Blood-loss test aids op recovery
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A simple system that checks how much blood a patient loses during surgery speeds recovery, NHS trials show.
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SUNDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- A test to detect ovarian cancer by identifying three proteins found in the blood of women with the disease has been developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
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Older patients whose red blood cell counts are even slightly out of the normal range are at higher risk of death and heart problems after major surgery, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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A technique for determining whether cancer has spread could save many patients from surgery.
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An expectedly high number of U.S. soldiers injured in the Middle East and Afghanistan are testing positive for a rare, hard-to-treat blood infection in military hospitals, Army doctors reported on Thursday.
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Several new studies show that a simple backrub offers significant pain relief for patients after major surgery
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A simple test to measure tumor cells circulating in the blood could make it easier to tell which breast cancer patients are at greatest risk of their cancer returning after treatment, a German researcher said on Monday.
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Imagine making an emergency call not for help getting to the hospital but after you've already arrived there. That's what Ray Clement and his wife did last year at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Shadyside Hospital, where he had gone with a suspected blood clot. When Clement thought...
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A simple blood test could remove the need for painful invasive tests to detect liver disease, its developers say.
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A blood test has been developed which counts cancer cells in the advanced breast cancer patientâs blood stream and tells whether the treatment is successful.
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NEW YORK  - Measuring blood levels of a chemical transporter for vitamin A may be useful in estimating a person's "intraabdominal fat," a type of fat inside the abdomen that it not visible, but still adversely affects health, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - When people suffer a serious type of bleeding in the brain called a subarachnoid hemorrhage, caused by a ruptured blood vessel, surgery can sometimes stop further damage occurring. Even so, cognitive impairment is common and recovery can take months, researcher report.
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One dose of an antibiotic just before surgery is as good as several spread over 24 hours to fight infections at the operation site, saving money and easing fears about bacterial resistance, a study said on Monday.
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Scientists say a blood test could accurately measure the amount of potentially dangerous fat coating the body's organs.
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The results of a small study suggest that desmoteplase, an investigational clot-busting drug derived from vampire bat saliva, safely restores blood supply to the brain when administered up to 9 hours after a stroke occurs.
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Selected groups of patients are this week being notified about the results of a risk assessment exercise for blood plasma products.
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Using a mini-vacuum to remove a blood clot, rather than relying on angioplasty to clear a blocked artery, improves a patient's chances of surviving a major heart attack, a Dutch study says.