Obstetrics & gynaecology
Husbands' self-esteem linked to lower risk of preterm birth in partners
A husband's optimism and confidence may play a crucial, if often unseen, role in helping babies arrive healthy and on time.
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Neuroscience
'Mind-captioning' technique can read human thoughts from brain scans
Reading brain activity with advanced technologies is not a new concept. However, most techniques have focused on identifying single words associated with an object or action a person is seeing or thinking of, or matching ...
Cardiology
A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don't lose sleep over it
Don't lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That's the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It raised questions about the safety ...
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Health
Yes, you do need to clean your water bottle. Here's why and how
You keep your trusty reusable bottle filled with only clear, delicious water. Do you still need to wash it?
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Medical research
Conservative care vs. dialysis: Model shows which is better for individual advanced chronic kidney disease patients
It can be challenging to identify which patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) will most benefit from conservative care rather than initiating dialysis.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Quality improvement intervention may help prevent deaths from metformin-associated lactic acid
Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) is a rare but serious adverse effect of the diabetes drug metformin in which the body accumulates too much lactic acid. Investigators developed and tested a protocol for diagnosis ...
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Health
Study finds outpatient dialysis program cuts emergency hospital visits in Texas
The cost of emergency dialysis is estimated to be eight times that of in-center dialysis. A new study reveals that a transitional dialysis program piloted in Travis County (Austin, Texas) resulted in a significant decrease ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kidney transplant waitlisting: A potentially better way to optimize the timing
The current kidney transplant waitlisting criterion is based on a single measurement of kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≤20 ml/min/1.73 m2) and does not consider an individual's risk of progressing ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global study finds stable acute kidney injury mortality with shifting age patterns
A five-year study has revealed a stability in global acute kidney injury (AKI)–related mortality rates with differing patterns that indicate a rising concentration of mortality in older populations and higher socioeconomic ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronary artery calcium may be a predictor for all-cause mortality, including non-cardiac conditions
In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients who have no evidence of calcium in their coronary arteries are not only significantly less likely ...
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