Medications
FDA approves first nonhormonal drug to ease menopause hot flashes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first nonhormonal medication aimed at easing menopause hot flashes.
May 15, 2023
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Blood Cancer
Medical research
Scientists create the first CRISPR-based drug candidate targeting the microbiome
Many people have experienced infections from E. coli, which are primarily seen as inconvenient and unpleasant. For some patients, like those with blood cancer, however, there is a risk that the bacteria will travel into the ...
May 9, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
No cancer risk found at nuclear bases so far, Air Force says
A review of a Montana nuclear missile base where an unusual number of troops have been diagnosed with blood cancer has found no current risk factors that could explain it, the Air Force says.
May 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New clinical tool for clonal hematopoiesis identifies patients at high risk for blood cancer
A new clinical tool developed by a team of researchers led by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute pinpoints which Clonal hematopoiesis patients are at highest risk for cancer progression. Their work was published this week in ...
Apr 26, 2023
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Immunology
FDA approves cord blood stem cell product for blood cancer patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv), a substantially modified allogeneic cord blood-based cell therapy, to cut the risk of infection in patients with blood cancer following a myeloablative ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Previous cancer linked to long term heightened risk of cardiovascular disease
Cancer survivors may be at long term heightened risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, irrespective of traditional underlying risk factors, suggest the findings of a large UK Biobank study, published online in the journal ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research identifies new target that may prevent blood cancer
An international coalition of biomedical researchers co-led by Alexander Bick, MD, Ph.D., at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Health
Experts recommend limiting added sugar to six teaspoons a day to improve health
Experts recommend reducing consumption of added ("free") sugars to around six teaspoons a day and limiting sugar-sweetened drinks to less than one serving a week after a comprehensive evidence review published by The BMJ ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Why does a leukemic mutation not always lead to leukemia? A new clue from a mouse study
Why do some people with a genetic mutation associated with leukemia remain healthy, while others with the same mutation develop the blood cancer? In a new study published in Blood, scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Brown fat may help improve cancer survival rates
Brown fat is not linked to cancer-associated loss of body weight and muscle mass, a common condition known as cachexia, according to a new joint study from The Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ...
Mar 22, 2023
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