Education Level Emerges as Strongest Predictor of Survival After Hip Fracture Surgery
A nationwide Swedish registry study of about 58,000 hip fracture patients found that level of education was the socio-economic factor ...
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Ancient Herbal Formula Meets Modern Oncology in Landmark Gastric Cancer Trial
A twelve-hospital, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in China will test whether the traditional herbal formula Yiqi Huayu Jiedu Decoction combined with ...
Simple Blood and Weight Index Predicts Complications After Heart Bypass Surgery in the Elderly
A new study finds that a simple index combining triglycerides, total cholesterol, and body weight outperforms established nutritional tools in ...
Aging Immune Systems May Explain Why Eczema Refuses to Heal in Older Adults
A new meta-analysis links inflammaging, Th2 and Th17 immune imbalance, and failed tissue repair to the chronicity of atopic dermatitis ...
Frailty Predicts Dangerous COPD Flare-Ups in Older Adults, Study Finds
A prospective study of 466 elderly COPD patients found that frailty, measured by the five-component Fried phenotype, independently predicted frequent ...
Rare Bone Disease That Silently Hardens Spinal Ligaments Claims a Sudanese Patient Before Surgery Could Save Him
A first-of-its-kind case report from Sudan documents a 73-year-old man with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis whose ossified spinal ligaments compressed ...
Biweekly Chemo Duo Shows Promise for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Over 75
A prospective Phase II trial in Japan found that biweekly gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel produced a 47.1 percent response rate and ...
ICU Care for Acute Leukemia Is No Longer a Death Sentence, Landmark Analysis Shows
A massive individual participant data meta-analysis of over 2,000 critically ill patients with acute leukemia shows ICU mortality falling over ...
Radiation-Free Stem Cell Transplant Regimen Shows Promise for Elderly Cancer Patients
A radiation-free modified Baltimore conditioning regimen produced engraftment in all patients and survival outcomes comparable to the classical irradiation-based protocol ...
Rib Fractures Signal Sixfold Higher Death Risk in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients, Study Finds
A large German cohort study shows that more than one in ten older patients with a proximal femoral fracture also ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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