Patients with leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) have historically had few treatment options. Now, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a combination of targeted therapies, tucatinib and trastuzumab, plus the chemotherapy […]
They’re tired all the time. They fainted at school. Their blood pressure, body temperature or heart rate are super low. They’ve lost a lot of weight in a few months. Their hair is falling out.This […]
A new editorial published in JAMA Oncology warns that cancer care progress is under threat from a trifecta of challenges: proposed federal budget cuts, a surge in medical misinformation, and a critical gap in public […]
Rutgers-Newark researchers have shown that a genetic variant specific to African ancestry alters the brain in a way that could foretell the eventual development of Alzheimer’s Disease. At the same time, their study revealed some […]
When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think “surgery.” And it’s true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for most patients. But whether it comes […]
The phrase “eye stroke” has recently appeared in news reports about a very rare side effect of weight-loss injections. It’s not a formal medical diagnosis, but a shorthand used to describe a condition in which […]
New research shows first population-level evidence globally that a national HPV vaccination program can be highly effective in a high HIV-prevalence setting. In South Africa, where the burden of HIV remains high, women living with […]
Obesity increases the body’s need for insulin, forcing cells in the pancreas known as beta cells to ramp up insulin production to maintain blood sugar levels. Scientists have thought that this excessive insulin secretion is […]
Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan—a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s interior—to look for […]
Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine report encouraging results from a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating a candidate vaccine to prevent hookworm […]
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