Specialist Referrals Are Critical for Functional High-Risk Multiple Myeloma
For patients with functional high-risk multiple myeloma, timely referral to specialized centers is needed, since access to T-cell therapies and ...
Month: December 2024
Chemo-Free Regimen for Ph+ ALL Yields High Rate of Deep MRD Negativity
Updated results of a phase II study presented at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting showed that a chemotherapy-free ...
How your mental state and stress levels influence your skin
Academic anxiety can exacerbate dermatological conditionsThomas Lohnes/Getty Images Even if you don’t wear your heart on your sleeve, your skin ...
Doc Suspected in Mass Killing; Vaccine Injury Claims Spike; Iowa Has First H5N1 Case
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A Saudi psychiatrist is suspected of deliberately bulldozing a car through ...
FDA Updates ‘Healthy’ Claim for Foods — but Use Is Voluntary
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on December 19 that updates the “healthy” nutrient claim ...
The only four skincare ingredients that have been proven to work
The choice of products promising to slow or reverse ageing can be overwhelmingGabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Whether you want ...
Should the FDA Reconsider Antidepressant Black Box Warnings?
For almost two decades, antidepressants have carried black box warnings linking the medications to an increased risk for suicidal thoughts ...
HCC-Related Mortality: New Leading Causes Predicted
TOPLINE:Age-standardized mortality rates for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the United States are expected to rise from 5.03 per 100,000 persons ...
QOL With Shorter RT Equal to Standard in Endometrial Cancer
TOPLINE:Short-course vaginal cuff brachytherapy (VCB) demonstrated noninferiority in quality of life for patients with early endometrial cancer vs standard regimens, ...
FDA Adds Black Box Warning for Liver Injury to Fezolinetant
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a boxed warning about liver injury to fezolinetant (Veozah), a drug often ...
Bleeds Plummet After Experimental Gene Therapy
SAN DIEGO — Promising early results from an ongoing randomized, open-label, single-arm, Phase 3 study could pave the way for ...
Younger People and Long COVID: Underreported, Undertreated
John Bolecek, 41, of Richmond, Virginia, was diagnosed with long COVID in May of 2022. While his acute infection was ...
Recombinant Pertussis Booster Offers Lasting Immunity
TOPLINE:A booster dose of recombinant pertussis vaccines provides sustained immunity in adolescents and young adults even after 5 years, with ...
How Wildfire Smoke May Harm Brain Health
A growing body of research suggests that exposure to wildfire smoke can have detrimental effects not only on the heart ...
Vitamin D3 Does Not Reduce T2D Risk in Healthy Seniors
TOPLINE:Long-term daily supplementation with moderate (1600 international units ) or high (3200 IU) doses of vitamin D3 doesn’t reduce the ...
Congress Adjourns Without Easing Medicare Doc Pay Cut
Congress abandoned plans to ease 2025 Medicare payment cuts for clinicians in its stopgap spending bill, frustrating physicians who’ve long ...
Microplastics Pose Risks to Lungs
When Laura Sadofsky, PhD, a senior lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Hull, Hull, England, began looking at ...
Management of Children and Adolescents With Long-COVID
Current management of children and adolescents with long-COVID was the focus of various presentations at the 3rd Long-COVID Congress in ...
New Treatment Hopes for Vitiligo
Advances in understanding the pathophysiology of vitiligo are transforming patient management, offering new hope for individuals with mild, moderate, and ...
Soaring Pacemaker Demand Spurs Controversial New Approach
CHICAGO — When a female patient received a pacemaker at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center at the University of Michigan, Ann ...
