Oncology & Cancer

Watch-and-wait OK in low-tumor burden follicular lymphoma

(HealthDay)—An initial watch-and-wait strategy does not have a detrimental effect on the freedom from treatment failure (FFTF) or overall survival rate in selected patients with low-tumor burden follicular lymphoma compared ...

Cardiology

LVEF improvement for many with primary prevention ICDs

(HealthDay)—Forty percent of patients with primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) experience improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), according to a study published in the Aug. ...

Diabetes

Lower-extremity amputations in diabetes down in scotland

(HealthDay)—In Scotland, from 2004 to 2008, the incidence of all lower-extremity amputations (LEAs) due to diabetes was significantly reduced by about 30 percent, and the rate of major LEAs was reduced by about 40 percent, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

No adverse outcomes seen with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in pregnancy

Vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during pregnancy is not associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a study published online March 24 in the Journal of the American ...

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