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Study examines safety-net care for US patients on maintenance dialysis

December 19, 2019 care, dialysis, examines, for, maintenance, on, patients, safety-net, study, US

New research indicates that non-profit/independently-owned and hospital-based dialysis facilities care disproportionately for uninsured patients with kidney failure and those who

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Huntington’s Disease patients need better understanding of risks

December 10, 2019 Better, disease, Huntington's, Need, of, patients, risks, understanding

For patients with Huntington’s disease (HD), clinical trials can offer hope when there are no treatments available despite unknowns about

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Survey finds one in three patients needed more information on cancer treatment side effects

November 21, 2019 cancer, effects, finds, in, information, more, needed':, on, ONE, patients, side, survey, three, treatment

One in three adults treated for cancer may experience side effects from treatment they wish they had known more about,

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Breast Cancer By the Numbers: What to Know and How to Protect Yourself

November 14, 2019 breast cancer, cancer, Conditions, health, Michael O. Schroeder, patient advice, patient-advice-include [Consumer Advice], patients, Statistics

This year alone, the American Cancer Society estimates that 268,600 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the

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Tobacco cessation programs may up quit rates in cancer patients

November 14, 2019 cancer, cessation, in, may, patients, Programs, quit, rates, tobacco, up

(HealthDay)—Enrolling actively-smoking oncology patients into a comprehensive tobacco cessation program may help patients sustain long-term abstinence from smoking and improve

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A MILLION patients could face long waits in A&E over winter

November 7, 2019 A, A&E, Could, face, in, long, million, Over, patients, waits, Winter

NHS braced for its worst winter ever amid fears more than one MILLION patients will face four-hour waits in A&E

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FAQ: How and Why We Rank and Rate Hospitals

November 5, 2019 2019 Best Hospitals Launch, Best Hospitals, faqhospitalranking, Hospitals, patient advice, patients, pedslaunch2019, U.S. News Staff

FAQ: 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Specialty Rankings FAQ: 2019-20 Best Hospitals Procedure and Condition Ratings FAQ: 2019-20 Best Hospitals Honor Roll

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Drug with immunotherapy may provide therapeutic opportunity for patients previously treated for kidney and lung cancer

September 26, 2019 and, cancer, drug, for, Immunotherapy, kidney, lung, may, opportunity, patients, previously, provide, therapeutic, treated, with

Pegilodecakin, a first-in-class drug currently in clinical trials, has shown positive safety results and may offer a potential new treatment

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Stroke patients relearning how to walk with peculiar shoe

September 17, 2019 How, patients, peculiar, relearning, shoe, Stroke, to, walk, with

A therapeutic shoe engineered to improve stroke recovery is proving successful and expected to hit the market by the end

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Researchers pinpoint why HIV patients are more likely to develop tuberculosis

September 12, 2019 Are, develop, HIV, likely, more, patients, pinpoint, Researchers, to, Tuberculosis, Why

Tuberculosis and HIV—two of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases—are far worse when they occur together. Now, Texas Biomedical Research Institute