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Ranolazine doesn’t cut VT, VF, death in high-risk ICD patients

September 18, 2018 cut, death, doesnt, high-risk, ICD, in, patients, Ranolazine, VF, VT

(HealthDay)—For high-risk patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), ranolazine does not significantly reduce the risk of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular

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Lupus discovery could help manage disease in African patients

September 17, 2018 African, Could, discovery, disease, help, in, Lupus, manage, patients

Two variants of an autoimmune disease that affects thousands but is hard to diagnose are relatively common among black Africans,

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Hip fracture patients leaving hospital need osteoporosis plan

August 31, 2018 fracture, hip, hospital, leaving, Need, osteoporosis, patients, plan

Patients leaving hospital after a hip fracture should be given an osteoporosis plan as a priority, says the Australian and

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Discovery suggests which thyroid cancer patients may need more aggressive treatment

August 31, 2018 aggressive, cancer, discovery, may, more, Need, patients, suggests, thyroid, treatment, Which

Research from the University of Alberta is prompting doctors to re-examine how they treat patients with thyroid cancer in Alberta.

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First in-home test of brain-computer communication by ALS patients offers promise amidst challenges

August 30, 2018 ALS, amidst, brain-computer, By, challenges, Communication, First, in-home, of, offers, patients, promise, test

Laboratory studies have shown the potential for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), who cannot move or speak, to communicate

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Analysis: Commonly used drugs are rarely studied in primary care patients

August 27, 2018 analysis, Are, care, Commonly, Drugs, in, patients, primary, rarely, studied, Used

Drugs most commonly prescribed to patients seen by primary care physicians are not often tested in the patients who go

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Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage

August 26, 2018 atrial, brain, damage, fibrillation, four, Have, of, out, patients, ten, unknown, with

Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation but no history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack have previously unknown

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New nusinersen drug delivery method identified for spinal muscular atrophy patients

August 24, 2018 atrophy, delivery, drug, for, identified, method, muscular, New, nusinersen, patients, spinal

STRASBURG, PA- A new report has identified an alternative method to deliver nusinersen to patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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Researchers demonstrate safe, non-invasive way to open blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s patients

August 22, 2018 Alzheimer's, barrier, blood-brain, demonstrate, in, non-invasive, open, patients, Researchers, safe, to, Way

In the first peer-reviewed published report of its kind, University of Toronto researchers have demonstrated that focused ultrasound can be

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Physicians Rate Communication During Visit Lower Than Patients

August 21, 2018 Communication, during, Lower, patients, Physicians, rate, than, Visit

MONDAY, Aug. 20, 2018 — There is a lack of correlation between physician scores and those of others for physician-patient