ANNOUNCE Trial Disappoints — Overall Survival Not Improved in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
The addition of olaratumab to doxorubicin did not extend survival over doxorubicin alone The...
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Author: Janine Anthes
States With Legal Recreational Pot Have Fewer Cases of EVALI
EVALI more common in states that restrict marijuana As Covid-19 ravages the world and researchers...
Read MoreSEP-1 Bundle Doesn’t Reduce Mortality in Treating Sepsis
Individual bundle components were associated with improved outcomes in community-onset sepsis Adherence to the SEP-1 sepsis bundle — a quality care metric for managing early sepsis — is not associated with improved...
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SGO: Veliparib Add-on to Chemo Benefits Ovarian Ca Patients Independent of HRD Status
Magnitude of progression-free survival similar across HRD scores, but lower score predictive of...
Read MoreCovid-19: Physicians Groups Demand Data on Race, Ethnicity
Pandemic brings urgency to healthcare disparity That there is racial and ethnic disparity in care is not really news; however, these inequities are now blatantly evident during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seven physician...
Read MoreLess Pain, Better Function Achieved with PT for Knee OA vs Steroid Injection
Fewer knee replacements seen with PT Aching knees from osteoarthritis are a common complaint that is often treated with steroid injections, but a new randomized study from researchers at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio...
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Special Considerations: A Patient’s Perspective on Covid-19— Deb’s Journey
Exclusive video interview with medical writer Deb Liao, PharmD In this exclusive video, medical...
Read MoreA Tale of Two Cohorts: One City, Similar Air Quality
Study finds more mixed results for association of air pollution and cognitive decline Air pollution was associated with lower baseline cognitive scores and more rapid cognitive decline in one northern Manhattan cohort but not...
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Covid-19: ’The U.S. Squandered Its Time’
JAMA Editor-In-Chief says China gave the world the opportunity to prepare From January 1 to April...
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Determining Neonates with NAS Who Need Drug Tx
A simplified standard tool with an 8-item scales performs as well as the traditional one A...
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Metformin on Board Improves Surgical Outcomes for Persons with Diabetes
Fewer readmissions and lower post op mortality seen with metformin Patients with diabetes who were...
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Covid-19: Assays Flood the Market but Testing Still Falls Short
Do we really have the ’best’ tests? A regular feature of the daily Covid-19 briefings...
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Lung Cancer Screening Websites Lack Balanced Info
Potential benefits seem to be overstated; harms underplayed Websites that promote low-dose CT lung...
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Covid-19: Air Pollution May Increase Mortality Risk
Long-term exposure to even small increases in PM2.5 linked to more deaths in study A study from...
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Covid-19: Wuhan Patients Show Neurologic Symptoms
Manifestations more common with severe Infection More than a third of laboratory-confirmed...
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In Kids Cancer TX, What Long-Term Side Effects Are Acceptable?
In exchange for increased chance of cure, cognitive impairment is not acceptable, infertility...
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Durvalumab Disappoints as First-Line NSCLC Treatment in MYSTIC Trial
Overall survival improved with drug, but statistical significance was not achieved Among a select...
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Special Considerations in Health Disparities: Covid-19
Exclusive video interview with American Medical Association President Patrice Harris, MD In this...
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Covid-19: Be Ready for The Coming Mental Health Pandemic
But pandemic’s silver lining may be more people coming together to help each other The...
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Covid-19: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Sterilize N95 Masks
Authorization could allow for decontamination of 4 million respirators per day WASHINGTON —...
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