Durvalumab Is Not Superior to Cetuximab in Head, Neck Cancer
TOPLINE: Compared with cetuximab with concurrent radiotherapy, adjuvant durvalumab alongside radiotherapy did not enhance outcomes in patients with head and neck ...
Month: December 2024
Is BMI Good for Anything These Days? Yes — At Least for Now
Many experts, over many years, have questioned the value of using body mass index (BMI) to determine a patient’s health ...
Beta-Blockers Show Promise in Curbing HD Progression
TOPLINE:Beta-blocker use is associated with a 34% reduction of onset in premanifest Huntington disease (preHD) and slower progression in early ...
Drugmakers to Raise US Prices on Over 250 Medicines Starting Jan. 1
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 250 branded medications including Pfizer COVID-19 treatment ...
Drugmakers to Raise US Prices on Over 250 Medicines in 2025
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 250 branded medications including Pfizer COVID-19 treatment ...
Wales Ambulance Service urges to ‘drink sensibly’ over New Year
Getty ImagesThe critical incident comes after new rules for patients and visitors to wear masks across several health boards amid ...
Can elite sport damage women’s fertility?
Getty ImagesLaura always wondered if her body was running on emptyOlympic gold-medallist Dame Laura Kenny is Britain's most successful female ...
Wantage teen honoured in New Year Honours for cancer fundraising
TEAM MIKAYLAMikayla Beames (right) set up the charity, which donated more than £2,000 worth of Christmas gifts to children's cancer ...
‘Miscarriage is not dark secret to hide’ singer says as she is made MBE
Getty ImagesKlass has spoken openly about the impact of suffering four miscarriagesMyleene Klass has been recognised in this year's New ...
Jimmy Carter Made Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease a Top Mission
Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world's poorest ...
Omega Fatty Acid Changes Tied to Lower Proliferation Rate in Early Prostate Cancer
A short-term randomized study of active surveillance for prostate cancer showed that fish oil supplementation was associated with a reduction ...
Modest Decline in Patient Portal Messages After Billing Initiative Launched
Billing for certain patient portal messages was associated with a modest decrease in message volume in a large health system, ...
Environmentally Friendlier COPD Inhaler May Also Be More Effective
There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Behavioral Intervention Eases Chronic Pain for Dialysis Patients
A cognitive behavioral intervention eased chronic pain for people with kidney failure on maintenance hemodialysis, a randomized clinical trial found. ...
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, Has Died at 100
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured ...
Diversity Reporting Improved in Pulse Oximetry Testing After FDA Guidance
There was "low but improving uptake" of reporting about the diversity of participants in summary documents for FDA-cleared pulse oximeters ...
Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on ...
Using Immune Biomarkers to Guide Treatment in TNBC
High levels of immune infiltrates are strongly prognostic for favorable outcomes independently of nodal status in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). ...
Lupus Patients See More Vascular Risk, but It’s Modifiable
Atherosclerosis progression was more than twice as common in younger people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) than in healthy controls ...
Experts Lament ‘Anemic’ Response to H5N1, Worried About What 2025 Will Bring
This year, human cases of H5N1 bird flu ramped up in the U.S., particularly after the virus made its way ...
