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Patients face paying for medicines in bid to plug £600m black hole as NHS cracks down on free prescriptions

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Health chiefs have launched a crackdown on free prescriptions in Scotland in a bid to plug a £600million black hole.

NGO supports 25 indigent cancer patients in Kaduna

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Tribune Online; NGO supports 25 indigent cancer patients in Kaduna

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Examining whether administering blood transfusions before hospital arrival improves trauma patients' survival

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In the military trauma setting, prehospital transfusion (PHT) is a firmly evidenced means to reduce preventable death. It stands to reason that the same would be true in the civilian emergency medical service (EMS) setting, but…

Jefferson Frankford Hospital to open a secure ward for incarcerated patients

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It’s part of an ongoing effort by the prisons department to address the impact of short staffing that has plagued the jails for years and has contributed to delays in medical care.

Study reveals underuse of a key drug in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia

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The Psychiatry and Mental Health research group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), together with the ETEP (Study and Treatment of Psychotic Episodes) group at Hospital del Mar, has published a study in the Spanish…

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Q&A: Using VR to experience how it feels when a patient throws a shoe at you

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Psychology students usually only get to meet patients very late in their studies. Therefore, neuroscientists Ineke van der Ham and Judith Schomaker want to research whether students learn more effectively from a virtual experience with a…

‘Powerful, profound experience’: Patient sings along to rock song during first awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine

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“Kidney transplants are working and have been working for decades, but we want to constantly work to make them better and even better than that,” said Dr. Satish Nadig, chief of transplant surgery at Northwestern.

‘Powerful, profound experience’: Patient sings along to rock song during first awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine

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“Kidney transplants are working and have been working for decades, but we want to constantly work to make them better and even better than that,” said Dr. Satish Nadig, chief of transplant surgery at Northwestern.

‘Powerful, profound experience’: Patient sings along to rock song during first awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine

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“Kidney transplants are working and have been working for decades, but we want to constantly work to make them better and even better than that,” said Dr. Satish Nadig, chief of transplant surgery at Northwestern.

‘Powerful, profound experience’: Patient sings along to rock song during first awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine

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“Kidney transplants are working and have been working for decades, but we want to constantly work to make them better and even better than that,” said Dr. Satish Nadig, chief of transplant surgery at Northwestern.

Elon Musk says Neuralink will test brain implant on second patient in ‘next week or so’

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Firm says wires attaching first patient’s brain to implant are ‘more or less very stable’ after detaching months ago

Novel model could predict cognitive decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's

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Amsterdam UMC's Alzheimer Centre has developed a prediction model that can predict cognitive decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

HHS Rule Targets Health Providers Blocking Patient Info Sharing (RIN 0955-AA05)

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Machine-learning model can predict survival of dialysis patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

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A UCLA-led team has developed a machine-learning model that can predict with a high degree of accuracy the short-term survival of dialysis patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).

UT Austin neighborhood pharmacy program working to expand patient access

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neighborhood program conducted by the University of Texas at Austin's College of Pharmacy is working to improve pharmacists' medical records access so they can help patients connect with necessary medication to treat diseases.

New Alzheimer's drug will be available to San Antonio patients but is not suitable for all

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The FDA recently approved the anti-amyloid drug donanemab, sold as Kisunla. The medication can delay cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's patients by about seven months, but it is expensive and can have serious side effects. Still, it…

Study shows 13% of patients with dementia may instead have cognitive decline from cirrhosis

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About 13% of individuals diagnosed with dementia may suffer instead from reversible cognitive decline caused by advanced liver disease, according to researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine and the…

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‘A bottomless pit’: How out-of-pocket TMJ costs drive patients into debt

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Over three decades of relentless pain, Jonna Tallant has tried about every TMJ treatment: mouthguards, six sets of braces, dental crowns and appliances, drugs, physical therapy, Botox, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic care, and surgery.

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