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For many healthcare workers involved in palliative care, the intense emotions associated with end-of-life caregiving make them susceptible to a mental and physical fallout—a condition defined as burnout.

Eight out of nine quality of life (QOL) metrics have improved or remained unchanged following initial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients treated with 3-fraction SRS for large brain metastasis cavities, a phase I/II study has shown. Intracranial tumour progression and salvage SRS show no impact on QOL.

In the treatment of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the use of aspirin improves neither oxygenation index nor other physiological outcomes, according to the results of a phase II study.

Skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal infections worsen the mortality risk among patient with gram-negative bloodstream infections (GNBSI), a recent study has found.

A U-shaped association exists between birthweight and hearing loss at old age, such that older people who were born with low or high birthweight are more likely to experience partial or total inability to hear, a study reports.

A study by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has revealed a causal link between better lung function and reduced risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), stroke and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).