Minimally Invasive Procedure May Reduce Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis
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(MedPage Today) -- A minimally invasive procedure may reduce symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, results of a German retrospective single-center study suggested. In patients with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis that didn't respond to conservative ..read more
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Stone Workers Often Present With Atypical, Advanced Features of Silicosis
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(MedPage Today) -- Workers who build engineered stone countertops often present with atypical and advanced features of silicosis, which may be missed by physicians, delaying diagnosis and treatment, according to findings from a cross-sectional ..read more
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Fat in the Belly Correlates With Brain Amyloid
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3d ago
(MedPage Today) -- Higher levels of visceral fat were correlated with more amyloid plaque in the brains of cognitively normal individuals, according to a study that hints as to why individuals with obesity are more prone to dementia. Amyloid levels ..read more
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Older Men Increasingly Overtreated for Prostate Cancer, Study Suggests
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(MedPage Today) -- Overtreatment of older prostate cancer patients with a limited life expectancy has increased over the past two decades among men receiving care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system, researchers found. From 2000 to 2019 ..read more
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Early Promise for PI3K Inhibitor in Brain Metastases
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1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- HOUSTON -- Two-thirds of patients with PI3K-mutant brain metastases responded to the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of the small-molecule inhibitor paxalisib plus radiation therapy (RT), a small phase I study showed. Eight of ..read more
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Treatment of Oligometastatic EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer
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(MedPage Today) -- EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are effective treatments for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, even after undergoing systemic therapy, patients may have oligometastatic disease. "A lot of patients ..read more
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AMA Delegates Want Better Protection From Ionizing Radiation Exposure
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(MedPage Today) -- Increasing concerns over clinicians' risks of developing cancer or other health problems from ionizing radiation exposures on the job prompted members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates at their interim ..read more
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Inching Toward a Blood Test for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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(MedPage Today) -- A small panel of circulating biomarkers may reliably distinguish hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) from similar conditions that cause left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), researchers found. From proteomic profiling of nearly ..read more
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Prostate Cancer Treatment Associated With Long-Term Complications
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(MedPage Today) -- Even accounting for age-related symptoms and disease, treatment of prostate cancer came with higher rates of complications associated with worse quality of life and new health risks, a cohort study showed. At 12 years, the risk ..read more
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Heart Attack Patients Who Receive Heparin ASAP Are Better Primed for Cath Lab
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(MedPage Today) -- The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to findings from the Chinese ..read more
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