The prognosis for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor: very few achieve…
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Since 1990s, heart attacks have become less deadly, frequent for Americans
Heart attack prevention and outcomes have dramatically improved for American adults in the past two…
View More Since 1990s, heart attacks have become less deadly, frequent for Americans
Antibiotics and PPIs linked to increased risk of infectious diarrhea in children: Judicious use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics may help reduce C. difficile infections
Prior antibiotic exposure and use of acid suppressing medications known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)…
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Longer shifts do not create chronic sleep loss in first-year doctors or reduce safety for patients, study finds
When medical residents were permitted to work shifts longer than 16 hours, patient mortality was…
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Heart attack patients taken directly to heart centers have better long-term survival: Heart attacks in young people and women may be unrecognized by paramedics and patients
Heart attack patients taken directly to heart centres for lifesaving treatment have better long-term survival…
View More Heart attack patients taken directly to heart centers have better long-term survival: Heart attacks in young people and women may be unrecognized by paramedics and patients
Opioid use in the family may influence adolescents’ opioid risk after surgery
Having a family member with persistent opioid use may be a risk factor for young…
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American drug overdose death rates the highest among wealthy nations
In the most comprehensive international comparison of its kind, a USC study found that the…
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Helping patients breathe during dangerous procedure prevents complications
Thousands of Americans die each year during a dangerous two-minute procedure to insert a breathing…
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Most triggers for irregular heartbeat can be easily modified: Alcohol, caffeine, exercise, lack of sleep are most common
A personal survey of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), one of the most important causes…
View More Most triggers for irregular heartbeat can be easily modified: Alcohol, caffeine, exercise, lack of sleep are most common
MRI and computer modeling reveals how wrist bones move
We use our wrists constantly, but how do they work? In a just-published Journal of…
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