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American College of Surgeons Releases Standards for Surgical Care of Older Adults
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has introduced a new surgical quality improvement program for…
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AI Predicts Long-term Death Risk From Single Chest X-ray
Clinicians who order common diagnostic chest x-rays for patients have been sitting on a goldmine of unused prognostic information. The…
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Newer Lung Cancer Screening Saves More Lives
MONDAY, July 15, 2019 (HealthDay News) — A newer form of lung cancer screening may mean fewer deaths from the…
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Exposing the ‘Great Masquerader’ in Maternal Mortality
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of maternal mortality, accounting for more than 10% of deaths in pregnancy and…
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Medical AI Start-up Aims to Shift the Paradigm of Prostate Cancer Screening
A new company, Bot Image, has developed a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) algorithm for automated detection of prostate cancer. The CAD…
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Seizures, Coma More Common With Synthetic Cannabinoids in Adolescents
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Serious neuropsychiatric adverse events in adolescents are far more common with acute synthetic cannabinoid toxicity…
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Extended Follow-Up Supports Low-Dose CT for Lung Cancer Screening
MONDAY, July 8, 2019 — Extended follow-up of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) showed that the number needed to…
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Many in the United States Have Not Been Tested for HIV
Fewer than 40% of people in the United States have ever been tested for HIV, according to a report from…
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Lung cancer screening guidelines may miss more African Americans at risk
Current lung cancer screening guidelines may need to be less restrictive when it comes to African American smokers, a new…
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Could 3-D Mammograms Soon Be the Standard for Breast Cancer Screening?
MONDAY, June 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) — More women are getting 3-D mammograms, which spot breast anomalies more accurately than…
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