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Online patient portals have many advantages, but is the release of results that suggest a cancer diagnosis or show cancer progression a good idea?
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Researchers have critiqued the methodologies of popular hospital rankings as "likely to misclassify hospital performance."
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In a new focal ablation technology for prostate cancer, gold silica nanoshells at the tumor vasculature can be triggered by near-infrared light from lasers to cause photothermal ablation.
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This review explores controversies surrounding the potential impact of DAA therapy on the incidence and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with advanced liver disease.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

This patient presented with a rare disseminated sarcoid-like reaction while undergoing treatment with the monoclonal antibody ustekinumab for refractory psoriasis.
Journal of Medical Case Reports

According to a recent study, many of the deceased-donor kidneys discarded in the United States would be safely transplanted in France.
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Setting volume thresholds does not guarantee that hospitals will adhere to those standards or that patients will have access to hospitals that do, a study of high-risk cancer surgery patients reveals.
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This study analyzed and compared MPV and PDW values in immune thrombocytopenic purpura and essential thrombocythemia. How do they compare with values in healthy individuals?
Laboratory Medicine

This workshop examined how molecular genetic findings can aid in the diagnosis of and elucidate the pathogenesis of acute leukemias.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Has genomic medicine realized all its potential over the past decade? Yes and no, says Dr David Kerr.
Medscape Oncology

Bacterial infections of the CNS are a medical emergency. This article reviews the pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, and management of bacterial meningitis and spinal epidural and brain abscesses.
Seminars in Neurology

New technologies have determined that transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, once thought to be rare and untreatable, is more common than previously thought, and novel therapeutic options are emerging.
Circulation

Encouraging bismuth subsalicylate (BSS) use as a first-line treatment for acute diarrhea and promoting its use for self-management can reduce antibiotic use in Pakistan and other countries around the world, researchers suggest.
Reuters Health Information

Prior to diagnosis, breast cancer-related genes appear to interact with aspirin in certain women and could influence survival, an observational study hints.
Reuters Health Information

The trailblazer in the application of computer technology to biomedical research and health information, and former director of the National Library of Medicine, has died.
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An Illinois resident who had recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness has died.
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Older hospitalized patients with liquid or metastatic solid tumors were at elevated risk of Clostridiodes difficile infection.
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Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
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This meta-analysis aimed to determine the optimal effective dosage and delivery method of tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery.
BMC Anesthesiology

Past research suggested that myocardial viability might aid survival in coronary bypass surgery patients. This study found no long-term survival benefit but modest improvement in ejection fraction.
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