Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push
In his March address to Congress, President Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause, he vowed to drive down childhood cancer rates through his “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” initiative. A few days later, the administration quietly dropped a lawsuit to cut emissions from a Louisiana chemical plant linked to […]
Olivia Munn Shares Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Reveals Medical Decision That Saved Her Life
LOADINGERROR LOADING Olivia Munn has undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. The actor, 43, detailed her path to diagnosis in an emotional Instagram post on Tuesday, which included photos from the hospital and a raw written statement. Advertisement “I hope by sharing this it will help others […]
Elotuzumab Misses Mark Again as Frontline Treatment for Multiple Myeloma
Elotuzumab (Empliciti) failed for a third time to improve progression-free survival (PFS) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma when added to standard therapy, a large randomized trial showed. After 4 years of follow-up, neither the median PFS nor the 3-year PFS differed significantly among four treatment groups who received lenalidomide (Revlimid) and bortezomib (Velcade) plus dexamethasone […]
What We Know About King Charles III’s Health History
The announcement Monday that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer has come as a shock to many in Britain, largely because the 75-year-old monarch has generally enjoyed good health through the years. Palace officials did not specify what kind of cancer the king has, or how serious his condition is. They only said […]
King Charles III Has Cancer
Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public engagements but will continue with state business, and won’t be handing over his constitutional roles as head of state. The palace didn’t disclose what form […]
Suicide Risk 8-Fold Higher After Common Reproductive Disorder Diagnosis
Suicidality was substantially higher among women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a Taiwanese population-based cohort study. PCOS-diagnosed patients had an 8.47-fold (95% CI 7.54-9.51) higher risk of attempted suicide compared with women without PCOS, Mu-Hong Chen, MD, PhD, of Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, and colleagues found. Incidence of suicide attempts […]
CDC Tracks Down Rare, Deadly Bacteria in Mississippi Gulf Region
Three patients diagnosed with melioidosis in a Mississippi Gulf Coast county probably picked up the disease from the local environment, a new report from the CDC confirms. Researchers recovered Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacteria that causes melioidosis, from a puddle and soil from the front and backyard of one of the patients’ homes — the first […]
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge on New Breast Cancer Treatments
The number of available treatment options for patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer continues to grow. The following three-question quiz will test one aspect from each article in our “Clinical Challenges” series on advanced breast cancer, which covered managing adverse effects of novel therapies and sequencing of treatments in metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer and metastatic […]
AI Beat Clinicians at Figuring Out Difficult Diagnoses
A generative artificial intelligence (AI) program diagnosed elderly patients with extensive medical histories and long hospital stays more accurately than clinicians, suggesting the technology could help identify missed diagnoses, according to a new study. An analysis of medical histories for six patients over the age of 65 with delayed diagnoses revealed that GPT-4 (Generative Pre-trained […]
Lumpers vs Splitters: Categorizing Prostate Cancer
In December 2010, I was diagnosed with a tiny bit — less than 1 mm — of Gleason 6 (now Grade Group 1) prostate cancer. In six biopsies with more than 80 cores over nearly 13 years, that speck of cancer is all that has been found. I have seen two urologists while on Active […]