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Helping Patients Understand
Combine fear with a basic lack of understanding about cancer. Add in lots of facts and figures. And what you have is a patient who is confused and often unable to make good decisions as a result.
No Added Pain Relief With Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block
When undergoing a surgical procedure or recovering from an operation, patients are hoping for complete pain relief in which they feel no pain whatsoever during the procedure or in the tender hours afterward.
Calling for New Vitamin D Recommendations
Being deficient in vitamin D is associated with a host of diseases. Because of its important, researchers think it's time to tailor the recommendations for achieving optimum levels of this essential vitamin.
Traffic Fumes Increase Heart Attack Risk
Sitting in heavy traffic may be more than an annoyance. It also appears to make people more susceptible to a heart attack for a six-hour window after inhaling large amounts of fumes.
Kidney Failure? Keep Treating Your Lupus
Lupus is a disease that can harm many parts of the body, and even end up causing kidney failure. Researchers have found a way to improve the survival of these patients.
Diabetes Drug's Dark Side
There have been huge strides in the fight against diabetes over the past decade. Patients now have more treatment and drug options than they ever did before. Yet, some of these drugs may not be entirely safe.
Lighting up Cancer Brightens Patient Futures
Not only is ovarian cancer difficult to diagnose, it is also difficult for a surgeon to see to surgically remove. New technology could soon make surgery more effective to improve the outlook for patients.
Fires Flare Up Asthma and COPD Attacks
The summer of 2011 is one for the record books. This hottest and driest summer in recent memory has led to many forest and home fires. These fires can lead to more asthma attacks and worsen respiratory conditions in those most sensitive in the population.
Answering Your Questions About Prostate Cancer
To promote awareness of prostate cancer, dailyRx interviewed a leading expert in the field - Brian J. Miles, M.D., F.A.C.S., a urologist with Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Miles answered questions about a number of issues relating to the most common cancer in men.
Black Children Fare Worse With Cancer
Huge progress has been made in treating and curing childhood cancers over the past 50 years. Scientists are now discovering, though, that some children tend to have more aggressive disease and poorer outcomes.
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