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Chest cavity fire during emergency cardiac surgery
At this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology) in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June), doctors...
Blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery linked with higher risk of cancer recurrence and death
Receiving a blood transfusion during curative surgery for the most common type of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is associated with...
Using facial recognition technology to continuously monitor patient safety in the ICU
A team of Japanese scientists has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict when patients...
High body fat (but not BMI itself) linked to four-fold increase in mortality risk after heart bypass surgery
New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June) shows that mortality in patients who had...
Enzalutamide improves survival for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute After 3 years, 80% of men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who received enzalutamide along with...
App helps improve pain control and reduce opiate use after surgery
Patients who underwent total knee replacement and used a smartphone app (PainCoach) at home after surgery consistently reduced opiate painkiller...
Virtual reality improves tolerance of anaesthesia procedures and reduces need for intravenous sedation by at least 50%
Giving patients virtual reality sessions before and during locoregional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures substantially reduces pain and the need for...
NRG oncology trial of metformin for non-small cell lung cancer
NRG oncology trial shows tolerability of metformin for non-small cell lung cancer, no improvement in survival outcomes between treatments Initial...
NRG trial suggests total neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer is safe
Initial experimental treatment arm results from NRG oncology trial suggests total neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer is safe...
Ribociclib plus hormone therapy extends survival for patients with premenopausal advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
MD Anderson-led Phase III trial finds targeted therapy lowers risk of death, is well-toleratedCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center ABSTRACT LBA1008...
In-situ measurement of 3D protein structure inside living eukaryotic cells
Nuclear magnetic resonance measurement and state-of-the-art computational science reveal protein structures in higher eukaryotic cellsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan...
Grateful heart patient gives $1.5 million gift to Loyola Medicine Cardiology Division
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Grateful for the exceptional care he received from Loyola Medicine cardiologist David Wilber, MD,...
Men who choose active surveillance for early prostate cancer often don’t follow monitoring rules
CHICAGO -- Preliminary results from a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study found that just 15 percent...
A small electrical zap to the brain could help you retrieve a forgotten memory
Credit: Stuart Wolpert/UCLA A study by UCLA psychologists provides strong evidence that a certain region of the brain plays a...
Can cannabinoids help treat obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Credit: ©2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 30, 2019--The body's endocannabinoid system, due to the critical...
Research brief: Climate change is already affecting global food production — unequally
The world's top 10 crops -- barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat -- supply...
Astrocytes protect neurons from toxic buildup
Astrocytes are overtaxed neurons' pit crew. The brain cells collect damaged lipids secreted by hyperactive neurons, then recycle those toxic...
Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory
Credit: Elle Starkman When you peer into the night sky, much of what you see is plasma, a soupy amalgam...
Boston College chemist Jia Niu named 2019 Beckman Young Investigator
Honor from Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awards early-career chemist $600,000 for polymer researchCredit: Lee Pellegrini / Boston College Chestnut...
Finding a needle in a haystack: Discovery of Ti 2 InB 2 for synthesizing layered TiB
Credit: Nature Communications Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) managed to use boron as the X element in...
