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Study suggests transplanting Hep C-infected kidneys to uninfected donors safe, study suggests: Should be standard of care
Transplantation of kidneys from Hepatitis C-infected donors to uninfected recipients is safe and can be…
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After having surgery, many older adults develop delirium, the medical term for sudden and severe…
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There is nothing to be gained by operating on a patient with a so-called displaced…
View More Conservative treatment with a sling can replace surgery for shoulder fracturesAntibiotics before liver transplants lead to better results: Similar results in experiments with mice, post-surgery records from human patients
A UCLA-led research team has found that giving mice antibiotics for 10 days prior to…
View More Antibiotics before liver transplants lead to better results: Similar results in experiments with mice, post-surgery records from human patientsPneumonia patients get too many antibiotics — especially as they leave the hospital
A million times a year, pneumonia sends American adults to the hospital. And while antibiotics…
View More Pneumonia patients get too many antibiotics — especially as they leave the hospitalHistorically ‘safer’ tramadol more likely than other opioids to result in prolonged use
Surgical patients receiving the opioid tramadol have a somewhat higher risk of prolonged use than…
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Children and youth of mothers who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at increased risk…
View More Maternal gestational diabetes linked to diabetes in childrenAntibiotics 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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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