Success With HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplants
Three people living with HIV had promising outcomes after donating kidneys to three others with HIV, according to a prospective study within the HOPE in Action Multicenter Consortium. Among the three living donors, grade 3 or higher nephrectomy-related adverse events occurred in two donors after donation, including a medically managed ileus and a laparoscopically repaired […]
PPI Still Common With Self-Expanding TAVR
Need for a pacemaker after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a self-expanding device was both common and impactful for mortality, but the risk appeared to be modifiable, international registry data showed. Of patients treated with an Acurate neo/neo2 (approved outside the U.S.) or Evolut PRO/PRO+ valve, 11.3% needed new permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) […]
Maria Menounos Welcomes ‘Miracle Baby’ Via Surrogate After Cancer Battle
Maria Menounos is over the moon after welcoming her first child, a baby girl, via surrogate last month. In an Us Weekly story published Wednesday, Menounos, a former E! News correspondent, talked about her “miracle baby,” Athena Alexandra, and explained what it’s like to finally be a mom after a 10-year struggle with infertility and […]
An early breakfast may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes: The study followed more than 100,000 participants in a French cohort for seven years
Eating breakfast after 9 a.m. increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 59% compared to people who eat breakfast before 8 a.m. This is the main conclusion of a study in which ISGlobal, an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation, took part and which followed more than 100,000 participants in a French cohort. […]
COVID Infection May Impair Semen Quality, Even After Mild Cases
Semen quality remained impaired more than 3 months after a mild COVID-19 infection, according to a small study from Spain involving unvaccinated men. Testing performed a median 100 days after infection among existing patients at one of six reproductive centers showed lower sperm counts, slower motility, and lower overall sperm quality compared with pre-infection tests […]
Ukraine’s Mobile Medical Teams Duck Rockets
VIENNA — After 20 years of battling an epidemic of HIV and hepatitis fueled by injection drug use, Tetiana Deshko, PhD, woke up February 24, 2022, to a whole new challenge as director of the Kyiv-based Alliance for Public Health, Ukraine — providing services to a country torn apart by invading Russian forces and bombers. […]
FGFR Inhibitor Stakes Claim to Post-Anti-PD-1 Role in Advanced Bladder Cancer
CHICAGO — Patients with FGFR-mutated advanced urothelial cancer that progressed after anti-PD-1/L1 therapy lived significantly longer if they received the selective FGFR inhibitor erdafitinib (Balversa) instead of chemotherapy, a randomized trial showed. Median overall survival (OS) increased from 7.8 months with physician’s choice of chemotherapy to 12.1 months with the targeted agent. Progression-free survival (PFS) […]
Danny Bonaduce Bound For Brain Surgery After Losing His Ability To Walk
Danny Bonaduce is set to undergo brain surgery after a neurological condition has left him unable to walk. Bonaduce, beloved for his role on the ’70s family sitcom “The Partridge Family,” discussed his health woes in an interview with TMZ published Friday. Advertisement The 63-year-old actor explained how it took “100 doctors” to figure out […]
Long COVID Cognitive, Depressive Symptoms Tied to Brain Inflammation Marker
An index of gliosis was linked with persistent neurocognitive symptoms after mild or moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection, a small case-control study showed. Compared with healthy controls, PET measures of translocator protein total distribution volume (TSPO VT), a marker of gliosis, was elevated in people with ongoing cognitive and depressive symptoms after COVID-19 (mean percentage difference 17%), […]
Sotagliflozin Gets FDA’s Blessing for Heart Failure
After a rocky development and regulatory road, the FDA has approved sotagliflozin (Inpefa) for treating heart failure in patients with or without diabetes, manufacturer Lexicon Pharmaceuticals announced on Friday. The dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibitor is indicated for reducing the risk of cardiovascular death and urgent visits or hospitalization for heart failure in adults with […]