ACA ruling risks future stability of care as we age, AGS
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society As it has since 2016, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) again expressed concern for ...
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Can Facebook advertising prevent cancer?
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IASLC successfully pilots early lung imaging confederation project
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Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease ...
Amphetamine use, abuse and dependence claim lines increased over 3,000 percent in 10 years
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New study finds that surgeons under stress make more mistakes in the operating room
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Patients with heart failure have lower risk of death, hospital admission if seen by physician in first 7 days after emergency department discharge
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DNA study shows stethoscopes loaded with bacteria, including staphylococcus
Findings suggest common cleaning methods leave bacteria behind NEW YORK (December 12, 2018) -- Stethoscopes carried by health care practitioners ...
The home healthcare frontier: new study explores nurses' knowledge attitudes toward infection control
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Cancer patients face higher risk for shingles, new vaccines hold promise for prevention
People newly diagnosed with cancer, particularly blood cancers, and those treated with chemotherapy have a greater risk of developing shingles, ...
A holiday gift to primary care doctors: Proof of their time crunch
A study with a satirical spin drives home a real point about the demands on general practitioners' time, and expectations ...
First line immunotherapy combination fails to improve overall survival in lung cancer
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, Dec. 13-16, Geneva, SwitzerlandCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Geneva, Switzerland, 13 December 2018 - First ...
New HIV diagnoses at high levels in the European Region but progress in EU
ECDC and WHO Regional Office for Europe issue annual surveillance dataCredit: ECDC/WHO, HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2018 - 2017 data ...
Ending the HIV epidemic: Where does Europe stand?
Progress on the 90-90-90 targets in 52 countries in Europe and Central AsiaCredit: Eurosurveillance From diagnosis of HIV to successful ...
Experts in immunotherapy, medical physics, cervical cancer named 2018 ASTRO Gold Medalists
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