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Publish date: February 14, 2015
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Pulmonary embolectomy, a procedure that was virtually abandoned in the 1950s because it resulted in h...
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Publish date: February 13, 2015
patient and her father
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Results of 2 new studies indicate that young adults (ages 18 to 39) who have survived leukemia or lymph...
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Publish date: February 13, 2015
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A survey of cancer patients has shown that when physicians make treatment decisions alone, patients tend to rate the quality of...
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Publish date: February 13, 2015
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In-flight red blood cell (RBC) transfusions can improve outcomes in trauma patients, according to a study published in the ...
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Publish date: February 13, 2015
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Although it makes sense that patient requests might drive physicians to practice defensive medicine, new research suggests th...
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Publish date: February 12, 2015
essential thrombocythemia
The order in which genetic mutations are acquired determines how myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) behave, according to...
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Publish date: February 12, 2015
the bio-inspired robotic sock
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Researchers have invented a robotic sock that may be able to...
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Publish date: February 12, 2015
Researchers have identified 8 highly specific physical and cognitive signs that seem to be associated with imminent death in cancer patients.
The f...
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Publish date: February 12, 2015
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New research has revealed inherited genetic variations associated with rapid hearing loss in young cancer patients who receive...
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Publish date: February 11, 2015
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Leukocyte telomere length is associated with survival in patients who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) to t...
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Publish date: February 11, 2015
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A new study suggests that, when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identifies problems at clinical trial sites, those ...
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Publish date: February 11, 2015
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New research indicates that a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) approved to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma could prove use...
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Publish date: February 11, 2015
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Low-dose oral iron supplementation can reduce the time to hemoglobin recovery after blood donation, according to a study p...
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Publish date: February 10, 2015
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University of Cambridge
A new computer model that simulates blood cell development could aid the discovery of novel treatments f...
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Publish date: February 10, 2015
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Velano Vascular
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a device that reduces the need for venipunct...
