can explain how radiation therapy is planned and delivered reduces patient...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Black women have a 53% increased risk of dying in the hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level, type...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those...
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statins may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19 disease, suggests a study of more than 38,000...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although opioid abuse in the U.S. is trending downward overall, it remains higher among non-heterosexuals than heterosexuals, according to an...
[ad_1] Newswise — MADISON – Depending on where it’s from, your next steak could come with a side of illegal deforestation. That’s because despite improvements by...
[ad_1] Newswise — A new study has shown milk was used by the first farmers from Central Europe in the early Neolithic era around 7,400 years...
[ad_1] Newswise — Despite concerns that stay-at-home orders and other government efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic would cause...
[ad_1] Newswise — A new study from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Colorado State University, and the National Park Service indicates previously unknown high altitude contests...
[ad_1] Key takeaways Telemedicine significantly lowers likelihood of no-show clinic visits among surgical patients and follow-up care during the post-surgery period. Telemedicine is a convenient tool...
[ad_1] Key takeaways The first months of the COVID pandemic in 2020 caused a discernible change in post-surgery practice; colorectal surgeons discharged more patients direct to...
[ad_1] Key takeaways National guidelines suggest a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) can be used as the primary noninvasive screening modality for early-stage colorectal cancer, but a...
[ad_1] Key takeaways Overutilization of intubation respirators early in the pandemic may have masked signs and symptoms of diverticulitis in COVID-19 patients. Restricted access to computed...
[ad_1] Key takeaways Understanding the characteristics of livers that live to 100 could potentially expand the donor pool by using older liver donors more often. New...
[ad_1] Key takeaways Critically ill patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) may benefit from palliative care, focusing on quality of life, when aggressive medical...
[ad_1] Key takeaways: Up to 50% of colorectal patients may develop metastatic cancer that has spread to other areas of the body. One of the most...
[ad_1] Key takeaways A higher infection rate found by new research should raise a “red flag” for patients and providers and should be discussed along with...
[ad_1] Currently, no medications exist to combat spinocerebellar ataxias, debilitating neurodegenerative diseases that cause loss of balance and coordination. Physicians recommend balance training to improve symptoms,...
[ad_1] ACP says Federal Government Needs to Improve Health Support for Indigenous Communities Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-1891 URL goes live when the embargo lifts Indigenous populations continue to...