Hundreds Receive Free Helmets and Have Fun at 10th Annual Wilcox Keiki Bike & Skateboard Safety Day
Hundreds of keiki got rolling at Wilcox Medical Center’s 10th annual Keiki Bike & Skateboard Safety Day. Wilcox, in partnership with community organizations, hosted the free family event where kids had fun learning how to ride their bicycles and skateboards safely. One of the most popular booths featured Wilcox physicians and medical students measuring kids’ […]
Health Insider Most sunscreens may contain harmful ingredients, research group says Justin Boggs
An annual report by the Environmental Working Group claims that 77% of sunscreens on the market offer inadequate skin protection, contain potentially harmful ingredients, or both. Out of more than 2,200 products analyzed by EWG, fewer than 500 meet its criteria for effectiveness and safety, the nonprofit, which advocates for the removal of toxic chemicals […]
Opinion | Primordial Prevention Can Protect Black Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Osude is a cardiology fellow. The U.S. kicked off its 60th annual American Heart Month with the sobering news that Black women who have high blood pressure by age 35 face up to triple the risk of a stroke by the time they reach middle age compared with their peers without hypertension. What’s more, Black […]
Here Are the Top Diets for 2024
It’s the season for resolutions — and the annual “Best Diets” rankings from U.S. News & World Report. For 2024, the Mediterranean diet once again took the top spot for best overall diet. With its emphasis on intake of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, and fish as well as on diet quality rather than a single […]
Lower Blenrep Dose More Feasible With Revlimid in Myeloma, Early Trial Suggests
A dose-finding study presented at the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting showed deep and durable responses with belantamab mafodotin (Blenrep) plus lenalidomide (Revlimid) and dexamethasone in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, with lower dosing of the B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) proving more tolerable and feasible. In this MedPage Today video, Rakesh Popat, BSc, […]
People Drop the Ball When It Comes to Safe Sex on New Year’s Eve
A new study in the annual BMJ Christmas issue suggests high levels of unprotected sex during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the U.S., with an increase in sales of levonorgestrel (Plan B) in the week after that surpasses other holidays. In this video interview, study author Brandon Wagner, PhD, of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, […]
ERS Roundup: Cell Transplant Boosts Lung Function in COPD Patients
MILAN — Research presented at this year’s annual European Respiratory Society congress included early successes in transplanting a patient’s own lung cells to ease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idrevloride treatment for primary ciliary dyskinesia, and using ultrasounds as a guide for more comprehensive pulmonary embolism screening. Improved Gas Exchange Capacity in COPD Through Lung […]
Testing PD-1 Inhibition With Neoadjuvant Anti-HER2 Therapy in Breast Cancer
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, researchers reported on a multicenter, phase II trial exploring the efficacy and safety of adding pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to the standard-of-care treatment of paclitaxel (Taxol), trastuzumab (Herceptin), and pertuzumab (Perjeta; THP) in chemotherapy-naive patients with invasive, HER2-positive breast cancer. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Jin […]
PD-1 Inhibition in First-Line Prolongs Survival in Cervical Cancer
Updated findings of KEYNOTE-826, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, continued to demonstrate a significant survival benefit with the addition of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) to standard treatment for previously untreated recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Deanna Gerber, MD, of the NYU Long Island School of […]
Baseball: The Safest Sport for High School Athletes?
LAS VEGAS — Annual surveys of high school athletic trainers show that, among nine major sports, boys’ football has the highest injury rate and baseball the lowest, researchers reported here. But when ranked by severity, boys’ wrestling was the most dangerous, with 9.6% of injuries sustained in the sport needing surgery, according to a study […]