Side-Opening Cutting Forceps Safe, Reliable for Use in Pediatric EoE
July 31st 2023With data on side-opening cutting forceps showing above a 90% diagnostic rate for tissue biopsy in adult patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) who undergo biopsy of the esophageal lamina propia (ELP), investigators conducted a pilot study on use of side-opening cutting forceps in younger patients.
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Cigarette-Dominant Users More Tobacco Dependent Than Smokeless Product, Poly Users
July 31st 2023The researchers used a study approach that accounted for the current variety of tobacco products available to better capture the current tobacco use profiles and their respective tobacco dependence.
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Study Finds Link Between Baseline Uric Acid Levels and Prostate Cancer Prognosis
July 31st 2023Researchers linking uric acid (UA) levels to the aggressiveness and progression of prostate cancer believe these findings can be used to study UA influence on prostate cancer–related mortality risk.
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What We’re Reading: Dementia Care Initiative; Alcohol-Related Deaths in Women; Medical ID Theft
July 31st 2023The Biden administration announces its Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model for dementia care; women’s alcohol-related morality is growing at a faster rate than men’s; medical theft can occur in a large-scale breach or singular theft of someone’s information.
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Amid Increasing Breast Implant–Related EBV+ DLBCL Cases, Researchers Share Insights on the Disease
July 31st 2023Recognition of the association between breast implants and lymphomas has been notable since the 1990s, although the association has been limited to breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma and not Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
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AAM White Paper Offers Causes and Solutions to the US Generic Drug Shortage
July 30th 2023A white paper crafted by the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) outlined that main causes of generic drug shortages and recommended several actions for stakeholders to remedy current shortages and prevent future ones.
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Cap on Out-of-Pocket Insulin Costs in Inflation Reduction Act Increased Prescription Fills
July 29th 2023Thousands more people filled their insulin prescriptions following the introduction of the cap in January 2023, especially compared to those who were not enrolled in Medicare, a new study finds.
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Group Highlights Barriers to CAR T-Cell Referral for DLBCL
July 29th 2023The researchers emphasized the importance of early referral for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatment, as patients eligible for the treatment are often in very late stages of disease, and mitigating delays in care has the potential to improve response rates by more than 10%.
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Dr Ghassan Abou-Alfa Expands on HIMALAYA Phase 3 Results, Methods
July 29th 2023Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, expands on findings that durvalumab plus tremelimumab demonstrated an overall survival benefit at 4 years for certain patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Overall Survival in Advanced NSCLC Unaffected by Immunotherapy Duration Beyond 2 Years
July 29th 2023Researchers seeking answers regarding the most beneficial duration of immune checkpoint inhibitor–based therapy for non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) found no significant impact of indefinite-duration treatment on patient survival.
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After the COVID-19 vaccine was released, disparities in COVID-19 incidence shrunk. However, although efforts were made to increase access to the COVID-19 vaccine in low-income areas, discrepancies in overall vaccination coverage persisted between higher- and lower-income communities.
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Researchers Share Insights From Patients Enrolled in Innovative PAH Repository
July 28th 2023Called the TRIO comprehensive, integrated patient data repository (TRIO CIPDR), the unique registry combines clinical data from electronic health records with pharmacy data, including PAH-specific drugs prescribed, as well as the dates prescribed, administered, and refilled.
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