Archive: 13/12/2017
Social stigma obstacle to successful treatment of children with HIV in Ethiopia
The social stigma surrounding HIV is still strong in many parts of the world. Children living with HIV in Ethiopia are at high risk of receiving inadequate treatment – or no treatment at all – on account of deeply rooted ...
Dec 13, 2017
New NHS app will help people spend less time waiting for health services
A new free app which shows how busy local NHS services are will help people to spend less time waiting for treatment.
Dec 13, 2017
Triple drug treatment combo shows promise in adult leukemia
A triple-drug targeted therapy approach could offer an effective new treatment option for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) that reduces the risk for the long-term side effects experienced with chemotherapy and is given ...
Dec 13, 2017
Second generation BTK inhibitor highly effective as solo therapy in adult leukemia
Updated data on the first 134 chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients treated with single-agent acalabrutinib shows that the drug was well-tolerated in the majority of patients treated and responses were durable over time, ...
Dec 13, 2017
Targeted oral therapy combo safe, effective for chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Acalabrutinib is a second-generation Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, a newer class of drugs shown to improve the survival of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). Researchers ...
Dec 13, 2017