SGO: Pembrolizumab Plus Lenvatinib Show ’Transformational’ Activity in Advanced Endometrial Ca
Findings are being confirmed in a phase III trial The combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib...
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Later Start Times Means Better Sleep for High Schoolers
Clear benefit emerges for students who switched from early to late school start While most of the...
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Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Treatment Options Show Little Progress, Change Over Last Decade
Clinically meaningful breakthroughs awaited Three simultaneously published reviews of...
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USPSTF: Primary Care Still the Place to Keep Kids Tobacco-Free
Updated recommendation includes e-cigarettes as a tobacco product Primary care...
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Blood P-tau181 Assay Shows Alzheimer’s Progression
Blood biomarker correlates with imaging, CSF A new assay for blood p-tau181 may be useful tool in...
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Phase II Trial Finds Azithromycin Safe for RSV
Study hints at benefit with high dose AZM Azithromycin administered at either low or high dose...
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FDA Commits to Hand Sanitizer Availability
More on safety concerns, fraudulent claims WASHINGTON — The FDA announced that more than...
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Covid-19: Two-Thirds of Hospitalized Patients Presented with No Fever
Most requiring mechanical ventilation did not survive in study of NY patients Fewer than a third...
Read MoreMost Medicaid Beneficiaries Lack Access to Some Recommended Adult Vax
Less than half of state Medicaid programs cover all adult immunizations Most adult Medicaid beneficiaries do not have access to all adult vaccinations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP),...
Read MorePET with Novel Biomarker Promising in AD Diagnosis
Imaging pinpointed density, distribution of Alzheimer’s disease-type tau pathology PET imaging with an investigational tau-targeted radiotracer may be another tool to detect the neuropathologic changes of...
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FDA Hammers ENDS Manufacturers for Marketing to Kids
FDA ’will not tolerate’ devices designed to conceal tobacco use WASHINGTON — The...
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Covid-19: Do Antibodies Confer Immunity?
Yes, but for how long? The devil is in the details. The consensus among those studying the immune...
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Drugmakers Halt NSCLC Trial on Finding of Significant Survival Benefit
Topline results find PD-1 inhibitor bests platinum chemotherapy Regeneron/Sanofi, makers of the...
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Covid-19: Coagulapathies Are Common, But Why?
From a field hospital in NYC, and an ED in Birmingham, ’the story of this disease changes...
Read MoreHearing Loss Associated with Balance Issues
Mild hearing loss didn’t increase risk, but moderate or greater hearing loss—even if unilateral—did Hearing loss, even if only on one side, increases the risks for postural instability in older adults,...
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Most Kids With Covid-19 Have Mild Symptoms, Recover Quickly
But at least three children in the U.S. have died from coronavirus complications The vast majority...
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Covid-19: FDA Issues Hydroxychloroquine Warning
’Life-threatening arrythmias’ cited by FDA WASHINGTON — The FDA issued a warning...
Read MoreHigh Serum Progesterone Associated with Slight Increased Postmenopausal Breast Ca Risk
Case control study suggests risk ameliorated by circulating estradiol Women with higher levels of endogenous serum progesterone had a modestly increased risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer, although this risk was...
Read MoreVTE Risk High in Pregnancy, Beyond in Antithrombin-Deficient Women
But LMWH prophylaxis associated with an increased risk of late obstetrical complications Women with type 1 antithrombin deficiency had not only a high risk of developing a venous thromboembolism (VTE) during pregnancy and in the...
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Covid-19: Brazil Study Shows High-Dose Choloquine Linked to More Deaths
Patients treated with high doses of the malaria drug also had more evidence of new arrhythmia...
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