News tagged with randomized trial
Cancer patients want honesty, compassion from their oncologist
Nov 04, 2009 |
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What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients (37 percent) prefer to have their hands held by their radiation oncologists during ...
Mayo Clinic clinicians develop new decision aid tool to help type 2 diabetes patients (w/ Video)
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Mayo Clinic clinicians and designers, along with colleagues from other institutions, have developed and tested a tool to involve patients more in their diabetes treatment and medication choices. The tool, a set of decision ...
Organized phone therapy for depression found cost-effective
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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When people get brief, structured, phone-based cognitive behavioral psychotherapy soon after starting on antidepressant medication, significant benefits may persist two years after their first session, with only modest rises ...
Study shows carvedilol is effective in preventing variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Patients with cirrhosis are at risk for developing portal hypertension that can lead to the formation, dilation, and rupture of esophageal varices. The annual incidence of esophageal varices is approximately 5% and one third ...
New approach to treating heart attacks reduces risk of life-threatening complications
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Transferring heart attack patients to specialized hospitals to undergo angioplasty within six hours after receiving clot-busting drugs reduces the risk of life-threatening complications including repeat heart attacks, according ...
