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Important expansion of in-hospital cardiovascular care program to drive improved patient outcomes across China
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- Written by Brooks Lancaster
- Category: Health News
In-hospital, guideline-led care will now reach more hospitals, and even more people in China. The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease, supported by funding from AstraZeneca, is seeking to expand in-hospital cardiovascular care guideline adherence through the Improving Care for Cardiovascular Disease in China project, a collaborative effort with the Chinese Society of Cardiology.
Bladder cancer
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- Written by Mayo Clinic
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Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers, affecting approximately 68,000 adults in the United States each year. Bladder cancer occurs in men more frequently than it does in women and usually affects older adults, though it can happen at any age.
Active surveillance for prostate cancer
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- Written by Mayo Clinic
- Category: Medical News
During active surveillance for prostate cancer, your doctor closely monitors your prostate cancer for any changes. Active surveillance for prostate cancer is sometimes called expectant management or watchful waiting.
Mayo urologists study post-surgery opioid prescribing patterns to standardize practice
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- Written by Joe Dangor
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Urologists from Mayo Clinic have identified unwarranted variation in post-surgery opioid prescribing patterns and have taken steps to create a standardized approach across Mayo Clinic campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. The urologists involved in the study presented their findings today at the 2018 American Urological Association annual meeting in San Francisco.
To have or not to have…your left atrial appendage closed
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- Written by Elizabeth Zimmermann
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Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people have heart surgery. To reduce risk of stroke for their patients, surgeons often will close the left atrial appendage, which is a small sac in the left side of the heart where many blood clots form, during these surgeries. Mayo Clinic researchers report today in JAMA that adding this procedure is likely the right choice for certain patients but not all.
Can hypothyroidism cause peripheral neuropathy
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- Written by Todd B. Nippoldt, M.D.
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Hypothyroidism - a condition in which your thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid hormone - is an uncommon cause of peripheral neuropathy.
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to your peripheral nerves - the nerves that carry information to and from your brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) and the rest of your body, such as your arms and legs.
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