Idaho Medical Group May Close if It’s Not Sold
As the healthcare landscape continues to shift nationwide, Idaho’s Saltzer Health, which was recently acquired by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, is set to shutter by the end of March if its operations cannot be sold. Saltzer Health has more than 450 providers serving the Treasure Valley region of Idaho, including Boise, Meridian, and Nampa. […]
Clinical Challenges: Beyond CDK4/6 Inhibition in Advanced HR-Positive Breast Cancer
The emergence of CDK4/6 inhibitors has reshaped the therapeutic landscape for advanced hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer, extending progression-free survival (PFS) and in some cases overall survival (OS) when combined with first-line endocrine therapy. Unfortunately, most patients eventually progress, and the next step after CDK4/6 inhibition is perhaps “the hottest topic that all of us […]
A high-fat diet in pregnant monkeys impairs fetal blood stem cells
Maternal consumption of a Western-style diet alters the transcriptional landscape of fetal blood stem cells in rhesus macaques, researchers report November 3rd in the journal Stem Cell Reports. “This discovery is the first demonstration in primates that maternal unhealthy diet and obesity disrupt the immune system in the developing fetus,” says Oleg Varlamov of the […]
Post-Roe, Health Inequities Will Be Exacerbated, Experts Say
Experts explored the new legal landscape of reproductive health care in America after the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, during a webinar hosted by the Brookings Institution on Tuesday. One of the major implications of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision is that it will exacerbate health inequalities, said […]
Mystery behind formation of surface ice-shapes on Pluto unraveled
Scientists have unravelled a fascinating new insight into how the landscape of the dwarf-planet Pluto has formed. A team of international researchers, including Dr Adrien Morison from the University of Exeter, has shown how vast ice forms have been shaped in one of the planet’s largest craters, Sputnik Planita. Perhaps the most striking feature on […]
Can Gargling Protect School Kids From COVID?
As the largest mass vaccination campaign in human history progresses, the landscape of immunity against SARS-CoV-2 within the U.S. is changing. The vaccine strategy that began with focused protection for some and rapidly expanded to protection for all, continues to serve as the crucial step in decoupling COVID-19 deaths from infections. Approximately 50% of our […]