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A CCIO on a mission to empower patients
Bishoy Dimitri, chief clinical information officer (CCIO) at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and vice chair of the Digital…
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Radiotherapy with hormone therapy can help some advanced prostate cancer patients avoid chemotherapy
Cyberknife. Credit: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Radiotherapy can be used alongside hormone treatment, delaying the need for chemotherapy…
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A third COVID vaccine dose improves defense for some clinically extremely vulnerable patients
Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels A major clinical trial has found that an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose led to the…
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Why Didn’t Doctors Caution Patients About the Link Between Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer? : The Hearty Soul
For years, estrogen therapy was—and continues to be—prescribed as a treatment for women experiencing symptoms of menopause. Estrogen is a…
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New PET agent provides same-day imaging for clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients
Graphical abstract . Credit: Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.267175 A novel investigational PET imaging agent can rapidly and…
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Potential anti-inflammatory and anti-fatigue effects of an oral food supplement in long COVID patients.
PMID: Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2024 Apr 5 ;17(4). Epub 2024 Apr 5. PMID: 38675423 Abstract Title: Potential Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Fatigue Effects…
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Some asthma inhalers emit greenhouse gases. But can patients afford to switch? : Shots
Miguel Divo shows his patient, Joel Rubinstein, a dry powder inhaler. It’s an alternative to some puff inhalers that emit…
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Could Better Inhalers Help Patients, and the Planet?
Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel…
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