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Wipro GE Healthcare collaborates with Boston Scientific to advance cardiac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): GE Healthcare, a leading global medical technology, diagnostics and digital solutions innovator, today announced its collaboration with Boston Scientific, a global medical device manufacturer, to provide end-to-end innovative interve
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Study finds cancer-related fatigue is persistent side effect after chemoth
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [United States], August 15 (ANI): Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a lasting side effect for many women who have had chemotherapy for breast cancer, and it contributes to ongoing balance issues.
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Potential benefits of re-purposed drug for motor neuron disease patients
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): According to a recent study, a medication commonly used to treat enlarged prostates and high blood pressure has demonstrated promise as a potential new treatment for motor neuron disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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New injectable gel shows potential for tough-to-treat brain tumours
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Wisconsin [US], August 13 (ANI): In most cases, months after the patient's first tumour is surgically removed, glioblastoma recurs, like the hardest weed. Due to this, the survival rates for this cancer are only 25% after one year and drop to 5% after five years.
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Study finds why men face higher risk of most cancers than women
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): Men have a higher incidence of most cancers than women. A study showed that the cause could be underlying biological sex differences rather than behavioural differences related to smoking, alcohol consumption, food, and other things.
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Researchers find what happens inside artery plaque to trigger strokes
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at Tulane University and Ochsner Health were able to genetically sequence carotid plaque tissue collected from patients within days after a stroke.
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Study reveals leaving small kidney stones behind causes complications lat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): Small stones that don't seem to be creating issues are frequently left behind when kidney stones are surgically removed from patients. Leaving these asymptomatic stones behind, however, dramatically raises the likelihood of a patient experiencing a relapse i
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Nanoparticle treatment may benefit individuals hospitalized with severe CO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, an experimental dendrimer nanoparticle medication called OP-101 significantly lowered the risk of death and the need for a ventilator in a study of 24 seriously ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Patients with motor neuron disease might benefit from repurposed medicatio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Edinburgh [UK], August 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, a medication commonly used to treat enlarged prostates and high blood pressure has demonstrated promise as a potential new treatment for motor neuron disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Frontier Biotechnologies announces positive phase 1 results of its first c
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], August 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Frontier Biotechnologies, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and dissemination of innovative medicines that improve patient health, announced positive results from the Phase 1 clinical trial of its drug candid
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Rare large fungal ball extracted from elderly patient's aortic heart valve
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The doctors at a private hospital in the national capital successfully treated a 70-year-old male patient, with fungal endocarditis, a rare condition in which fungus had developed in the heart's aortic valve, said the hospital officials said on Tuesday.
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Genetic testing is 'promising' for detecting hundreds of disease agents: S
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): Based on the outcomes of a new study by the scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine by continuously sequencing many DNA strands found in patient samples, Next Generation Sequencing enables doctors to quickly and precisely identify a single pathogen from among hu
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