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Study: Children who undergo heart transplants are living longer
Trina McMillin Medical & Allied HealthcareA heart transplant can be especially challenging for children, but young heart transplant patients are living longer lives. A recent study shows that lifelong monitoring and medications help these young recipients of organ donor hearts maintain good heart function, which improves the quality of their lives.
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Are advanced imaging technologies worth the risks?
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareNoninvasive diagnostic technologies can lead to earlier and more precise diagnosis of pathology, but they also come with an increased cost and sometimes with a danger of exposure to ionizing radiation. With more than 85 million scans performed yearly in the United States, do the benefits outweigh the risks?
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Latest advancements in brain cancer R&D
Rosemary Sparacio PharmaceuticalPatients with one of the most aggressive brain cancers — glioblastoma — typically have a survival rate beyond five years of less than 5 percent. But several recent studies have shown advancements in the treatment of this deadly cancer.
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Majority of physicians use mobile devices, but not mobile EHRs
Pamela Lewis Dolan Medical & Allied HealthcareAmong physicians, mobile devices have become as ubiquitous as lab coats and stethoscopes. Mobile connectivity is becoming increasingly important as physicians find new ways to incorporate the use of mobile devices into their daily lives. One area of medicine that mobile technology hasn't completely infiltrated, however, is electronic health record systems.
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Valentine’s Day woes? There’s an ICD-10 code for that
Charlotte Bohnett Medical & Allied HealthcareNo holiday is without unfortunate incidents — not even the lovey, dovey Valentine's Day. No matter what goes awry, though, trust that there's an ICD-10 code for it.
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ONC aims to expand Blue Button reach
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationAn initiative aimed at getting more patients to access, download and share their patient data is expected to go live later this month. The Blue Button Connector, a website launching by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, was initially scheduled to go live Jan. 15. The launch has been delayed, reportedly to give the ONC time to improve the user experience and build momentum surrounding the Blue Button movement. It is banking on the Blue Button to become the gold standard of patient data access.
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Plastic surgery report shows prices vary by generation
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied HealthcareWhat's the first thing you want to know about plastic surgery but the hardest to find? Pricing, cost, budget, how much this is going to set me back, and can I afford it? Plastic surgery pricing can be difficult to understand because there are so many factors involved.
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Liposome-bupivacaine showing promise in postoperative pain management
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani PharmaceuticalPostoperative pain management is necessary to prevent mortality and to improve general body function after surgery. Opioids are commonly used to reduce postsurgical pain. However, they are associated with many side effects.
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The role of P2X receptors in the treatment of status epilepticus
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Mental HealthcareStatus epilepticus is a neurological condition due to a state of prolonged seizures. Status epilepticus might result from metabolic disturbances, infection, drug toxicity or noncompliance with antiepileptic drug taking. Since the current treatments are not really successful in dealing with seizure suppression, novel targets must be identified for status epilepticus.
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Pectoralis minor: Far from a minor problem
Heidi Dawson Medical & Allied HealthcarePectoralis minor is the smaller sibling of the larger and more talked about pectoralis (pec) major. But for such a small, seemingly insignificant muscle, it can sure cause some problems. But why is it often so troublesome?
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