Medicare beneficiaries who undergo breast cancer screening with mammography are more likely than unscreened women to undergo other preventive health
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5 best essential oils for nausea and how to use them
Essential oils come from plants. The extraction and distillation of the oils create a highly concentrated form of the plant.
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Proxies less likely to use interventions when patients are close to death
Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) have discovered that to begin with, proxies are a fairly accurate
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Regional anesthesia tied to lower opioid use in TKA, THA
(HealthDay)—Regional anesthesia is associated with a lower opioid consumption in both knee and hip replacement surgeries, compared to general anesthesia,
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New system allows trainee doctors to use virtual reality to learn eye examination diagnoses
Academics have created a new virtual reality tool which allows medical students to replicate eye examinations and learn first-hand how
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Sustained use of oxymetazoline cream efficacious for rosacea
(HealthDay)—Oxymetazoline is safe and effective for the treatment of moderate-to-severe persistent erythema of rosacea, according to a study published in
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Viewing more medical marijuana ads linked to higher pot use among adolescents
Adolescents who view more advertising for medical marijuana are more likely to use marijuana, express intentions to use the drug
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Move it and use it: Exergaming may help those at risk of Alzheimer’s or related dementias
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer’s, showed significant improvement with certain complex thinking and
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Congo approves use of experimental Ebola vaccine, WHO says
The Director-General of the World Health Organization says Congo officials have agreed to use an experimental Ebola vaccine. Tedros Adhanom
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Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks
Not all of your genome needs to be active at any given time. Some regions are prone to hopping around
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