Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/cilta-cel-improves-os-in-r-r-mm/ RIO DE JANEIRO — A single infusion of the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel, or cilta-cel (CARVYKTI, Janssen Biotech, Inc.), reduces the risk for death by 45% vs…
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Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/pay-among-millennial-clinicians-rising-despite-disparities/ Salaries for millennial physicians are slightly increasing, but clinicians still face pay disparities across location, practice type, and gender. Medscape Medical News reviewed survey data from more than 1200 practicing doctors…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/hypothyroidism-treatment-does-not-affect-cognition-in-women/ TOPLINE: Women with hypothyroidism treated with levothyroxine show no significant cognitive decline across the menopausal transition compared with those without thyroid disease. METHODOLOGY: Levothyroxine, the primary treatment for hypothyroidism, has been…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/monitoring-may-reduce-nerve-injury-risk-in-thyroidectomy/ Thyroidectomy patients with larger lesions requiring neck dissection or who require postoperative drain use or suffer from postoperative hypocalcemia are more likely to experience recurrent laryngeal nerve injury than thyroidectomy patients…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/higher-daily-buprenorphine-doses-help-manage-oud/ Higher daily buprenorphine doses may help patients better manage opioid use disorder (OUD), data from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study suggested. The new data highlight that the dose size…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/knowledge-gaps-on-antibiotic-risks-fuel-patient-expectations/ TOPLINE: Variables, such as insurance type, clinic type, and education level were predictors of whether patients reporting that antibiotics would help common conditions such as sore throat. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/first-newborns-join-screening-for-more-than-200-rare-diseases/ BBC Dominika’s one-day-old daughter Emilia is part of the screening programme The entire genetic code of up to 100,000 newborn babies in England will be analysed by the NHS, with the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/social-media-trend-promotes-nitrous-oxide-misuse/ Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today’s collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional’s take on the latest viral medical topics. An emerging social media trend has a new generation…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/surprise-the-copay-for-prep-just-disappeared/ Carl Schmid and his colleagues got more than they bargained for — in a good way — when they requested that Medicare cover long-acting physician-administered HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs under…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/significant-milestone-for-radionuclide-therapy-in-refractory-meningioma/ Use of an approved radionuclide therapy for difficult-to-treat meningioma was associated with substantially improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared with a historical benchmark, according to results of a small single-arm phase II…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/metabolic-accelerator-shows-promise-for-weight-loss-side-of-obesity-hfpef-equation/ The novel investigational weight loss agent HU6 had mixed results specifically targeting obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), based on the small HuMain-HFpEF trial. After 19 weeks on daily…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/chemoradiation-plus-immunotherapy-fails-to-improve-survival-in-limited-stage-sclc/ Adding immunotherapy to chemoradiation therapy (CRT) for limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC) failed to improve survival in a randomized trial. As compared with CRT alone, concurrent atezolizumab (Tecentriq) did not…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/some-epilepsy-drugs-tied-to-cardiovascular-events-in-older-people/ An association between epilepsy and cardiovascular events (CVEs) in older people was likely largely due to the use of enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (EIASM), according to a prospective cohort study from Canada….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/can-hpv-self-tests-truly-replace-pap-smears/ Back in May of this year, the FDA approved a new method of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in a healthcare setting. Rather than a standard Pap smear performed with a speculum…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/hurricanes-like-helene-keep-killing-for-years-to-come/ Hurricanes in the U.S. end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation’s wars, a new study said….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/judge-rules-against-stem-cell-clinic/ A federal court has once again ruled against a stem cell clinic, siding with the FDA that fat-derived stem cell treatments are a “drug” and should be regulated as such. The…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/autonomy-vs-safety-in-cognitive-impairment-decision-making/ As healthcare systems across Europe deal with an increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment, family doctors are emerging as key players in assessing and supporting patients’ decision-making capacities. This was a central…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/psychiatric-hospital-chains-charges-schizophrenia-drug-flops-bright-light-therapy/ Acadia Healthcare, a nationwide chain of psychiatric hospitals, faces new federal charges after it just agreed to a nearly $20 million settlement over accusations it defrauded government health insurers by holding…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/excitement-for-brachytherapy-in-prostate-cancer/ Adding supplemental external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) did not improve outcomes in higher-risk cancer patients who had brachytherapy, according to the long-term results of two trials. Specifically, adding EBRT did not improve…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/low-follow-up-of-urine-dipstick-tests-in-primary-care/ Only 1 in 15 urine dipstick tests showing proteinuria in the primary care setting are followed up with albuminuria quantification testing, according to investigators. These findings expose a broad gap in…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/aflibercept-for-rop-shows-sustained-efficacy-at-age-3/ TOPLINE: A 0.4 mg dose of aflibercept in infancy to treat retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) shows sustained efficacy and safety at 3 years of age, according to research presented at EURETINA…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/integrated-boost-can-be-standard-after-lumpectomy/ Hypofractionated (HF) whole-breast irradiation with simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) can be considered a standard of care for adjuvant radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery, new data suggests. David Krug, MD, with the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/long-covid-rates-in-kids-revised-upward-what-to-know/ Gabrielle Jospa, 15, was diagnosed with long COVID after a serious bout with acute COVID-19 that left her hospitalized in 2021. Since then, the Long Island, New York, teen has had…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/direct-brain-a-dopamine-infusion-promising-for-parkinsons/ PHILADELPHIA — Continuous intracerebroventricular administration of an anaerobic dopamine formulation (A-dopamine) appears safe in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and may avoid complications associated with levodopa, results from a first in-human…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/chemo-can-save-lives-in-high-risk-unilateral-retinoblastoma/ TOPLINE: Adjuvant chemotherapy after removal of the affected eye improves outcomes in children with unilateral retinoblastoma who have high-risk histopathologic features that predispose them to metastases and death. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/late-abortion-doc-missed-warnings-in-listeria-outbreak-3-5b-for-healthcare-ceos/ Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. ‘America’s Abortion Doctor’ Warren Hern, MD, PhD, MPH, one of the most…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/depression-anxiety-diagnoses-have-increased-among-young-people/ Diagnoses of depression and anxiety among kids, teens, and young adults increased from 2017 to 2021, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a cohort study in Southern California. Among 1.7…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/autoimmune-diseases-and-premature-ovarian-insufficiency/ TOPLINE: Women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) have a 2.6 times higher prevalence of severe autoimmune diseases before diagnosis and a 2- to 3-fold increased risk for these diseases after diagnosis….
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/educate-to-reduce-unnecessary-antibiotic-prescriptions/ TOPLINE: Over 90% of patients with symptoms of bronchitis, sinus infections, sore throats, colds or flu, or diarrhea expect antibiotic prescriptions. Visiting a public clinic, lower levels of education, and a…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/creatine-popular-exercise-supplement-could-be-grown-in-edible-plants/ Creatine has only been made in a type of tobacco plant for now Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tobacco plants have been engineered to contain creatine, a compound that is mainly stored in…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/hs-symptoms-eased-by-semaglutide-aided-weight-loss/ People with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) who have overweight or obesity may benefit from adjunctive treatment with the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), suggests research presented at the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/topical-jaki-shows-promise-for-frontal-fibrosing-alopecia/ AMSTERDAM — For frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), a disease with no approved therapies, topical delgocitinib attenuated inflammation and generated hair regrowth in women in a controlled phase 2a trial. “This is…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/how-prior-authorization-harms-care/ Fantine Giap, MD, sat across from a 21-year-old with a rare sarcoma at the base of her skull. Despite the large tumor, nestled in a sensitive area, the Boston-based radiation oncologist…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/research-consortium-on-quest-to-improve-male-infertility-tx/ A study by researchers at two academic medical centers determined which infertile men may benefit from treatment with anastrozole. They found that those with azoospermia (no sperm in their ejaculate) rarely…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/new-biologic-tulisokibart-beats-placebo-in-uc-trial/ The experimental monoclonal antibody tulisokibart safely induced clinical remission in a phase 2 randomized trial of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC). In one cohort of 135 patients, the primary…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/how-experts-see-this-covid-and-flu-season-unfolding/ Sept. 30, 2024 – What’s the outlook for COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter? It’ll probably be a lot like last year, experts say. “We currently expect this flu season…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/systemic-treatment-may-reduce-need-for-brain-radiotherapy/ BARCELONA — The oncologist’s goal is to provide cancer patients with the most effective and least toxic treatment available. For patients with brain metastases, whole-brain radiotherapy after stereotactic radiosurgery significantly improves…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/hypofractionated-radiation-safe-for-breast-reconstruction/ WASHINGTON, DC — Radiation oncologists can feel confident offering hypofractionated treatment regimens to treat breast cancer in patients who are planning breast reconstruction after mastectomy, following new findings presented at the…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/surgeon-operated-with-penknife-he-uses-to-cut-up-lunch/ BBC / Mark Norman Police are looking into at least 105 cases of alleged medical negligence at the NHS trust A surgeon at a crisis-hit NHS trust used a Swiss Army…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/the-places-with-the-worst-gp-shortages-in-england-revealed/ Getty Images Shortages of doctors mean the average GP in England has to care for 17% more patients than nine years ago, a BBC analysis shows. It means for every permanent…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/parkrun-events-could-boost-your-life-satisfaction/ A Parkrun event in Newcastle, UK Alan Harbottle/Alamy Taking part in Parkrun events – a free weekly activity where people are encouraged to walk or run for 5 kilometres – appears…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/sharp-rise-in-heat-related-ed-visits-for-kids-in-texas/ ORLANDO — Heat-related emergency department (ED) visits soared over the last 12 years, a retrospective study at two large Texas-based children’s hospitals showed. As a proportion of total ED encounters, heat-related…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/more-evidence-favors-a-shorter-course-of-post-mastectomy-rt/ Hypofractionated post-mastectomy radiation therapy (RT) with breast reconstruction proved noninferior to standard RT when it came to reconstruction complications, high-grade toxicity, and local control, according to results from a phase III…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/this-dad-didnt-know-his-lingering-cough-was-a-sign-of-heart-failure/ Share on PinterestFor weeks, Son Vang (center) thought his persistent cough was a lingering flu symptom. Then, a chest x-ray revealed he was experiencing heart failure. Image Provided by Son Vang…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/elevating-family-medicine-is-key-for-new-aafp-president/ On September 25, family physician Jen Brull, MD, was sworn in as the new president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). MedPage Today Washington Editor Joyce Frieden talked with…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/judge-strikes-down-georgias-6-week-abortion-ban/ A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about 6 weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court Judge…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/hearing-loss-cognition-link-circadian-brain-changes-repetitive-head-impact-markers/ The severity of hearing loss in middle age was linked with several domains of cognitive impairment. (JAMA Network Open) Two Omani siblings who presented with early-onset parkinsonism had a mutation in…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/no-improvement-in-lymphedema-with-hypofractionated-nodal-rt-for-breast-cancer/ Hypofractionated lymph node irradiation failed to reduce the frequency of lymphedema after treatment for invasive breast cancer, a randomized trial showed. A 3-week radiation therapy (RT) protocol led to a 29%…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/simple-tips-to-get-more-in-your-diet/ Share on PinterestWhether through food or supplements, there are healthy ways to get more iron in your diet without relying on red meat. Clarkand Company/Getty Images Iron deficiency is linked to…
Source link : https://www.newshealth.biz/health-news/the-ebb-and-flow-of-mentorship-in-medicine/ Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. Reconnecting with former mentors can be both a nostalgic and enlightening experience, often offering insights into how our past influences have shaped our present….