MRI-Guided SBRT for Prostate Cancer?
WASHINGTON — MRI-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) showed sustained benefits over CT-guided SBRT for prostate cancer, in a study.Amar Kishan, ...
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Erenumab Offers Relief for MOH in Chronic Migraine
TOPLINE:Erenumab, injected monthly at 140 mg, can effectively induce remission of nonopioid medication overuse headache (MOH) in patients with chronic ...
Nurse Death Ruled Homicide; Hospital Workers Missing in N.C.; Human Hairball Surgery
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The death of a traveling nurse in Ohio has been ruled ...
Youth Opioid Overdoses Spiked During Pandemic
TOPLINE:Prehospital opioid overdoses among young people increased sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 86.7% cases occurring in young adults aged ...
New York State Confirms Death of Human Patient From EEE
New York State has confirmed its first human case of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) since 2015, according to a press ...
Wildfire Smoke Deadlier Than Other Pollution
Wildfire-related air pollution in Europe kills more than non-wildfire air pollution. As climate change exacerbates the frequency and violence of ...
Trial to diagnose patients more quickly
Getty ImagesA trial to let women with worrying breast cancer symptoms book appointments directly with diagnostic clinics without going to ...
A Measured Approach Key to Treating Mycosis Fungoides
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California — When patients of Aaron Mangold, MD, first learn they have mycosis fungoides (MF), the most common ...
Isatuximab Quadruplet Approval Could Change MM Landscape
RIO DE JANEIRO — Adding isatuximab, or Isa (Sarclisa, Sanofi-Aventis), to bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) for the treatment of ...
Molecular Effects of Investigational AD Treatment Described
By blocking IL-22 in keratinocytes, temtokibart normalizes the skin barrier and boosts hydration, suggested a study of gene expression changes ...
Is It MS? New Guidance to Dx Atypical Populations Explained
An international expert panel has developed consensus guidelines to help clinicians navigate multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis in atypical populations — ...
EU Regulator Reviews Anti-baldness Drugs Over Concerns Of Suicidal Thoughts
(Reuters) - The European drugs regulator said on Friday it was reviewing anti hair-loss drugs, including Organon's Propecia and its ...
WHO approves first mpox test for quick diagnosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first diagnostic test for mpox where the results can be immediately known, ...
ART Linked With Congenital Heart Defects in Newborns
The rate of congenital heart defects is higher in newborns conceived using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) than in newborns conceived ...
Six Tips on Coronavirus Testing for Doctors and Patients
In Germany, the activity of acute respiratory diseases is at a higher level than usual for this time of year ...
Falls Linked to Increased Dementia Risk in Older Adults
TOPLINE:Older adults who experience falls are at a higher risk of developing dementia within a year. The study found that ...
UK to Consider Bill to Legalise Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill
LONDON (Reuters) -British lawmakers will soon consider whether to give terminally ill adults a choice to end their own lives ...
Labour MP in fresh bid to change law on assisted dying
'Time is right’ for assisted dying debate, MP Kim Leadbeater saysProposals to give terminally ill people in England and Wales ...
Chemoradiation Best in HPV-associated Oropharyngeal Cancer
WASHINGTON — Reduced doses of radiation therapy and immunotherapy did not work as well as the standard chemoradiation for early-stage ...
Prolonged Exposure to Air Pollution Tied to Disability in Seniors
TOPLINE:Long-term exposure to air pollution, particularly particulate matter between 2.5 and 10 μm in diameter (PM10-2.5), is associated with a ...
