Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fatigue? Unexplained weight gain and dry skin? Could it be Hashimoto's disease?
Maybe you feel worn out. Perhaps you're also having trouble losing weight. Generally, you just don't feel 100%.
Dec 21, 2023
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News tagged with high risk
Neuroscience
Brain lesions in former football players linked to vascular, brain changes
Signs of injury to the brain's white matter called white matter hyperintensities, as seen on brain scans, may be tied more strongly to vascular risk factors, brain shrinkage, and other markers of dementia in former tackle ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Medications
Research suggests statins may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease
Statins could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, at least for some patients. This is the result of a new study led by Karolinska Institutet published in Alzheimer Research and Therapy. But the researchers are cautious ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Cardiology
Unstable 'fluttering' predicts aortic aneurysm with 98% accuracy
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first physics-based metric to predict whether or not a person might someday suffer an aortic aneurysm, a deadly condition that often causes no symptoms until it ruptures.
Dec 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
How research helped lead to FDA approval of a pediatric neuroblastoma drug
In 2003, the first year of her fellowship in pediatric oncology, two of Giselle Saulnier Sholler's first three patients had died from neuroblastoma, closely matching the 30% survival rate expected at the time for high-risk ...
Dec 15, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Combination immunotherapy produces high response rate in early results of trial targeting high-risk follicular lymphoma
Researchers conducting a Phase 2 clinical trial at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine say a new combination of antibody therapies produced a "surprisingly high" response ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Collaborative study shows CAR-T cell therapy safe, effective even for high-risk patients
CAR-T cell therapy is a safe and effective treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), even for patients regarded as high risk due to comorbidities.
Dec 11, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds Minnesota connected more than 31,000 patients to monoclonal antibody treatments during the pandemic
Before the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were considered one of the most effective and widely used therapies to reduce the risk of progression to severe COVID, especially ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Cardiology
New study reveals latest data on global burden of cardiovascular disease
A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report published in the Journal ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Cardiology
Mechanical thrombectomy safe, effective for high-risk pulmonary embolism
Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is safe and effective in real-world, high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a study published online Oct. 31 in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography ...
Dec 10, 2023
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