(HealthDay)—Chronic immune-related adverse effects after adjuvant treatment with anti-programmed cell death 1 (anti-PD-1) immunotherapies for melanoma are more common than previously thought, according to a study published online March 25 in JAMA Oncology. J. Randall Patrinely Jr., from Vanderbilt University…
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Automatic adverse drug reaction extraction from electronic health records
Patients’ electronic health records convey crucial information. The application of natural language processing techniques to these records may be an effective means of extracting information that may improve clinical decision making, clinical documentation and billing, disease prediction and the detection…
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Chicago-area hospital pauses vaccinations after 4 workers experience adverse reactions: report
Fox News Flash top headlines for December 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A hospital north of Chicago has temporarily paused coronavirus vaccinations for its staff after four employees experienced adverse reactions…
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Alaska health care worker suffers adverse reaction after COVID-19 vaccine
HHS Secretary Azar: 20M Americans should be vaccinated by end of 2020 Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar provides insight into the historic coronavirus vaccine rollout on ‘Fox and Friends.’ A health care worker in Alaska is doing "well" after…
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SABCS: Adverse Effects of Breast RT Under-Recognized
TUESDAY, Dec. 15, 2020 — Patient-reported outcomes are important as physicians often under-recognize adverse effects of radiotherapy (RT) in breast cancer patients, according to a study presented at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held virtually from Dec. 8…
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Comparison of contraceptive pills reveals differences in adverse metabolic effects between different estrogen compounds
A joint study by the University of Oulu and University of Helsinki, Finland, compared the effects of two different types of estrogen in combined contraceptives (COCs) on blood inflammatory markers and lipid levels. Similar comparisons between these two types of…
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