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Chernobyl Follow-Up Study Finds High Survival Rate Among Young Thyroid Cancer Patients
April 24, 2013 More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a ... > full story -
ERs Have Become De Facto Psych Wards
April 24, 2013 Long waits for insurance authorization allowing psychiatric patients to be admitted to the hospital from the emergency department waste thousands of hours of physician time, given that most requests ... > full story -
Targeted Screening for Hepatitis C Is Cost-Effective
April 24, 2013 Researchers have found that targeted screening for populations with a higher estimated prevalence for hepatitis C may be ... > full story -
Costs to Treat Heart Failure Expected to More Than Double by 2030
April 24, 2013 By 2030, you — and every U.S. taxpayer — could be paying $244 a year to care for heart failure patients, according to a new policy ... > full story -
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Drug Therapy Offers High Cure Rate for 2 Hepatitis C Subtypes
April 24, 2013 A new drug is offering dramatic cure rates for hepatitis C patients with two subtypes of the infection -- genotype 2 and 3, say a team of scientists. The drug, called sofosbuvir, offers more ... > full story -
Mild Blast Injury Causes Molecular Changes in Brain Akin to Alzheimer
April 24, 2013 Scientists have shown that mild traumatic brain injury after blast exposure produces inflammation, oxidative stress and gene activation patterns akin to disorders of memory processing such as ... > full story -
Majority of Children Readmitted to Hospital Following Stem Cell Transplant
April 24, 2013 Almost two-thirds of children who receive stem cell transplants are readmitted to the hospital within six months, according to new ... > full story -
Microwave Imaging Can See How Well Treatment Is Progressing
April 23, 2013 Microwave imaging can be used to monitor how well treatment for breast cancer is working, finds new research. Microwave tomography was able to distinguish between breast cancer, benign growths, and ... > full story -
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ALS Trial Suggests Novel Therapy Is Safe
April 23, 2013 An investigational treatment for an inherited form of Lou Gehrig's disease has passed an early phase clinical trial for safety, researchers ... > full story -
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Children Routinely Injured or Killed by Guns, U.S. Study Shows; Access to Loaded, Unlocked Firearms Remains a Problem
April 23, 2013 While gun control issues usually surface after major incidents like the fatal shooting of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, Connecticut, a new U.S. study shows that children are routinely ... > full story
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