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Among critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 90-day in-hospital mortality rates did not differ significantly between those who received proton pump...
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Systemic sclerosis linked to higher risk for gastrointestinal bleeding

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Pediatric empyemas - Has the pendulum swung too far?

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The management of childhood empyemas has transformed over the past decade, with current trends favoring chest tube placement and intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy. Although...
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New Technique Predicts Which Melanoma Patients Are at Risk for Cancer Recurrence and Spread

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Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital present a new, quantitative technique that leverages DNA sequencing to make more sophisticated and accurate predictions about...
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Pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma underrecognized cause of secondary osteoporosis

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Parents react to hospital's sign about using phones around babies

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A parenting and youth development expert called the poster "pretty damaging."
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Men 'should be allowed to donate sperm after DEATH'

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Two experts from the University of Leicester and Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester said it would be 'morally acceptable' for men to have their sperm harvested after they died...
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Will Brexit end the shortcut of NHS operations done by EU doctors?

14 hours ago | Daily Mail

Thousands of patients are choosing to bypass NHS waiting lists by visiting hospitals across Europe but with Brexit looming, its future could hang in the balance.
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Kids spending too much time gaming

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According to a children's health poll from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll, 86 percent parents believe that their adolescent children are spending excessive...
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Exercise And Tips To Ensure Good Health And Fitness

Nowadays everyone talks about health, fitness, exercise, healthy diet, healthy lifestyle, etc. But do you know the exact definition of health? Health is a good condition of... Read more ...

Novel Way to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Identified

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Don't cut salt completely: Animal study discovers that high-salt diets can...

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Soybean oil alters genes in the brain: Study

A new study that examined the effect of high fat diets found soybean oil was associated with undesirable changes in gene expression the hypothalamusâat least in mice. Read more ...

Popular 'cocktails in a can' and alcopops can contain as much sugar as SIX...

A nutritional review of 208 pre-mixed alcoholic drinks on UK supermarket shelves found just 14 had labelling revealing how much sweet stuff they contained. Read more ...

Medicinal cannabis may not ease sleep problems in people with chronic pain

Researchers at the University of Israel assessed the sleep quality and levels of pain of 128 people over 50 being treated at a specialist clinic. Read more ...

Men 'should be allowed to donate sperm after DEATH'

Two experts from the University of Leicester and Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester said it would be 'morally acceptable' for men to have their sperm harvested after they died... Read more ...

Using marijuana may put the lives of millions of heart patients at risk

More than two million Americans with heart disease are using or have used marijuana - and it could put them at risk of dangerously bleeding or liver damage, a Brigham and... Read more ...

Ashley Graham Gives Birth to 1st Child with Husband Justin Ervin - Read Her...

Congratulations are in order for Ashley Graham and her husband Justin Ervin! The model announced that they welcomed their first child together on Saturday, January 18 at 6 p.m... Read more ...

Scientists discover 49 approved drugs that may treat cancer

Researchers at Harvard, MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute screened thousands of already-approved medications and were shocked to find that so many common drugs have effects... Read more ...