All the immunity, none of the symptoms
Worldwide, more than a million deaths occur each year due to diarrheal diseases that lead to dehydration and malnutrition. Yet, no vaccine exists to fight or prevent these diseases, which are caused by bacteria like certain strains of E. coli. Instead, people withbacterial infections must rely on the body taking one of two defense strategies: […]
More Than 1 Million People Dropped From Medicaid As States Start Post-Pandemic Purge
More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork. Though the eligibility review is required by the federal government, President’s Joe Biden’s administration isn’t […]
If You Sleep On Your Right Side, We Have News For You
Aja Koska via Getty Images Sleeping on one side may have better benefits than the other. Most of us have a side we prefer to sleep on. Yes, we move around in our sleep but there’s usually that one side that we continuously fall back on. And if lying on your right side is your […]
Video Laryngoscopy Wins for Tracheal Intubation on the First Try
Use of video rather than direct laryngoscope led to better rates of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency department, the randomized DEVICE trial found. In the unblinded multicenter study, which was stopped early for efficacy at an interim analysis, the rate of […]
Nivolumab-AVD Boosts PFS in Untreated Hodgkin Lymphoma
CHICAGO — Adding the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo), rather than brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris), to a standard chemotherapy backbone reduced the risk of disease progression or death in newly diagnosed adults and adolescents with advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), according to the SWOG S1826 trial. Patients in the phase III study received six cycles of […]
5 Foods That Can Have A Negative Impact On Your Mental Health
Xinzheng via Getty Images Research suggests that consuming more than 250 milligrams of caffeine per day could have a negative impact on anxiety. We rarely think about food in relation to our mental health. We worry about it leading to health issues, such as cardiovascular or gastrointestinal problems, but did you know that different foods […]
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 […]
Feds Spent Even More on PrEP Combo Than Previously Thought
The federal government may have contributed far more to the development of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) than previously estimated, researchers reported. While previous estimates said the federal government spent $50 million on the development of combination tenofovir/emtricitabine, or TDF/FTC (Truvada), it actually spent at least $143 million, according to a new estimate by Frazer Tessema, […]
Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Flop for Erectile Dysfunction in U.S. Study
CHICAGO — Intracavernosal platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections were no better than placebo for treating mild-to-moderate erectile dysfunction, a randomized, single-center trial found. At 1 month after the second round of injections, no significant difference was seen between the PRP and placebo groups for the study’s primary endpoint, the percentage of men attaining a minimum clinically […]
More Men Are Expressing Interest in Vasectomy After SCOTUS Abortion Decision
CHICAGO — Vasectomy consults more than doubled in the first 3 months after the Supreme Court decision overturning national abortion rights, according to data from one large health system. From June 24 — the day the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was announced — until Sept. 24, 2022, a total of 342 vasectomy […]