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Inflated cost of drugs leaving Cancer patient in lurch, says report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 29 (ANI): A new study finds that cancer patients are losing out on easy access to drugs due to hike in prices of life-saving medication by more than 1,000 percent and delay in the availability of new treatments.
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Twice a day radiation therapy cuts down deaths from cancer
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 27 (ANI): A study suggests that treating head and neck cancer patients with twice-a-day radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy can prove beneficial and save more lives.
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Patients on dialysis reluctant to treat depression
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 27 (ANI): A new study finds that due to increased hospitalisations, many kidney failure patients are reluctant to receive treatment to fight their depression.
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Stroke survivors get a new life with low-cost therapy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA) Jan.24 (ANI): All stroke survivors with visual neglect, breathe a sigh of relief. The patients with this therapy can see long-lasting improvements for a better living.
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Patients in lurch as Shimla doctors go on 'mass casual leave'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan. 24 (ANI): The doctors' strike in Shimla's Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) has left the patients in lurch as they have been finding it difficult to get treatment.
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Obese patients less likely to die after heart operations
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 20 (ANI): Now, you don't have to lose weight before a heart operation, as a study reveals that healthy weight patients were almost twice as likely to die in hospital as compared to the obese or overweight.
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SC asks Centre to administer drugs for TB on daily basis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to administer drugs for Tuberculosis on a daily basis, instead of once in three days to patients.
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Practo Ray Tab introduces digital consent forms for first time in India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Leading digital healthcare platform Practo has announced the integration of consent forms into the Practo Ray Tab for the first time available across general, dental, dermatology and gynecology practices to further digitize practice management and ensure that
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Antidepressant side effects more in patients suffering panic disorder
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], January 4 (ANI): A new study says that patients taking medication for depression report more side effects, if they also suffer from panic disorder.
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Private diagnostic lab facilities improving in Kashmir valley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 31 (ANI): The private diagnostic labs in the Kashmir valley are day by day improving their facilities as a result of which the patients over here are getting better facilities.
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Kidney disease patients at higher risk of developing cancer
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 30 (ANI): Cancer is a significant cause of illness and death is twofold higher in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) than the general population, suggests a study.
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Did you know! Smokers with mental illness wish to quit smoking
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 30 (ANI): Smoking cessation is beneficial to the mental health of psychiatric patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or clinical depression, suggests a study.
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