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Dec 22 2024HEALTH

Why Parenteral Nutrition is Key in Helping Patients with Severe Pancreatitis

When a person experiences severe acute pancreatitis, it becomes a challenging health condition. This illness often involves multiple organ failures and high rates of infections, leaving patients at risk for serious complications. While early enteral nutrition (feeding through the gut) is typically t

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer: What Women Think

Women going through postmenopause and suffering from early-stage breast cancer often rely on hormone therapy (HT) to delay cancer's return. But HT comes with side effects that can take a toll on their overall well-being. There's a way to make it better, though. A mix of exercise and health education

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

Can Chemo After Surgery Really Help Biliary Cancer Patients?

Biliary tract cancers are known for their high recurrence rates, even after successful surgery. This makes the future look quite grim for those diagnosed. One common approach to reduce this recurrence risk is to use adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) after surgery. ACT aims to target and destroy any tiny c

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

New Hope for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: Combining Nivolumab with Chemotherapy

Advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a tough nut to crack. Doctors often turn to second-line treatments like 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and liposomal irinotecan when first-line therapies fail. These drugs have shown promise in improving survival rates. But what if we could make them even more effective?

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

School Enrollment After ACTH Therapy for Infantile Epilepsy Patients

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) can lead to serious brain development issues. But how does this affect kids' chances of going to elementary school? This study looked into that, focusing on kids who got adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) therapy. ACTH therapy is a common treatment for IES

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

Immunotherapy Combo for Kidney Cancer: Real-World Results

Let's talk about a powerful duo in the fight against advanced kidney cancer. Nivolumab and ipilimumab, often called NIVO + IPI, are like the dynamic duo of immunotherapy. They're used to treat people with intermediate- or high-risk advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Now, you might b

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

New Tools for Fighting Cancer: A Breakthrough in Targeting NSD2 Proteins

Scientists have made a significant discovery in the fight against cancer. They've created new compounds that can destroy specific forms of a protein called NSD2, which plays a role in cancer development. NSD2 comes in three versions due to a process called alternative splicing: long, short, and RE-I

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

AI in Radiotherapy: Is Implementation Science the Key?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize radiotherapy (RT) by saving time and enhancing quality. However, the adoption of AI in RT still faces hurdles. To tackle this, researchers turned to implementation science to create a framework for designing an AI implementation strateg

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Dec 21 2024HEALTH

Staying on Track: Mobile Health and Antiretroviral Therapy

These days, mobile health or mHealth technologies are super popular. But guess what? We don't know much about how these apps and tools help people with HIV who also deal with substance use disorders. The big question is: Which mHealth system features can really make a difference in keeping these fol

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Dec 20 2024HEALTH

Is Shockwave Therapy Really Better for Achilles Tendon Pain?

You’ve probably heard that shockwave therapy can help with Achilles tendon pain. But does it really work? Let's dig into a study that tried to find out. Researchers wanted to know if adding shockwave therapy to exercise could help people with insertional Achilles tendinopathy feel better and move ea

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