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DG Alert A prospective registry analysis published in Breast Cancer Research indicates that the mortality rate in breast cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) depends more on comorbidities than prior radiation therapy or current anti-cancer treatment. “Comorbidities, apart from breast cancer, should be the primary focus of attention to define patients at high risk,” wrote Perrine Vuagnat, Université […]
Read MoreAuthor: E.J. Mundell HealthDay News In a small French study, three-quarters of all COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care went on to experience a dangerous blood clot in the leg that can travel to the lungs and potentially cause death. Known as a DVT, the condition first gained notoriety as so-called “economy class syndrome,” when […]
Read MoreAuthor: Stephen Freiberg, MD KevinMD.com 1. Anesthesiologists are your protector Think about this: An anesthesiologist’s job is to protect you from the harm your surgeon is causing. Seriously. A surgeon’s job, at its very essence, is to damage your body. Now undeniably, it is with the intention of causing greater good and/or fixing something that […]
Read MoreBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay News An injectable electrode could prove a better way to ease chronic nerve pain than opioid painkillers or bulky and expensive implants, animal research suggests.It’s called an “injectrode.” It appears easier and cheaper than spinal implants for debilitating back pain, and safer than long-term use of opioids like OxyContin (oxycodone), a recent paper suggests.A liquid […]
Read MoreDG Alert An analysis published in The Lancet of the largest cohort presented so far of cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has concluded that recent chemotherapy use is not a significant contributor to more severe disease or a predictor of death from COVID-19. Moreover, there were similar observations for immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy and […]
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