Tackling the Global Burden of Liver Cancer
MedPage Today brought together three leaders in the field of liver cancer to discuss the latest research and clinical advances. In this last of four exclusive episodes, moderator Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, is joined by Amit Singal, MD, of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, […]
Is It COVID, The Flu Or RSV? Here’s How To Tell.
Three respiratory viruses are circling at a high rate right now — the flu, COVID-19 and RSV (or respiratory syncytial virus). These viruses have similar symptoms in most healthy adults but can impact certain populations (children, older adults or immunocompromised people) more severely. Also, it can be helpful, in general, to know what virus you’re […]
Extra Hep B Vaccine Dose Exceeds Expectations for People With HIV
WASHINGTON — Three doses of hepatitis B vaccine with a cytosine phosphoguanine adjuvant (HepB-CpG; Heplisav-B) notched a perfect mark when it came to seroprotection for people with HIV who had never before been vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus (HBV), early results of a phase III trial showed. At 28 weeks, the three doses yielded […]
Three in Four Teens Faced Potentially Traumatic Events During the Pandemic
Roughly three out of four high school students reported at least one potentially traumatic experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey showed. While 73.1% of high school students under 18 said they had experienced at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE), 53.2% reported two or more such “preventable, potentially traumatic events,” ranging from food insecurity, […]
‘I Didn’t Think COVID-19 Was Real’: Why 40% Misled During the Pandemic
Three in five Americans say they either misled others about their COVID-19 infection or vaccination status, or didn’t follow pandemic-related public health measures, a new study indicated. In a survey involving over 1,700 respondents, 41.6% suggested they either misrepresented and/or did not adhere to at least one of nine survey items, most commonly 24.3% saying […]
Medical Groups Warn Of ‘Irreparable Harm’ To Patients In Confusing Post-Roe Era
The American Medical Association and three other major health groups warned Thursday patients across the nation could suffer “irreparable harm” due to the shattered legal landscape left in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In a statement, co-authored with the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists […]
Can Pre-Op Chemo Set Stage for Organ-Sparing Surgery in Early Rectal Cancer?
Three months of induction chemotherapy resulted in successful downstaging for certain patients with early-stage rectal cancer, enabling them to undergo organ-sparing therapy, according to a phase II trial. In 33 of 58 patients, induction with modified folinic acid, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin 6 (FOLFOX6) or capecitabine-oxaliplatin (CAPOX), followed by transanal excision surgery, resulted in downstaging to ypT0/1N0/X […]
Halos and dark matter: A recipe for discovery: No, scientists still don’t know what dark matter is. But MSU scientists helped uncover new physics while looking for it.
About three years ago, Wolfgang “Wolfi” Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universe’s missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom. Their expedition didn’t lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an […]
Stigma Common Among Migraine Patients
One in three people with migraine said they frequently experienced migraine-related stigma, survey data showed. Among nearly 60,000 people in the OVERCOME study, a web-based study of adults with active migraine, 31.7% said they experienced migraine-related stigma often or very often, reported Robert Shapiro, MD, PhD, of the University of Vermont in Burlington, in a […]
Feds Warn of Bedrails That Can Entrap; 3 Deaths Reported
Latest Senior Health News FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) At least three elderly Americans suffocated after getting trapped in Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bedrails, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says anyone who has the rails should stop using them immediately. The warning applies to 10 models of bedrails made and […]