CDK4/6 Inhibition Active in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
TAMPA, Fla. — About a fourth of patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) obtained durable responses to the combination of CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib (Kisqali) and letrozole, a small single-arm trial showed. Overall, 23% of 48 patients had partial responses, increasing to 26% in those who had baseline and confirmatory CT scans. Almost 80% […]
Ed Sheeran Opens Up About Body Image, Eating Disorder: ‘I’m A Real Binge Eater’
With his return to the spotlight now imminent, Ed Sheeran is opening up about the private turmoil that’s reflected in his latest artistic output. Sheeran, a four-time Grammy winner, graces the April cover of Rolling Stone and, in the accompanying interview, speaks at length about his new album, “Subtract,” and Disney+ docuseries, “The Sum of […]
Twitter Uses Dark Humor To Roast Study That Calls Pandemic Mental Health Crisis ‘Minimal’
A BBC tweet about mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired an onslaught of darkly funny lockdown anecdotes. The subject matter of the original tweet was no joke: It linked to a BBC article about research on the mental health consequences of the pandemic. The headline? “Mental-health crisis from Covid pandemic was minimal ― […]
John Fetterman On ‘Path To Recovery’ After Checking Into Hospital For Depression
Sen. John Fetterman’s office released an update on his health Monday, about two weeks after the Pennsylvania Democrat checked himself into a hospital to treat his clinical depression. Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello said the senator “remains on a path to recovery,” though healing “will be a weeks-long process.” Advertisement “John is doing well, working with […]
Proposed User Instructions for OTC Narcan Has FDA Concerned
Ahead of an advisory committee meeting, FDA staff highlighted ongoing concerns about labeling for what could possibly be the first naloxone (Narcan) product approved for over-the-counter (OTC) use, labeling it “essential” in the emergency setting of an overdose. At a joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee and Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory […]
Doctors Not Immune to Political Biases When it Comes to COVID
Even physicians can be influenced by their political biases when making decisions about COVID-19 treatments, researchers found. In a survey with responses from some 400 critical care doctors, those who identified as politically conservative were five times as likely as their liberal and moderate peers to say they would treat a hypothetical COVID-19 patient with […]
Opinion | Questioning Medical Traditions
The U.S. consumes about 46 million turkeys every Thanksgiving. Have you ever wondered why? When traditions take hold in society, we start to forget why they existed in the first place. For example, the tradition of eating turkey on Thanksgiving started with a writer named Sarah Josepha Hale, who published scenic depictions of American life […]
Why We Text ‘LOL’ When A Situation Couldn’t Be Less Laughable
Do you ever feel the urge to type “LOL” after trauma dumping, complaining about your co-worker or some other situation in which you’re definitely not laughing out loud? I mean, really, if I had a dollar for every time I typed “LOL” or “haha” with a blank face, I would have … a lot of […]
Worried About Your Medicare Payment Because of the Debt Limit? Don’t Be, Experts Say
WASHINGTON — Clinicians should be “concerned but not panicky” about the potential effects on Medicare, Medicaid, and other healthcare payments as the federal government approaches a “debt ceiling,” experts say. “The federal government has never defaulted,” said Bill Hoagland, senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank here. Healthcare providers “should […]
World Health Organization Appeals To China To Release More COVID-19 Information
BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening. The announcement Saturday was the first official death toll since […]