Initiative to map the cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) landscape in Europe will help improve patient outcomes
Amsterdam, February 12, 2022 – Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), is a rare cancer often diagnosed only at ...
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Characteristics, outcomes, severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children
What The Study Did: In this study of 167,000 children in the US positive for SARS-CoV-2, of whom 10,000 were ...
Kessler Foundation scientists explore evidence for improving outcomes for prism adaptation therapy in stroke survivors
East Hanover, NJ. February 3, 2021. Seeking ways to improve outcomes of stroke rehabilitation, researchers from Kessler Foundation explored available ...
Lonely teenagers at greater risk of poor educational outcomes
Lonely teenagers at greater risk of poor educational outcomes New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) ...
Exercise program could improve cancer treatment outcomes
A moderate exercise programme could improve the success of chemotherapy treatment in oesophageal cancer patients, according to results from a ...
Adults with disabilities in hospital for COVID-19 have worse outcomes
Adults with disabilities have worse outcomes when hospitalized with COVID-19 than patients without disabilities, including longer hospital stays and increased ...
Neighborhood socioeconomic status may impact patient outcomes after heart surgery
CHICAGO (January 30, 2022) — Patients with mitral valve disease who live in disadvantaged communities are more likely to experience ...
Hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin does not improve outcomes for adults hospitalized with COVID-19
A clinical trial has found that the combination of remdesivir plus a highly concentrated solution of antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2, ...
Study finds that patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis have worse outcomes in recovering from critical illness, compared with other cirrhosis patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients with alcohol-associated cirrhosis have poorer outcomes after ICU discharge, compared to patients with cirrhosis linked to ...
First public health survey of new dads to help improve outcomes for entire family
While federal legislation requires tracking and reporting data on maternal health behaviors around childbirth, fathers have been overlooked in these ...
Trastuzumab with chemoradiation and surgery does not improve outcomes for esophageal cancer patients, trial highlights future research opportunities
The NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-RTOG 1010, studying the addition of the drug trastuzumab to chemoradiation and surgery, did not ...
Combination therapies may improve outcomes due to independent, rather than synergistic or additive, drug action
Bottom Line: Independent drug action, not synergy nor additivity, accounted for the clinical efficacy of nearly all examined combination therapies ...
GIST Researchers develop Terrain-Aware AI for predicting battle outcomes in StarCraft 2
As the need for more sophisticated artificial intelligences (AIs) grows, the challenges that they must face along the way have ...
HSS study explores trends and outcomes in outpatient joint replacement compared to hospital stay
With outpatient hip and knee replacements on the rise, Geoffrey Westrich, MD, and colleagues at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) launched ...
International study identifies predictors of severe outcomes in children with COVID-19
A new international study offers a clearer picture of the impact of COVID-19 infection and the risk of severe outcomes ...
New graft strategy may improve outcomes for blood stem cell recipients
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10, 2022 – Removing one type of T cell from donor blood used for stem cell grafts could ...
Association between patient driven payment model, outcomes in skilled nursing facilities
What The Study Did: Researchers examined whether the Patient Driven Payment Model, a reimbursement model implemented by Medicare in 2019, ...
Timing of brain injury in pregnancy, birth may impact motor and language outcomes, UCSF study finds
A new UCSF study that mapped the neural connections of newborns with two different kinds of brain injuries found the ...
Incarcerated men’s religious beliefs did not improve their reentry-related outcomes
Studies suggest that religion can help prisoners cope with prison life and that it may affect the likelihood of recidivism. ...
Head impacts, cognitive, behavioral outcomes in youth tackle football
What The Study Did: This study examined the association between cognitive and behavioral outcomes and head impacts measured in 70 youth ...