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Patient
hideA patient is any person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment. The person is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician or other medical professional, although one who is visiting a physician for a routine check-up may also be viewed as a patient.
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Metabolite common among cancers
Feb 08, 2010 |
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A study published online on February 8 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine reports that several distinct mutations found in a subset of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) result in excess production of the ...
Inflammation marker related to obesity is elevated in patients with pancreatic cancer
Feb 03, 2010 |
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The levels of an inflammatory chemokine were significantly elevated in patients with pancreatic cancer who were extremely obese, according to research conducted by scientists at the Jefferson Pancreatic, Biliary and Related ...
Cancer patients become bold advocates once surviviors
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Sociologists at Case Western Reserve University found that when passive cancer patients become survivors, they have plenty of bold advice to offer other cancer patients, according to a study in JAGS, the Journal of American Ge ...
Genetic mutations associated with suicide risk among patients with depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Single mutations in genes involved with nerve cell formation and growth appear to be associated with the risk of attempting suicide among individuals with depression, according to a report posted online today that will appear ...
Caregivers of ICU patients are collateral damage of critical illness
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Intensive care unit patients are not the only ones likely to be severely depressed in the aftermath of hospitalization. Family and friends who care for them often suffer emotional and social hardship, too, according to a ...
Kentucky research looks at respiratory weakness in ICU morbidity
Jan 30, 2010 |
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A University of Kentucky researcher is investigating respiratory weakness as a factor in the morbidity of intensive-care patients and will soon be testing new treatments that could improve long-term patient outcomes while ...
Smooth and integrated movement patterns can help individuals with back pain
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Many people with back pain do not know what is causing it and they do not receive effective treatment, but learning to move in a more integrated way makes a big difference, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at ...
A pregnant woman does not look like an olive
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Replacing confusing language and icons on standard warnings labels for prescription medicine and listing only the most important warnings could make a big difference in how well patients understand the instructions that are ...
Trauma patients safe from mortality risks associated with so-called 'weekend effect'
Jan 23, 2010 |
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People who are in car crashes or suffer serious falls, gunshot or knife wounds and other injuries at nights or on weekends do not appear to be affected by the same medical care disparities as patients who suffer heart attacks, ...
After Medicare rule change, fewer facilities performed bariatric surgeries but outcomes improved
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Following a rule expanding coverage of weight-loss surgery under Medicare, bariatric procedures in the Medicare population were centralized to a smaller number of certified centers, were more likely to be minimally invasive ...
3-D goggles offer hope to stroke victims
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Researchers have developed 3-D goggles that could help stroke victims recover their lost vision.
Drive-through emergency service effective response to pandemic, study shows
Jan 14, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Your car can be an effective examination room -- one that prevents the spread of infectious diseases from patient to patient, and from patient to caregiver, a new study shows. ...
To see or not to see
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 14, 2010 |
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How do the visual images we experience, which have no tangible existence, arise out of physical processes in the brain? New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science provided evidence, for the first time, that an 'ignition' ...
Obesity linked to common form of kidney cancer and each extra BMI point increases risk
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI.
Researchers link diabetic complication, nerve damage in bone marrow
Jan 06, 2010 |
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A research team led by a Michigan State University professor has discovered a link between diabetes and bone marrow nerve damage that may help treat one of the disease's most common and potentially blindness-causing complications.
