No increase in deaths from cardiac arrests at the weekend
People admitted to NHS hospitals with a cardiac arrest over the weekend do not face a higher risk of dying compared to those admitted during...
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Industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies
A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry-favourable positions...
Coffee not as bad for heart and circulatory system as previously thought
Coffee does not stiffen your arteries Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy...
Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying
Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according to a University of Queensland...
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 present the unique case of...
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 a much higher risk of...
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 in the intensive care unit...
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 undergone heart bypass surgery was...
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 testosterone suppression were alive compared...
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 use and improved pain control,...
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 intravenous sedation, according to new...
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 results of NRG-LU001 indicate that,...
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 Results from the first experimental...
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 Adding the targeted therapy ribociclib...
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 - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan...
