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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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News tagged with patients
Use of cannabinoids could help post-traumatic stress disorder patients
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department ...
Diet may reduce risk of prostate cancer
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A new review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics assessed whether certain modifications in diet have a beneficial effect on the prevention of prostate cancer. Results suggest that a diet low in fat an ...
Researchers crack part of the neuronal code
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Prostheses for paralysed patients, communication with patients who have lost all capacity for normal communication - the hopes for modern brain research are high. However, such brain-machine ...
Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that depressed patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion.
Epilepsy Patients Are Given New Hope With Brain Implant
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A startup company, Neuropace in Mountain View Ca., has developed a device that offers new hope for epilepsy patients. The device is designed to neutralize the abnormal electrical activity ...
Study suggests adult stem cells may help repair hearts damaged by heart attack
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Adult stem cells may help repair heart tissue damaged by heart attack according to the findings of a new study to be published in the December 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Results from t ...
New study says dementia is a terminal illness
Oct 14, 2009 |
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The clinical course of advanced dementia, including uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and high mortality, is similar to that experienced by patients of other terminal conditions, according to scientists at the Institute ...
New technology helps Parkinson's patients speak louder
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed a new technology that helps Parkinson's patients overcome the tendency to speak too quietly by playing a recording of ambient sound, which resembles the noisy chatter of a restaurant ...
Hello wearable kidney, goodbye dialysis machine
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Researchers are developing a Wearable Artificial Kidney for dialysis patients, reports an upcoming paper in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). "Our vision of a technological breakthrough ...
Comprehensive look at rare leukemia finds relatively few genetic changes launch disease
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive analysis yet of the genome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) found only a few mistakes in the genetic blueprint, suggesting the cancer arises from just a handful of missteps, according to new ...
Study: Clozapine may have saved schizophrenics
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Thousands of people with schizophrenia worldwide could have been saved if doctors had prescribed them the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a new study says.
Blood pressure targets: Aiming lower offers no benefit
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Aiming for lower than standard blood pressure targets offers no known clinical benefit, according to a Cochrane Review. In a systematic review of the evidence, researchers found that using antihypertensive drugs to reduce ...
Anti-inflammatory drugs may defeat a treatment-resistant type of cancer
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease.
Busted: Student Disproves Popular Emergency Room Myth
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Like the emergency room seen each week on ER, emergency departments in Canada increasingly seem overcrowded and chaotic. Emergency department overcrowding has been a pressing issue across the country for the last two decades. ...
Artificial liver may extend lives
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The first artificial organ for liver patients that uses immortalized human liver cells, the Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device, or ELAD®, is a bedside system that treats blood plasma, metabolizing toxins and synthesizing ...
