Medications

Combo immunotherapy ups survival in advanced liver cancer

(HealthDay)—STRIDE (Single tremelimumab Regular Interval durvalumab) is proposed as first-line therapy for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), according to a study presented at the annual American Society of Clinical ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Know your thyroid facts

(HealthDay)—Thyroid cancer diagnoses have spiked for U.S. women this past decade.

Ophthalmology

Consumer Health: Treating glaucoma

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions.

Oncology & Cancer

Consumer Health: Are you due for a mammogram?

A mammogram is an X-ray image of your breasts that is used to screen for breast cancer. Mammograms play a key role in early breast cancer detection and help decrease breast cancer deaths.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Paving the way for an Ebola-free West Africa

The 2014–2016 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa was the worst outbreak of the disease since its discovery in the 1970s. Centered in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the epidemic claimed over 11 300 lives—more than ...

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