The White House released an executive order Monday afternoon intended to require insurance companies, doctors and hospitals to give patients more information about precisely what their care will cost before they get it. President Trump announced the new policy at a signing event, flanked by doctors and patients who had been hit by unexpected medical…
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For advanced stages of head and neck cancer, one of the best treatments is so aggressive that it could bring tooth decay, speech loss, constant nausea or all of the above. That’s because the treatment combines two therapies — chemotherapy and radiation — which means double the cancer-killing power, but also…
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CLEVELAND — Common antidepressants interact with the opioid pain medication tramadol to make it less effective for pain relief, according to a study from University Hospitals (UH). These findings have important implications for the opioid epidemic, suggesting that some patients suspected of drug-seeking may in fact be under-medicated and just are seeking more effective pain…
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IMAGE: The Summer Tanager, one of 16 bird species observed in the study. view more Credit: University of Missouri. Millions of acres of pine woodlands once covered a large portion of the Midwest. But as humans logged these trees and suppressed natural fires, the woodlands gave way to dense forests with thick leaf litter and tree…
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IMAGE: An app operating the optical device sends images of the retina over the internet to Eyer Cloud, which stores and manages patient files. view more Credit: Phelcom Technologies A portable device connected to a smartphone makes precise images of the retina to detect back-of-the-eye (fundus) disease at a far lower cost than conventional methods. Created…
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IMAGE: Shown facilitating an interprofessional geriatrics training session, Sanders is the project’s PI and an associate director in NEOMED’s Department of Family and Community Medicine Office of Geriatrics. view more ROOTSTOWN, OHIO— Northeast Ohio Medical University received a notice of award for a multimillion-dollar grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program.…
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IMAGE: Kaplan-Meier curves for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (in months) from start of PRRT for all patients with G3 NENs (A), and in subgroups with Ki-67 index of… view more Credit: J Zhang et al., THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Precision Oncology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Germany. Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has…
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IMAGE: Pictured here is Sandipan Pati, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Neurology. view more Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Despite medical and surgical advances to treat epilepsy, between 15 and 40 percent of patients continue to suffer from seizures. A significant service gap exists to bring new therapies — called neuromodulation — that…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Broader monitoring of patients is needed to reduce the number of people who develop a urinary tract infection after being discharged from the hospital, new research by Oregon State University suggests. Findings were published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. The exploratory study of more than 3,000 at-risk patients showed…
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IMAGE: URI Nursing Professor Mary Sullivan view more Credit: URI photo KINGSTON, R.I. — June 25, 2019 — The stress premature infants experience can carry on throughout their adult life, causing cognitive limitations, social struggles at work or in school, and a greater risk of health ailments, including cardiac conditions, one of the longest-running U.S. studies…
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