Opinion | ‘The Tanks Are Getting Close’: What We Heard This Week
“People started calling and said, ‘The tanks are getting close.’” — Vitaliy Gyrin, MD, director of the Adonis-IVF maternity network in Ukraine, discussing the lead up to the moment a Russian missile struck the maternity clinic in Busova hospital near Kyiv. “We realize that we need to be brave and stay ’til the end, because […]
Honing the Indications for Adjuvant CDK4/6 Inhibition in Breast Cancer
MIAMI BEACH — After a bumpy start, CDK4/6 inhibitors have started to gain traction in early hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, according to recent data. Two negative phase III trials of palbociclib (Ibrance) questioned whether the transformative impact of CDK4/6 inhibition in advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer would carry over into early disease. More recently, the […]
Opinion | Permission to Burn the Manual
I started planning my escape in late 2020. I would find a way to quit healthcare, to cease being a practicing physician altogether. Living the life of a doctor-mom, I felt consumed with daily obligations and duties. Guilt plagued me for feeling burdened by this life, for feeling it was a monotonous prison. The guilt […]
Wimbledon Reaches Out To Naomi Osaka Over Media Operations
Naomi Osaka is being heard. Wimbledon organizers have “started a consultation” with the tennis star and others about media operations after she withdrew from the French Open. Osaka sparked a firestorm over her decision to skip press conferences in Paris, saying she wanted to protect her mental health in an atmosphere that can turn negative. […]
Upgrade Your Mask Now: Where To Buy N95 And KN95 Masks That Aren’t Counterfeit
Since the pandemic started, our lives have changed, adjusted and readjusted. But a few things have stayed the same — namely, the fact that we need to wear face masks when we’re around others. However, the emergence of new COVID-19 variants has resulted in updated guidelines and mask mandates. The omicron variant that is currently […]
Life arose on hydrogen energy, researchers suggest
How did the first chemical reactions get started at the origin of life and what was their source of energy? Researchers at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have reconstructed the metabolism of the last universal common ancestor, LUCA. They found that almost all chemical steps used by primordial life to piece together the molecular […]
Boston Man Suffers Seizures Caused By Tapeworms In His Brain
A Boston man thought he was in good health found out otherwise when he started engaging in strange behavior early one morning. According to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the otherwise healthy man fell out of bed at approximately 4 a.m. and started shaking on the floor. Advertisement Even stranger: […]