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Watchman device PREVAILs for stroke prevention
DENVER – Meta-analysis shows 55% fewer disabling strokes with the left atrial appendage closure device, compared with warfarin.
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C7 nerve transfer shows promising results for spastic arm paralysis
“Exciting” results require “clarification and confirmation.”
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Thrombectomy shines in presence of a clinical deficit and imaging mismatch
Less disability, greater functional independence, and less neurologic deterioration was observed for thrombectomy plus standard care.
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Cars that recognize hypoglycemia? Maybe soon
SAN DIEGO – An automobile that watches you.
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Massachusetts named healthiest state for 2017
Mississippi, on the other hand, has the most room for improvement.
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Drug price increases far outpaced inflation in 2015
Average increase in the cost of “market basket” of drugs widely used by older Americans has exceeded the inflation rate every year since 2004.
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HealthCare.gov enrollment for 2018 nearly doubled in final week
Plans selected this year were down slightly from last year’s much longer open-enrollment period.
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Tau imaging predicts looming cognitive decline in cognitively normal elderly
BOSTON – Temporal lobe tau accumulation in cognitively normal older adults may be a good way of tracking Alzheimer’s disease progression.
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Cardiosphere-derived cells may reverse Duchenne heart scarring
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Is there hope for one of the worst diagnoses in pediatric cardiology?
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Brain structural changes on MRI predict sudden death in epilepsy
WASHINGTON – Data on structural differences don’t reveal “the cause of SUDEP, but they do show correlations that are consistent with current...
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Seizures captured on a smartphone found diagnostic for epilepsy
WASHINGTON – Study suggests that smartphone video could be an adjunctive diagnostic tool and accelerate time to diagnosis.