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High-dose radiotherapy can add years to pancreatic cancer patient's l
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 8 (ANI): Patients with early stage pancreatic cancer could be given longer to live if they receive radiotherapy at a high enough dose, according to a recent research.
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Most trans patients don't undergo gender-affirming surgeries
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): Turns out, transgender patients don't opt for gender-affirming surgeries as much as many believe.
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Samsung launches Smart Healthcare initiative in Telangana
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Samsung India on Saturday introduced its Smart Healthcare programme that provides affordable and quality healthcare to patients from the economically and socially weaker sections of society at Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad.
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Heart failure linked with worse survival than common cancers: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 4 (ANI): Despite advancement in the treatment of heart failure, a new analysis finds men and women with a diagnosis of it, continue to have worse survival rates than patients with certain common cancers.
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Overweight diabetic patients have more severe abnormalities in brain struc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], May 1 (ANI): Overweight and obese people with early-stage type 2 diabetes have more severe abnormalities in brain structure and cognition than normal-weight people with type 2 diabetes, researchers suggest.
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Did you know! Unemployment is linked to 50 percent higher risk of death
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 30 (ANI): Keep working for a healthy body and longer life as a study finds that unemployment is linked to a 50 percent higher risk of death in patients with heart failure than history of diabetes or stroke.
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Not all heart failure patients benefit equally from Ivabradine
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 30 (ANI): Ivabradine may not benefit certain heart failure patients, according to a recent study.
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SC to hear plea seeking discharge of cured mental patients from hospital
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday will hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed, seeking discharge of patients who have been cured of their mental ailments.
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Stem cells can help identify neuronal defects, suggests Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): According to a recent study, the researchers used stem cells derived from patients with Angelman syndrome to identify the underlying cellular defects that cause the rare neurogenetic disorder.
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How testing urine can help fight off kidney transplant failure
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 23 (ANI): Testing for molecular markers in the urine of kidney transplant patients could reveal whether the transplant is failing and why, according to a recent research.
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How Hyperpigmentation patients shield themselves from sun
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 22 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that the patients with hyperpigmentation, a medical disorder that leads to darkening or increase in the natural color of the skin, are likelier to use sunscreen but not follow other sun protection measures like reapplying
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Did you know hearing tests fail to diagnose hearing loss?
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 21 (ANI): A team of US researchers has revealed that the traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to diagnose patients with a common form of inner ear damage, which otherwise might be detected by some behavioural tests.
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