No-Opioid Strategy Sharply Reduced Prescribing After Urologic Cancer Surgery
A protocol focusing on non-opioid pain control measures, as well as patient education, helped eliminate the need for post-discharge opioid prescriptions after major urologic cancer surgery, according to a cohort study. Among nearly 650 opioid-naive patients, the rate of opioid prescriptions at discharge was 57.9% for those who received an instruction sheet that explained the […]
Sequential Gemcitabine/Docetaxel Promising in NMIBC After BCG Relapse
SAN DIEGO — The use of sequential intravesical gemcitabine and docetaxel appeared effective and well tolerated in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) following the failure of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy, a retrospective study showed. At a median follow-up of 18 months, the 6-, 12-, and 24-month high-grade recurrence-free survival (RFS) rates among […]
The Best Massage Guns And Body Massagers To Grab On Prime Day
FYI, deals move quickly during the Prime Early Access sale. We’ll do our best to keep this post and imagery as up-to-date as possible, but we can’t catch everything immediately. Check back frequently to see our latest updates as the deals change. In a dream world, you’d have a massage therapist on call who would […]
Tecovirimat Safe in Monkeypox, but Efficacy Is Less Clear
Tecovirimat (Tpoxx) was well tolerated among patients with monkeypox virus infection, though its efficacy in monkeypox is currently unclear, CDC researchers said. Among over 300 patients taking tecovirimat under the FDA-regulated Expanded Access Investigational New Drug (EA-IND) protocol, 6.9% were hospitalized after symptom onset, with a median duration of hospitalization of 4 days, reported Farrell […]
7 Sneaky Habits That Can Cause Heart Problems
It’s well known that certain habits, like smoking or drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, can damage your heart over time. But many of the everyday habits that we don’t really think about — how frequently we brush our teeth, the supplements we take and the amount of coffee we drink — can also take a […]
Taking Leave From Residency Does Not Hurt Board Exam Performance
Residents who took parental leave did at least as well on their board exams as their colleagues who did not take any extended leave during residency, according to an analysis of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency programs. Residents who took parental leave due to academic remediation, becoming a parent, personal health, or unspecified reasons […]
CEND-1 Offers Hope in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Chemotherapy combined with the CEND-1 cyclic peptide showed promising efficacy, and was well tolerated as a first-line treatment, for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, researchers reported. In a phase I study of 29 patients evaluable for efficacy, 59% (95% CI 39-77) responded to the combination of CEND-1 — a novel 9-amino acid cyclic peptide that […]
Justin Bieber’s Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
So far, this year hasn’t gone so well for Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey. In March, Hailey was hospitalized after having transient ischemic attacks. It was later discovered that this was due to a patent foramen ovale (see our story about her here). And now, the pop star himself has canceled his current tour […]
Opinion | ‘Well Vanilla Didn’t Work; We’ll Try French Vanilla’: What We Heard This Week
“That’s sort of going, ‘Well vanilla didn’t work; we’ll try French vanilla.’” — Gary Sachs, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, on the benefits of adjunctive cariprazine (Vraylar) for patients who have failed on multiple first-line antidepressants. “Here we are, waking up in yet another scenario where we have, in this case, children that […]
The Power of Walking
Walking is one of the most consistent things a person can do and it has endless health benefits as well.