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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." And our ER is not alone. I hear the frustration of my colleagues and see first-hand how overworked most of us who provide health care in the ER setting have become. Sir," I asked, "what brought you to our ER today?" "My Are you kidding?

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Updated findings on a new approach to ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer

Medical Xpress

A UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and collaborators in a multicenter study will present updated results and plans for further research on a new approach to treating advanced ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

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Congenital Arrhythmogenic Pathologies - An Overview

Louisville Lectures

Chris Reed presents an overview of congenital arrhythmogenic pathologies by first focusing on two families of diseases: structural and conduction. Finally, Dr. Reed presents management plans and when to pursue intervention.

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Test for drink spiking in ERs should be used to reduce psychological distress, says new study

Medical Xpress

More should be done to help victims of suspected spiking attacks process the psychological trauma of the event by testing patients who arrive at the hospital intoxicated, say the authors of a new study titled, "Drink and injection spiking: how to approach an increase in presentations?" published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.

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Racial disparity in pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment among women with residual breast cancer after NAC

Medical Xpress

Residual tumors from Black patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative primary breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) had a higher score of a biomarker of distant metastatic recurrence than tumors from white patients, according to data presented at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held December 6-10, (..)

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How to Prevent a Potentially Fatal Aortic Dissection

Vascular Physician

Unfortunately, high blood pressure does not always present with symptoms that are noticeable by the patient. Unless they are seeing their primary care provider for regular check-ups, they may not be made aware of their high blood pressure until they present for evaluation for another medical condition.

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Circulating tumor cell count guidance may improve long-term outcomes for patients with metastatic breast cancer

Medical Xpress

The use of circulating tumor cell (CTC) count to guide the choice between chemotherapy and endocrine therapy as first-line therapy for patients with metastatic, estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer provided overall survival benefit, compared with physician's choice of treatment, according to data from the STIC CTC trial presented (..)

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