DA-EPOCH-Rituximab: Successfully Treating PMBCL in a Transgender Woman
July 10th 2024A case study describes the disparate factors that played into the chemotherapy and other treatment decisions made by a team in Japan when addressing their patient’s primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL).
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What We’re Reading: CMS Dementia Care Program; Physician Burnout Drops; Impact of GLP-1 Shortages
July 10th 2024CMS recently launched a voluntary, nationwide dementia care program; the number of physicians who reported at least 1 symptom of burnout has dropped below 50% for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; diabetes drugs have all been in short supply over the last 18 months, partly due to people using them off label for weight loss.
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Telehealth Can Drive More Meaningful Serious Illness Conversations in MDS, AML
July 10th 2024Researchers collected feedback from 20 clinicians implementing a telehealth serious illness conversation (SIC) with their patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
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Metformin Use Linked to Better Survival Rates in Patients With Ovarian Cancer
July 9th 2024Metformin use is linked to improved survival rates in patients with ovarian cancer, particularly among those with diabetes and serous cancers, though further research is needed to confirm these findings.
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Nail Changes in Alopecia Areata: Review of Manifestations, Diagnosis, Management Strategies
July 9th 2024Results found nail changes in patients with alopecia areata (AA) can occur before, after, or independent of hair loss with the most common nail problems including pitting, ridging, and white spots.
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Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity: LGBTQIA+ Affirming Provider Designation
July 9th 2024Kim Zynn, vice president of UPMC Health Plan's provider network and development relations team, shares how physicians can become LGBTQIA+ affirming providers, which is designated within the health plan.
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Cognitive Health Unaffected by Diluted Perivascular Spaces in Children With SCD
July 9th 2024An investigation into the burden of dilated perivascular spaces (dPVS) in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) confirmed that those with SCD experience more severe manifestations of dPVS compared with the general population.
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Age, Pneumonectomy Linked to Poor NSCLC Surgery Outcomes
July 9th 2024This new analysis incorporated 1997-2013 data on patients with a history of surgical resection of stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their postop complications to evaluate the possibility of better identifying future surgical candidates.
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BLU-222 Shows Safety, Tolerability in Combination Therapy for Patients With Breast Cancer
July 9th 2024Early data suggest that BLU-222 combined with ribociclib and fulvestrant is safe and tolerable for patients with HR-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer, potentially overcoming resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors.
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Dr Mark Bleackley: New Medication to Benefit Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
July 9th 2024Mark Bleackley, PhD, chief scientific officer, Incannex, details the progress of the ongoing RePOSA trial, which is assessing the safety and efficacy of IHL-42X in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
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Five Children, 2 Hearing-Improved Ears Each: Successful DFNB9 Gene Therapy
July 8th 2024The interim results of a single-arm trial in children with autosomal recessive deafness 9 (DFNB9) show the benefits of binaural administration of gene therapy: better hearing with no serious adverse effects.
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Timothy Caulfield Previews SPD 2024 Session on Misinformation in Pediatric Dermatology
July 8th 2024Timothy Caulfield, JD, discusses the sessions he's most looking forward to at this year's Society for Pediatric Dermatology annual meeting, including his talk on overcoming misinformation in pediatric dermatology.
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