The Vietnam War Ended 50 Years Ago, but the Battle With Agent Orange Continues
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy. Nguyen Thanh Hai, 34, is one of millions with disabilities linked to Agent Orange. Born with severe developmental challenges, it’s a struggle for him […]
It’s Much Harder And More Expensive To Get Gender-Affirming Care Than Ever Before: Report
LOADINGERROR LOADING Families of transgender youth in the South have to spend much more time and money to access gender-affirming care than they used to because of anti-trans legislation that has been passed in the last two years, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality. Two dozen states, predominantly in the […]
A Year After Jimmy Carter Entered Hospice Care, Advocates Hope Endurance Drives Awareness
LOADINGERROR LOADING ATLANTA (AP) — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years. Rosalynn Carter, who died in November, about six months after the Carter family disclosed […]
Opinion | ‘If You Want Your Stocking Stuffed on Christmas, Go Ahead’: What We Heard This Week
“If you want your stocking stuffed on Christmas, go ahead.” — Justin Dubin, MD, a urologist in South Florida, reassuring couples after a new study found penile fractures spike around Christmas Day. “There’s still a long road ahead to having it as a legal, accepted, and accessible treatment for this.” — Nehal Vadhan, PhD, of […]
Dangerous Brazilian Butt Lifts Get a Makeover in Florida
In April, we reported on the dangers of Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs), and what makes South Florida a hotspot for BBL-related deaths. In this report, we follow up on what has happened since plastic surgeons began raising concerns about the procedure’s safety and Florida’s medical board intervened. Following a swath of deaths tied to gluteal […]
RAF/MEK and FAK Inhibitor Combo Effective in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
SEOUL, South Korea — The combination of avutometinib and defactinib achieved “exceptionally” high response rates in heavily pretreated patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC), according to the ENGOT-ov60/GOG-3052/RAMP 201 trial. Moreover, responses were consistently high no matter how many previous lines of therapy patients received prior to study entry, reported Rachel N. Grisham […]
Maintenance Selinexor May Boost PFS in TP53 Wild-Type Advanced Endometrial Cancer
SEOUL, South Korea — Maintenance therapy with selinexor (Xpovio) seemed to substantially extend progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with wild-type TP53 advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to data from the SIENDO trial. The updated, long-term data from the phase III study showed that, at a median follow-up of 25.3 months, median PFS was 27.4 […]
Opinion | The Straw-Man Argument Against California’s COVID Misinfo Law
Sawyer is an emergency medicine doctor. An article in the South Carolina Post and Courier in early 2022 recounts how a patient levied grave accusations against his physician. The doctor was accused of persistently trivializing the dangers of COVID, recommending hydroxychloroquine as treatment, and purportedly alleging that the vaccines were concocted as a sinister plot […]
States Try to Obscure Execution Details as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection
In 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed in South Carolina. More than a decade later, the state hasn’t carried out another execution because officials have struggled to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injection. Now, to resume executions, lawmakers are debating a bill that would further shroud the state’s lethal injection protocols from public scrutiny by […]
Mental illness plays havoc with the mind as well as the heart
University of South Australia scientists have uncovered another reason why society should be paying more attention to mental health: it is closely aligned to blood pressure and heart rate variations. A new study published in BioMedical Engineering draws a link between mental illness and widely fluctuating blood pressure, which can lead to cardiovascular disease and […]