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Surgery may not offer additional benefit to tennis elbow patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 19 (ANI): Tennis elbow sufferers, if the idea of going under the knife is terrifying, then you can opt for non-operative approaches as a recent study has suggested that surgery may not offer additional benefit.
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Proton therapy offers hope for patients with recurrent lung cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 19 (ANI): An advanced form of image-guided radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), has shown early promise for the treatment of recurrent lung cancer.
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Here`s why your heart keeps going out of rhythm after therapy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 19 (ANI): Ablation procedures may not always fix a patient's abnormal heart rhythm completely and now, a recent study has found as to why it is so.
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This can signal severity of your arthritis post knee ligament surgery
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 19 (ANI): A majority of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction patients develop posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) and now, a recent study has found how a set of biomarkers on the day of surgery may explain why some individuals have worse PTOA than other
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Cholesterol lowering drug doesn't risk your memory
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A recent study has found that in patients on statin therapy, the addition of a cholesterol-slashing drug did not impair brain function.
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Wheelchair row: Telengana Hospital rubbishes patient's accusation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telengana) [India], Mar. 18 (ANI): Days after an incident of a man using tricycle at a government hospital in Telangana came to light, the concerned authorities on Saturday rubbished the charges made by the patient's family while stating there is ample number of wheelchairs
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New drug in combo with statins can cut cholesterol
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A new class of cholesterol-lowering drug can help patients cut their risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart attack.
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Turns out, antithrombotic therapy can't keep offbeat hearts from wrec
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): If you are a low-risk atrial fibrillation patient, then you may want to steer clear of antithrombotic therapy as a recent study has suggested that it doesn't cut the chances of suffering a stroke within five years.
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Reducing likelihood of patient harm with medication reconciliation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): A recent study has found that medicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can significantly reduce medicine discrepancies and may be associated with reductions in length of hospital stay and readmission.
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Safe kidney donation, transplant among older patients executed in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 17 (ANI): Contradicting to the perception that kidney transplant is not recommended for elderly, a prestigious institute in Delhi has set an outstanding example by
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Researchers finds warfarin alternative which helps dialysis patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar.17 (ANI): Dialysis Patients, we might have some good news for you.
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Parents of four-year-old heart patient write to PM Modi seeking financial
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 17 (ANI): The distraught parents of four-year-old, Aaradhya who is suffering from a heart disease, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday seeking financial help for her surgery.
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