Around 1,000 children with asthma are being treated at the Medisch Spectrum Twente. Young asthma patients visit the hospital for their check-ups three times a year on average. But that is a thing of the past at MST. Boony Thio, who is a pediatric pulmonologist at MST says, “We can now offer a good quality […]
More than 1,000 Indiana hospital patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis after sterilization failure
Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A sterilization technician at a northern Indiana hospital failed to properly disinfect surgical tools, possibly affecting more than 1,000 patients who underwent surgery at the facility in recent months, the hospital said […]
Eczema patients are 13% more likely to break their bones
Eczema patients are 13% more likely to break their bones, reveals analysis of NHS hospital data Experts trawled through almost two decades worth of fractures in England Hip, knee and spinal fractures were more common among adults with eczema This would mean an extra 164 broken bones among 100,000 eczema patients Eczema patients are more […]
Online shopping in treatment-seeking patients with buying-shopping disorder
A new study in Comprehensive Psychiatry found that one-third of a group of patients seeking treatment for buying-shopping disorder (BSD) also reported symptoms of addictive online shopping. These patients tended to be younger than the others in the study sample, experienced greater levels of anxiety and depression, and were likely to exhibit a higher severity […]
What Congenital Heart Disease Means for Your Child
Congenital heart defects are the most common of all birth defects. But if your child is diagnosed with one, it feels like you’re entering strange, uncharted territory. Instead of welcoming your newborn to a cozy nursery at home, you’re glued to the hospital, immersed in a crash course on an unfamiliar condition such as ventricular […]
Simple test predicts older heart attack patients’ independence, function
A study just published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that hospitals can administer a simple walking test to evaluate the likelihood of functional decline in older adults following a heart attack. Researchers say the nationwide study could have important implications for how patient care following heart attacks is managed, improving independence in older adults. The […]
DNA test reveals if surgery patients are at risk of scarring badly
Risk-free mouth-swab DNA test reveals if surgery patients are at risk of scarring badly after an operation First-of-its-kind screening takes less than a minute and is completely risk-free The simple, first-of-its-kind mouth-swab DNA test takes less than a minute After a week results can indicate the chances of an abnormal scar developing Surgery patients can […]
Combination immunotherapy drugs herald new hope for melanoma patients with long term survival rates
A combination of two immunotherapy drugs, ipilimumab and nivolumab, has stopped or reversed the progression of advanced melanoma for five years or more in one in two patients, according to a study led by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Just 10 years ago, only 1 in 20 patients with advanced melanoma would survive for […]
Discovering why chemotherapy only works for some cancer patients
Researchers at Children’s Medical Research Institute have demonstrated why chemotherapy drugs work better with some types of cancers than with others. Dr. Pragathi Masamsetti, the lead author of a new paper published in Nature Communications, has been studying the pathways of cell death caused by chemotherapy drugs for the past five years after a surprise […]
A liquid biopsy test can identify patients who may respond to immune checkpoint blockade
A new liquid biopsy test could detect microsatellite instability (MSI) and tumor mutational burden (TMB), indicating that it could help determine which patients are likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to results published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. In May 2017, the U.S. Food and […]