Increased mortality when blood came from young and female donors. Transfusion recipients getting red blood cell (RBC) units from younger and/or female donors had increased mortality, results of… read more.
Survival was more than 2 years shorter in breast, prostate cancers. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had a 40% to 50% increased mortality risk if they developed breast… read more.
The risk of sports fans catching dengue fever during the Rio Olympics is very low, according to a new study involving mathematicians at the University of Strathclyde.
Parents of children with asthma need ongoing education and guidance on this chronic condition and how to prevent and manage symptoms, but does a written asthma action plan… read more.
100-year-old persons are affected by substantial numbers of illnesses, and the frequency of untreated pain in this cohort is alarming. This is the result reported by Daniela Jopp… read more.
New research presented at Euroanaesthesia 2016 (London 27-30 May) shows that patients undergoing breast cancer surgery need less painkilling medication post-surgery if they have anaesthesia that is free… read more.
Within the past 10 years, the prescription of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain has increased and the abuse of opioid medications leading to addiction has been… read more.
Genetic factors help to explain the commonly found association between low back pain and depression, suggests a large study of twins in the March issue of PAIN®.
Consolidation and maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma: is it the new standard? Professor Antonio Palumbo (University of Turin, Italy) and Professor Paul Richardson (Harvard Medical School, Boston,… read more.
Pathophysiology and diagnosis of multiple myeloma bone disease Evangelos Terpos, University of Athens School of Medicine, Greece Osteolytic bone disease is the most common complication of MM and… read more.
Pathophysiology and diagnosis of multiple myeloma bone disease Evangelos Terpos, University of Athens School of Medicine, Greece Osteolytic bone disease is the most common complication of MM and… read more.
Hans Erik Johnsen, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark. by Maria Dalby: The gene expression profiles of myeloma plasma cells in the normal bone marrow can be used for defining… read more.
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