Association of Oral Calcitriol with Improved Survival in Nondialyzed CKD

kavin submitted, created time 7 months 4 weeks (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

As we know, parenteral vitamin D is associated with improved survival among long-term hemodialysis patients. This paper tells us that association of calcitriol with improved survival was not statistically different across baseline parathyroid hormone levels. Calcitriol use was associated with a greater risk for hypercalcemia. In conclusion, oral calcitriol use is associated with lower mortality in nondialysis patients with CKD.

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Hands-only CPR greatly increases survival odds

DanyC submitted, created time 9 months 6 days (www.sfgate.com)

The new guidelines, published in the journal Circulation, recognize that recent research has shown no real advantage to conventional mouth-to-mouth CPR in outside-the-hospital cardiac arrest cases. In addition, studies show that bystanders are often reluctant to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on strangers, but are more likely to try rapid chest compression.

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Starving before chemotherapy could save more lives

sumsung submitted, created time 9 months 6 days (www.newscientist.com)

Chemotherapy would have fewer side effects and save more lives if patients fasted for two days before receiving treatment, suggest tests in animals. Mice injected with cancerous cells and then given chemotherapy died after around 60 days. But animals that were starved for 48 hours prior to treatment typically lived 10-20 days longer, says Valter Longo of the University of Southern California in Davis, US. The longest-lived of the 16 mice that fasted did not die until around 14 weeks after being injected.

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Equivalent of a death sentence : Pancreatic cancer

DanyC submitted, created time 10 months 2 days (www.stuff.co.nz)

Woo...I have shocked by such new, anyone, who have heard such like below:
Most pancreatic cancer patients are dead within the first year.
Common symptoms of the cancer include appetite loss, weight loss, upset stomach and nausea. The most common physical sign can be jaundice.

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Impact of flu on hospital admissions during 4 flu seasons in Spain

angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.biomedcentral.com)

Flu epidemics have an impact on hospital morbidity in Spain. Further studies that include other variables, such as temperature and humidity, are necessary and will deepen our understanding of the role of each factor during flu epidemics and their relation with morbidity.

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Enhanced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during rhythm control treatment in persistent atrial fibrillation in hypertensives: data of the RACE study

amanda submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org)

" In persistent AF patients with hypertension, a pharmacological rhythm control approach is associated with enhanced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Therefore, rate-control strategy should be considered in these patients. "

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Outcomes of stenting after uncomplicated ureteroscopy: systematic review and meta-analysis

amber submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.bmj.com)

To investigate the potential beneficial and adverse effects of routine ureteric stent placement after ureteroscopy. All randomised are included controlled trials that reported various outcomes with or without stenting after ureteroscopy. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed quality. Meta-analyses used both fixed and random effects models with dichotomous data reported as relative risk and continuous data as a weighted mean difference with 95% confidence intervals

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