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Improving stroke treatment through machine learning

Methods from optogenetics and machine learning should help improve treatment options for stroke patients. Researchers from Heidelberg University have developed a computer vision technique to analyse the changes in motor skills that result from targeted stimulation of healthy areas of the brain. Movements recorded with a video camera are automatically analysed to monitor the rehabilitation […]

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First line combination therapy improves progression-free survival in advanced lung cancer

A new combination therapy for the first-line treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) improves progression-free survival (PFS), according to results of the phase III IMpower150 trial presented at the ESMO Immuno Oncology Congress 2017. “This is the first phase III trial to report on the combination of chemotherapy, antiangiogenic treatment and immunotherapy as […]

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New cell therapy aids heart recovery—without implanting cells

Heart disease is a major global health problem—myocardial infarction annually affects more than one million people in the U.S. alone, and there is still no effective treatment. The adult human heart cannot regenerate itself after injury, and the death of cardiac muscle cells, known as cardiomyocytes, irreversibly weakens the heart and limits its ability to […]

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Brief cardiac arrest? Tend to the heart, but don’t neglect the brain

Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless receive a detailed neuropsychological assessment before being discharged, suggests a joint study by researchers at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and Israel’s Rambam Medical Center. The study found that patients discharged in “good neurological condition” after a brief cardiac arrest (when […]

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State-of-the-art MRI technology bypasses need for biopsy

The most common type of tumour found in the kidney is generally quite small (less than 1.5 in). These tumours are usually found by accident when CAT scans are performed for other reasons and the serendipitous finding poses a problem for doctors. Are these tumours malignant and do they need to be surgically removed because […]

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Childhood cancer survivors have higher risk of deadly heart disease in pregnancy

Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy are at increased risk of cancer Girls who survive cancer have a higher risk of developing a deadly heart disease when pregnant later in life, according to a study presented on August 27 at Heart Failure 2018 and the World Congress on Acute Heart Failure, a European Society of Cardiology congress. Researchers […]

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Glucose monitoring helps prevent hypoglycemia in hospitalized heart disease patients

Hospitalized patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) may need frequent glucose monitoring to prevent hypoglycemia and death, new research reports. "Frequently monitoring the finger-stick blood glucose levels of heart disease patients admitted to the hospital to avoid low sugar level, even among those without diabetes, could potentially save lives and decrease length of hospital […]

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Scleroderma: Study suggests hope for a longer life

An unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem cell transplant, a new study has found. The approach could represent the first new treatment to improve survival in patients with severe scleroderma in more than four decades. The experimental procedure uses chemotherapy and radiation to destroy the body’s […]

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Siemens Healthineers assists Swiss Post with eHealth solution for EHR

Siemens Healthineers eHealth Solutions1 will network healthcare facilities in Switzerland Electronic patient record enables secure access to patient data To expand its portfolio in the area of eHealth, Swiss Post will make use of the Siemens Healthineers eHealth Solutions1 in the future. The eHealth solution offered by Swiss Post, which includes the electronic patient record, […]

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Second generation drug-eluting stents are safe and effective

Results of the PERSPECTIVE trial were presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2018 Scientific Sessions. The PERSPECTIVE study is a prospective, single-centre rigorously performed clinical trial and reports on one-year outcomes of patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treated with Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents (ZES). The ZES included in […]