New pediatric consensus standardizes surgical management of Wilms tumor

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WT outcomes have improved substantially through progress in molecular diagnosis, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. Yet surgical management remains inconsistent, especially for large tumors, adjacent-organ invasion, intravascular extension, nephron-sparing...

New study links cannabis use to increased cardiovascular risk

by rss feed | Nov 2, 2026 | News Feeds

Cannabis use, including marijuana, appears to be linked with increased cardiovascular risk, especially for stroke, making it an important consideration for heart disease and stroke prevention and counseling, according to independent, new preliminary research to be...

Extreme heat spikes hospital intensive care cardiac arrest admissions

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As daily temperatures climbed above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (F) across the U.S., so did the rate of out-of-hospital (OHCA) cardiac arrest admissions to hospitals intensive care units (ICUs); however, the heat didn't appear to impact the overall outcomes of people...

New study evaluates quantum machine learning for lung cancer prediction

by rss feed | Nov 2, 2026 | News Feeds

Developing reliable machine learning models for healthcare can be challenging when only small datasets are available. This challenge motivates research into whether quantum computing approaches can learn useful patterns from limited symptom and risk-factor data. Read...

New age-specific prediction models improve incomplete Kawasaki disease diagnosis

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Incomplete Kawasaki disease (IKD) remains hard to recognize because it often lacks the classic signs of complete Kawasaki disease (CKD), yet delayed diagnosis can lead to coronary artery damage. Read Original...