Overdose Deaths Are Falling but the Mission Is Far From Accomplished
Ryan Marino is a medical toxicologist, emergency physician, and addiction medicine specialist, and an associate professor in the Departments of ...
Month: October 2024
In Gene Therapy for RP, LCA, the Earlier, the Better
The only approved ocular gene therapy, which targets a specific gene mutation in two forms of inherited retinal disease, has ...
Melania Trump Says She Supports Abortion Rights, Putting Her at Odds With the GOP
Melania Trump revealed her support for abortion rights Thursday ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, exposing a stark ...
Good News for CAR-T Therapy; Liquid Biopsy Progress; Anti-Psychotic for Brain Cancer
The largest prospective study to date showed that CAR T-cell therapy for advanced large B-cell lymphoma can be performed safely ...
Remember the COVID-Era Medical Gown Shortage? Feds Spend $350 Million for Stockpile
Six U.S. companies will spend at least $350 million to manufacture medical gowns to store in the Strategic National Stockpile, ...
Expert Tips on Nutrition, Lifestyle for Prevention
Share on PinterestDiet and lifestyle factors play an important role in breast cancer prevention. A&J Fotos/Getty ImagesEarly-onset breast cancer in ...
Preparing for Climate Change’s Impact on Allergies, Asthma
ORLANDO — It's important for pediatricians not only to understand the causes and effects of climate change but also to ...
Screening in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases Pays Off
Immediato Daien C, Georgescu V, Decarriere G, Mercier G, Morel J. Systematic screening for multimorbidities in patients with inflammatory rheumatic ...
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Aid Patients at the End of Life
Palliative care has proven to be one of the most promising fields for research on interventions with psychedelic substances. One ...
Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy with Empathy and Storytelling
When Kimberly Fisher, MD, was a junior doctor, she got fired up when patients showed hesitancy about vaccines. She responded ...
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, ...
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 ...
