Tag: Medicine/Health

MD Anderson Phase II trial shows drug well tolerated with high response rates for marginal zone lymphomaCredit: MD Anderson Cancer ...

New evidence on the association of shortened sleep time and obstructive sleep apnea with sleepiness and cardiometabolic risk factors

Obstructive sleep apnea and short sleep duration have distinct clinical impacts; clinicians should avoid a 'one-size-fits-all' approach through proper diagnosis ...

Compression-only CPR increases survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Circulation Journal Report DALLAS, April 1, 2019 -- A Swedish review of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data shows rates of bystander ...

Biopsy alternative: ‘Wearable’ device captures cancer cells from blood

Credit: Tae Hyun Kim ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A prototype wearable device, tested in animal models, can continuously collect live ...

Growth in telehealth from 2016 to 2017 outpaces other venues of care

FAIR Health market indices and trending reports once again bring valuable visibility into patient migratory patterns and healthcare costs NEW ...

Enhanced recovery after spine surgery: 15 new articles in the April Neurosurgical Focus

Just an hour of weekly walking staves off disability

All brisk walking, even short walks, help prevent disability in older adults with osteoarthritis CHICAGO --- Just one hour a ...

New evidence about why clear margins in breast cancer surgery are such good news

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 1, 2019) - When a breast cancer tumor is removed ...

New glioblastoma vaccine shows promising results in phase Ib clinical trial

A brain-cancer vaccine more than 20 years in the making suspends cancer growth in patients enrolled in early-stage trial. (PHILADELPHIA) ...

CD40 combination therapy can shrink pancreatic tumors

Study results to be presented during a plenary session at AACR Annual Meeting ATLANTA - A new combination of immunotherapy ...

Excess body weight before 50 is associated with higher risk of dying from pancreatic cancer

ATLANTA --Excess weight before age 50 may be more strongly associated with pancreatic cancer mortality risk than excess weight at ...

Pancreatic Cancer Collective funds two AI teams to identify high-risk populations

Computational tools seek to identify pancreatic cancer earlier, provide more opportunities for timely, effective treatmentsCredit: Pancreatic Cancer Collective (ATLANTA - ...

Immunotherapy combination effective for patients with rare neuroendocrine cancer

Credit: Hope Foundation for Cancer Research A combination of two common immunotherapy drugs shrinks rare, aggressive neuroendocrine tumors, according to ...

Adding savolitinib to osimertinib beneficial for certain pretreated lung cancer patients

ATLANTA -- Adding the investigational MET inhibitor savolitinib to the EGFR inhibitor osimertinib (Tagrisso) yielded clinical responses in patients who ...

Immune checkpoint inhibitor combo efficacious for patients with neuroendocrine carcinoma

ATLANTA -- A combination of the anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapeutic ipilimumab (Yervoy) and the anti-PD-1 immunotherapeutic nivolumab (Opdivo) showed clinical benefit among ...

HER2-targeted CAR T-cell therapy shows promising antitumor activity in patients with sarcoma

ATLANTA -- A combination of chemotherapy and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells designed to target the protein HER2 was ...

Mesothelin-targeted CAR T-cell therapy shows early promise in patients with solid tumors

ATLANTA -- A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that targets the protein mesothelin showed no evidence of major toxicity ...

Fish slime: An untapped source of potential new antibiotics

ORLANDO, Fla., March 31, 2019 -- As current antibiotics dwindle in effectiveness against multidrug-resistant pathogens, researchers are seeking potential replacements ...

Gastrointestinal complaints in children could signal future mental health problem

March 29, 2019

A Columbia-led study finds adversity-induced disruptions in the body's gut microbes influence are linked to changes in brain function A ...

Mount Sinai and Hasso Plattner Institute launch new institute for digital health