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Back to SearchMedicaid reductions may impact screening for cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Medicaid reductions being rolled out this year are poised to dramatically reduce cancer screening for millions, a new study estimates. William Nelson…
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Should breast cancer screening be targeted to those at greatest risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Breast cancer screening is associated with false positives, where women are referred for further assessments and procedures that may be unnecessary. …
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Can older people with cancer benefit from telephone based contact? Elizabeth Tracey reports
People who were older and had advanced cancers benefited from a telephone-based intervention designed to regularly assess their symptoms and refer th…
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Good news on cancer survival! Elizabeth Tracey reports
Seventy percent of people diagnosed with cancer in the United States will still be alive five years later, the American Cancer Society reports. Willi…
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There’s good news regarding survival when cancer if found, Elizabeth Tracey reports
American Cancer Society data find that the majority of people who are diagnosed with cancers of all types will still be alive five years later. Johns…
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Who is at risk to develop PICS? Elizabeth Tracey reports
PICS stands for post intensive care syndrome, and it is characterized by a number of physical and mental health conditions that may follow someone’s …
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What can be done about PICS? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Physical and mental health issues can follow a stay in an intensive care unit, a condition known as PICS, for post intensive care syndrome. Rohan Mat…
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How can you tell if PICS is present? Elizabeth Tracey reports
When someone has survived an intensive care unit stay, they may experience a host of challenges to their wellbeing known collectively as post intensi…
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What kinds of issues may remain after someone has been in an intensive care unit? Elizabeth Tracey reports
PICS stands for post intensive care syndrome, and recent data indicate that perhaps the majority of people who’ve been hospitalized in an ICU will ha…
5 days, 17 hours ago
What is post-intensive care syndrome? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Once you’ve made it through a stay in an intensive care unit, you can simply move forward in your life, right? Not exactly, as recent research indica…
5 days, 17 hours ago