MSD announces the Primary Results of Trial uating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin

MSD, known as Merck in the United States and Canada, has announced the primary results of the Trial uating Cardiovascular […]

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Finally, a way to measure pain

Pain can be objectively measured in patients for the first time ever by examining scans of their brains, according to […]

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Radiologists, primary users of non-cardiac ultrasound

Although non-radiologist physicians have contributed to the widespread use of point-of-care (POC) ultrasound, radiologists remain the primary users, according to […]

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Microsoft, partners to employ IT in ‘ground-breaking’ genetics research

Microsoft, Scripps Health, Affymetrix and Navigenics will launch what the companies say is ground-breaking research to uate the impact of personal genetic testing on the health and psyche of a patient.

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Funding electronic medical records saves lives

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that says federal investments in electronic health records (EHR) would lead to better patient care and health outcomes.

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Electronic medical records improve diabetes care in study

Diabetics treated by doctors who use electronic medical records have better quality of care regardless of what type of insurance they have than those whose practitioners use paper records, a study showed.

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Drug reduces breast cancer in high-risk women

A Canadian researcher involved in a study that uncovered a drug capable of significantly reducing the risk of breast cancer in high-risk, postmenopausal women calls the finding a “landmark” discovery.

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Childhood Epilepsy Triples the Long Term Mortality Risk

Onset of epilepsy during childhood triples the long term mortality risk, suggests a recently published study in a medical journal.

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Brain surgery with new mapping technique

Neurosurgeons from the University of California, San Francisco are reporting significant results of a new brain mapping technique that allows for the safe removal of tumors near language pathways in the brain. The technique minimizes brain exposure and reduces the amount of time a patient must be awake during surgery.

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Google can help doctors to diagnose tricky cases

Researchers have said that a team of Australian doctors googled the symptoms of 26 cases for a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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