(HealthDay)—Almost one in five patients with cirrhosis receive opioid prescriptions during outpatient visits, according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting, the annual meeting…
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For knee replacement patients, physical therapy reduces risk of chronic opioid use
The world’s most common form of arthritis, knee osteoarthritis, causes sufferers pain and hurts their quality of life. Total knee replacement is the only option…
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Perinatal patients, nurses explain how hospital pandemic policies failed them
With a lethal, airborne virus spreading fast, hospitals had to change how they treated patients and policies for how caregivers provided that treatment. But for…
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High thrombotic risk in cancer patients receiving immunotherapy
In a study recently published in the leading journal Blood, Florian Moik and Cihan Ay from the Division of Hematology and Hemastasology of the Department…
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High risk of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing treatment for infected total knee replacement
Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred in nearly 20 percent of patients who underwent surgery with implantation of antibiotic-loaded “spacers” and intravenous (IV) antibiotics for the…
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How one patient’s rare mutation helped solve a mycobacterial mystery
Just because you are exposed to a pathogen does not mean you will become sick. Increasingly, scientists have shown that genetics play a central role…
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Diagnosis of genetic condition could help patients stop smoking and prevent lung disease
New research shows that people diagnosed with a genetic condition, called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), are far more likely to stop smoking and therefore prevent…
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Transplant patients may not need steroid treatment in the long run
Long-term use of a medication used to treat kidney transplant patients may not be necessary in individuals with low-to-moderate risk of organ rejection, according to…
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Nearly 40% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Brazil died amid surge
How devastating could Brazil’s ‘super-covid’ be? Study finds coronavirus overwhelmed the country, killing nearly 40% of hospitalized patients as fears grow its variant could ALREADY…
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COVID-19: Online tool identifies patients at highest risk of deterioration
A new risk-stratification tool which can accurately predict the likelihood of deterioration in adults hospitalised with COVID-19 has been developed by researchers from the UK…
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