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Lung cancer screening more cost effective when using risk model-based strategies, study shows

February 7, 2023 administration cancer, cost, effective, lung, MedicalXpress, modelbased, risk, screening, shows, strategies, study

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Risk model-based lung cancer screening strategies, which select individuals based on personal risk, are more cost

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New study finds that age-related fat may lead to less effective muscle function

February 4, 2023 administration Agerelated, effective, fat, finds, function, lead, Muscle, study

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that age-related accumulation

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Two genomic studies could yield more effective, less toxic immunotherapies

February 4, 2023 administration effective, genomic, immunotherapies, studies, toxic, yield

TE-Exon splicing junctions can help differentiate tumors from healthy tissue. Credit: Verge Scientific Communications / Antonela Merlotti / Marianne Burbage

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Stereotactic body radiotherapy is an effective treatment for patients with lung neuroendocrine tumors

February 3, 2023 administration Body, effective, lung, MedicalXpress, neuroendocrine, patients, radiotherapy, stereotactic, treatment, tumors

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Primary lung neuroendocrine tumors are very rare tumors that represent about 1-2% of all lung cancer

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Identification of gene that drives T cells to exhaustion may lead to more effective immunotherapies

February 2, 2023 administration cells, drives, effective, exhaustion, gene, identification, immunotherapies, lead, MedicalXpress

Deletion of SNX9 improves CAR T cell anti-tumor efficacy. a Schematic representation of the CAR T cell transfer experiments. Healthy

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Antidepressants use for chronic pain on the rise, but are they effective?

February 2, 2023 administration antidepressants, chronic, effective, MedicalXpress, pain, rise

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many people are unaware that some antidepressants (medications used to treat people living with depression) are

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Study shows updated bivalent boosters are more effective at preventing hospitalization and death from Omicron

January 26, 2023 administration bivalent, boosters, death, effective, hospitalization, MedicalXpress, Omicron, preventing, shows, study, updated

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a peer-reviewed study on the real-world effectiveness of updated bivalent mRNA vaccines, researchers at the

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New data clarifies safe and effective treatment for patients with mitral valve disease

January 20, 2023 administration clarifies, data, disease, effective, MedicalXpress, mitral, patients, safe, treatment, Valve

Visual Abstract. Credit: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.12.024 Leakage of the mitral valve due to degenerative prolapse

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For shared decision-making, telemedicine may be as effective as in-person appointments

January 20, 2023 administration appointments, decisionmaking, effective, inperson, MedicalXpress, shared, telemedicine

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Telemedicine may be just as effective as in-person visits when it comes to shared decision-making and

$Aspirin as effective as blood thinner injections to prevent deadly complications in patients with bone fractures effective$

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Aspirin as effective as blood thinner injections to prevent deadly complications in patients with bone fractures

January 19, 2023 administration Aspirin, blood, bone, complications, deadly, effective, fractures, injections, MedicalXpress, patients, prevent, Thinner

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients hospitalized with fractures typically receive an injectable blood thinner, low-molecular-weight heparin, to prevent life-threatening blood

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Reducing total calories may be more effective for weight loss than intermittent fasting

January 18, 2023 administration calories, effective, Fasting, Intermittent, loss, MedicalXpress, reducing, total, weight

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The frequency and size of meals was a stronger determinant of weight loss or gain than

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Study shows cyclic breathing technique more effective in reducing stress than mindfulness meditation

January 16, 2023 administration Breathing, cyclic, effective, MedicalXpress, meditation, Mindfulness, reducing, shows, stress, study, technique

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100895 At team of researchers at Stanford University reports evidence that people

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Meditation and mindfulness may be as effective as medication for treating certain conditions

January 14, 2023 administration conditions, effective, medication, meditation, Mindfulness, treating

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many people look to diet trends or new exercise regimens—often with questionable benefit—to get a healthier

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PD-1 inhibitor treatment effective for localized mismatch repair-deficient colorectal cancer

January 14, 2023 administration cancer, colorectal, effective, inhibitor, localized, MedicalXpress, mismatch, PD1, repairdeficient, treatment

For localized mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) colorectal cancer (CRC), neoadjuvant programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor treatment is effective, according to a study

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Study finds program to prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies is effective

January 11, 2023 administration babies, Cerebral, effective, finds, MedicalXpress, Palsy, Premature, prevent, Program, study

Magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) uptake pre-implementation and post implementation. Credit: Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition (2023).

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New jaw surgery concept effective in treating moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea

January 10, 2023 administration Apnea, concept, effective, jaw, MedicalXpress, moderatetosevere, obstructive, Sleep, surgery, treating

3D surgical planning of the SMA as part of the jaw advancement surgery for patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.

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Treatment for combat-related PTSD advances with method shown to be fast, effective

January 6, 2023 administration advances, combatrelated, effective, fast, MedicalXpress, method, PTSD, shown, treatment

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Study findings out today in JAMA Network Open show an important step forward in treating the

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Flu vaccine 36 percent effective against influenza A(H3N2)-related illnesses during 2021-2022 flu season

January 4, 2023 administration AH3N2related, effective, flu, illnesses, influenza, Percent, season, vaccine

For the 2021 to 2022 influenza season, influenza vaccines were 36 percent effective against influenza A(H3N2)-related illnesses, according to a

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Experts sceptical that China travel curbs will be effective

January 4, 2023 administration China, curbs, effective, experts, sceptical, travel

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain International measures on travellers from China will likely have little effect on containing COVID, health experts

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Oral anticoagulants found to be more effective and cost-effective than heparin for cancer-associated thrombosis

December 26, 2022 administration anticoagulants, cancerassociated, costeffective, effective, heparin, oral, thrombosis

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A cost-effectiveness analysis comparing direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) to low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) found that DOACs are

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