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Knee replacement in elderly patients shown to improve balance

Medicine & Health / Health

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Total knee replacement (TKR) successfully relieves pain and improves function in patients with advanced knee arthritis, according to a study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...


New methods needed to ID cardiac catheterization candidates

Medicine & Health / Research

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It's time to re-think how patients are selected for cardiac catheterization, say doctors at Duke University Medical Center, after reporting in a new study that the invasive procedure found no significant coronary artery disease ...


Fewer platelets could be used for some cancer and bone-marrow transplantation patients

Medicine & Health / Research

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Physicians may be able to safely lower the platelet dosage in transfusions for cancer and bone-marrow transplant patients without risking increased bleeding, according to new research involving UT Southwestern Medical Center ...


Gastric bypass surgery increases risk of kidney stones

Medicine & Health / Other

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March 11, 2010 - Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigators suggests.


Research findings expected to ease treatment of low neutrophil counts in cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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For patients like 10-year-old Sabrina Jo Spence, new research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators meant fewer injections to combat the drop in white blood cells following her recent chemotherapy.


Patient safety reporting and drug label accuracy missing vital information

Medicine & Health / Medications

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A Perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for change in the way researchers and pharmaceutical companies collect and report adverse symptom information in clinical trials submitted to the Food and Dr ...


Novel stroke treatment passes safety stage of UCI-led clinical trial

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A clinical research trial of a new treatment to restore brain cells damaged by stroke has passed an important safety stage, according to the UC Irvine neurologist who led the effort.


Sickle Cell Pain May Be From Damaged Tissues or Nerves

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered the pain caused by sickle cell disease may not occur solely from damaged tissues, but also from injured nerves. The research is published ...


Researchers demonstrate link between brain chemical, cognitive decline in schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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In one of the first such studies involving human patients with schizophrenia, researchers at UC Davis have provided evidence that deficits in a brain chemical may be responsible for some of the debilitating cognitive deficits ...


Doctors are failing to lower heart patients' cholesterol adequately

Medicine & Health / Health

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Only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels according to a study of 25,250 patients in Germany published online today in the European Heart Journal.



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