Octogenarians can be good candidates for heart surgery
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Patients 80 years and older who are in overall good health are perfectly able to withstand open-heart surgery, according to the latest study of Dr. Kevin Lachapelle of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). His findings ...
Virtual screening leads to real progress in drug design
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Around 150,000 people per year get African sleeping sickness, a disease spread by the biting tsetse fly and caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Unless treated, the illness is invariably fatal. And ...
Elections study: Voters like fresh faces at polling places
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A new study shows counties can boost voters' trust in elections by making an investment in the human side of elections by recruiting new poll workers.
Improved rodent trials can speed cancer drug development
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Better design of rodent trials could reduce the cost and time required for cancer drug development, according to a commentary in the October 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Racial and ethnic disparities detected in patient experiences
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A study surveying patients in more than 1,500 physician practices has found racial and ethnic disparities in patient health-care experiences, with minority patients having worse experiences than white patients. The findings ...
Elderly fare better when included in decisions on treatment trade-offs
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Halting a medication that treats one ailment because it may worsen another is a treatment trade-off decision that elderly patients with multiple medical conditions would rather take part in, researchers at Yale School of ...
