When it comes to radiation therapy to treat brain cancer, hippocampal-avoidance whole-brain radiotherapy in conjunction with the drug memantine better
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Collaboration yields possible treatment for rare neurodegenerative disorder
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have developed a new class of compounds that extended the lives and eased symptoms
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Video monitoring of tuberculosis treatment effective in urban and rural areas
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with statewide collaborators, report that patients who recorded videos of
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Psoriatic arthritis of the spine: Symptoms and treatment
Psoriatic arthritis is most common in people with psoriasis or individuals with a family history of the disease. Around 30
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Radial nerve injury: Symptoms, causes, and treatment
Radial nerve injury can cause pain, weakness, and loss of function in the wrist, hand, and fingers. A common term
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Application of blood pressure guidelines ups treatment
(HealthDay)—Implementation of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) blood pressure guideline would direct initiation and intensification of
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The immune system of the alpaca reveals a potential treatment for cancer
The natural world often provides the answer to unsolved medical problems. On this occasion, the solution to a challenge posed
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Bid to expand country cancer treatment
A new initiative is working to bring access to expanded cancer therapy options to regional South Australia. This follows a
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Promising novel treatment against Alzheimer disease
New research conducted at the Lady Davis Institute (LDI) at the Jewish General Hospital reveals that a novel drug reverses
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Medicaid benefits for addiction treatment expanded after ACA
(HealthDay)—The Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have prompted state Medicaid programs to expand addiction treatment benefits in alternative benefit plans,
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