Prostate cancer treatment: An encouraging combination therapy A trio of drugs could delay the progression of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Nov 3, 2021 0 12
Study identifies cancer features that could guide personalized radiotherapy Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn't work for everyone. A new study identifies tumor features linked with resistance to radiotherapy, an important advance toward developing individualized cancer treatments. Nov 3, 2021 0 91
AGA recommends change in testing protocol for cirrhosis patients Patients with cirrhosis, or permanent liver damage, are at higher risk for coagulation disorders, which impact your body's ability to control blood clotting. This puts cirrhosis patients at increased risk of morbidity and ... Nov 3, 2021 0 0
New commentary paper highlights costs of defects in surgical care and calls for elimination of defects in value A commentary, published in the Nov. 3 issue of the journal NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, highlights how defects in surgical care could be diminished or eliminated for the benefit of patients and to lower costs ... Nov 3, 2021 0 3
New tool to report post-vaccination symptoms helps discern injection side effects from COVID-19 symptoms A decision-support tool helped health care workers distinguish symptoms associated with COVID-19 vaccinations from symptoms of the virus itself, found a study by a team of investigators at several hospitals in the Mass General ... Nov 3, 2021 0 33
Study finds a popular heart failure drug is no better than older drug in the sickest patients A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that a widely used heart failure drug named sacubitril/valsartan is no better than valsartan alone in patients with severe heart ... Nov 3, 2021 0 43
New study illuminates the biology of a common heart disorder Researchers at Penn Medicine have made a major advance in understanding the biology of a common, puzzling, and often fatal heart disorder, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), which features the enlargement of the heart and a progressive ... Nov 3, 2021 0 154
Combining two 'old therapies' packs a powerful punch against pediatric brain tumors Copper has been clinically improving the lives of people since about 1500 BCE, when an Egyptian physician first recorded its use as a treatment for inflammation. Some 35 centuries later, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine ... Nov 3, 2021 0 113
Roll up your sleeves: Kids' turn arrives for COVID-19 shots Hugs with friends. Birthday parties indoors. Pillow fights. School children who got their first COVID-19 shots Wednesday said these are the pleasures they look forward to as the U.S. enters a major new phase in fighting the ... Nov 3, 2021 0 1
Study finds that in much of the US, virtual school did not lower COVID-19 case rates in surrounding communities Since March 2020, parents, educators, and politicians have debated whether to send children to school in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. New research suggests that in most regions, with the exception of the South, opening ... Nov 3, 2021 0 148
