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Pembrolizumab Aids Survival With High-Risk Endometrial Cancer

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy improves...

Preexposure Prophylaxis Use Increased in Recent Years

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use increased...

Demographics, Smell Test, and Cognitive Test Can Predict Cognitive Decline, Dementia

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Impairment in both an odor identification test and...

Novel Imaging Technique Accurate for Detecting Clear-Cell Renal Cell Cancer

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — ⁸⁹Zr-labeled monoclonal antibody...

IDSA: Antibiotics for Seven Days Feasible for Patients Hospitalized With Bloodstream Infections

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream...

Acupuncture Reduces Pain With Chronic Sciatica From Herniated Disk

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Acupuncture results in less pain and better...

People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Face Barriers to Health Care

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...

Study Characterizes Pediatric Patients Self-Presenting With Major Trauma

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pediatric patients self-presenting with injuries...

Measures of Social Support Linked to Cancer Screening

Oct 22, 2024

MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Measures of social support are associated with...

Distinct molecular profiles and shared drug vulnerabilities in pancreatic metastases of renal cell carcinoma.

Oct 21, 2024

Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common origin of pancreatic metastases (PM). Distinct genomic aberrations, favorable prognosis, and clinical observations on high angiogenesis, and succeeding tyrosine kinase...

The effects of nutrition on mesenteric oxygenation among neonates with neonatal encephalopathy: a randomized clinical trial.

Oct 21, 2024

We aimed to evaluate the effects of minimal enteral nutrition (MEN) on mesenteric blood flow and oxygenation with Doppler USG and Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) during therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in babies with HIE.This...

Gastrojejunostomy junction perforation resulting from Dobhoff tube insertion in a patient with a history of Roux-en-Y surgery: a case report.

Oct 21, 2024

Gastrojejunostomy junction perforation is a rare yet critical complication associated with enteral tube placement, presenting unique challenges in patients with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.A 63-year-old white...

#VisualAbtract: Durvalumab After Chemoradiotherapy Increased Survival in Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Oct 19, 2024

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists reduce hospitalizations in patients with heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction

Oct 19, 2024

1. Cardiovascular death and first heart failure hospitalization was reduced among HFrEF patients...

Super Bowl Rally Shooting Victims Pick Up Pieces, but Gun Violence Haunts Their Lives

Oct 18, 2024

KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. Listen to how survivors are seeking a sense of safety. KANSAS CITY, Mo. —...

Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber To Travel Far Distances to Medical Care

Oct 18, 2024

When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker. “When the ride is an hour or an hour and a half of mostly freeway driving,...

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

Oct 18, 2024

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A...