Patients are significantly likelier to survive a hospital stay if their hospitalist scored in the … More
The odds that a patient survives a…
Category: 5. Health
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Patient Survival Jumps If In-Hospital MD Aced Assessment Test: Study
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My Kidney Cancer Taught Me That Patients Aren’t Consumers
concept – kidney tumor.
Most normal people, when told they have kidney cancer, worry about what that means for their long-term health. I’m not normal. When I discovered I had a 1cm tumor growing on my left kidney, I wondered: “How much…
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New Marker Identified on Tumors Improves Immunotherapy
Tumors are heterogenous masses of cells that rapidly divide. Many cells have different mutations, functions, and ways to avoid immune cell detection and drive tumor progression. The heterogeneity of tumors is…
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I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast doubt on their safety and on the objectivity of
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New Method of Immunotherapy Improves Treatment Efficacy
The immune system is central to identifying and eliminating foreign pathogens that enter the body. The innate and adaptive immune responses work together to provide effective immunity against invaders….
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Cancer Patients Face Silent Crisis From Superbugs, New Research Shows
Over the last six months, several major studies have laid bare the threat posed by antimicrobial … More
In the past 20 years, cancer medicine has been revolutionized by an array of new treatments,…
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Cuts To Public Health Will Increase Illness And Raise Costs
Optometry students administer vision tests to patients at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) mobile dental … More
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Walgreens Reports Narrower Than Expected Loss Ahead Of Takeover
Walgreens Boots Alliance Thursday reported a narrower-than-expected $178 million loss in its third … More
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Trump Admin Proposes Rolling Back Coal Mining Safety Protections
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On June 12th, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced a proposal to roll back federal guidelines to investigate…
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Hot tubs outperform saunas in boosting blood flow and immune power
Hot tubs and saunas can both soothe aching muscles and provide welcome warmth, but hot tubs might offer greater health benefits.
That’s the takeaway from a new study done by researchers in the Bowerman Sports Science Center at the University of…
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