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Cancer centers may not allow for dignified deaths
Credit: NCI and Mathews Media Group A new study suggests many patients in cancer centers do not experience a dignified death. Study...
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Program improves depression treatment in cancer
Credit: NIH Results of a large study suggest major depression is common—but largely untreated—among cancer patients in Scotland. And 2...
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Cancer survivors aren’t living healthy, study shows
Credit: Bill Branson Childhood cancer survivors are no more likely than their cancer-free peers to adhere to healthy living guidelines, according...
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Mice are suitable models for inflammatory conditions, study suggests
Results of a new study contradict previous research suggesting mice do not make suitable models for human inflammatory conditions.
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Healthy habits can cut risk of metabolic syndrome in childhood cancer survivors
patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer Following a healthy lifestyle can decrease the risk of metabolic syndrome in childhood cancer survivors...
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More RNs are delaying retirement, study shows
chemo to a cancer patient Credit: Rhoda Baer The nursing workforce in the US has grown substantially in recent years, and this is only partly due...
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Immune function after trauma and transfusion
Credit: Graham Colm An immune marker may help predict which child trauma patients are likely to develop a hospital-acquired infection, and it may...
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Team reports new method of chemo delivery
Credit: Kathy Atkinson Researchers have devised a novel way to deliver chemotherapy drugs “on demand,” according to a paper published in...
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Predicting problems in families of cancer patients
Credit: Rhoda Baer A new analysis suggests family dysfunction is the greatest predictor of emotional and behavioral problems among children who...
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Tool may predict cancer patients’ risk of financial stress
patient and her father Credit: Rhoda Baer A new questionnaire can measure a cancer patient’s risk for financial stress, according to a paper...
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Large-volume infusion pump recalled
Credit: CDC The medical technology company CareFusion has announced a Class I recall of its Alaris Pump model 8100, software version 9.1.18....