Five Unique Clusters Identified in ANCA Vasculitis
TOPLINE:A data-driven subclassification of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis has identified five distinct clusters with varying degrees of kidney involvement ...
Will New Obesity Drugs Make Bariatric Surgery Obsolete?
MADRID — In spirited presentations at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2024 Annual Meeting, Louis J. ...
FDA OKs Subcutaneous Atezolizumab for Multiple Cancers
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved atezolizumab and hyaluronidase-tqjs (Tecentriq Hybreza, Genentech, Inc.) as a subcutaneous injection ...
Missed Opportunities for Early Lung Cancer Detection
SAN DIEGO — New research highlights a mismatch between lung cancer screening eligibility criteria and actual lung cancer risk, which ...
Fewer Adolescents Are Using Condoms, Says WHO Report
The use of condoms among sexually active adolescents in European countries has significantly decreased since 2014. A recent World Health ...
Burnout Is a Significant Problem Among European Oncologists
Burnout, a syndrome caused by work overload, is one of the main challenges in the medical profession. Although it is ...
Does Tailored Acupuncture Relieve Chronic Neck Pain?
TOPLINE:Patients with chronic neck pain who received acupuncture experienced an alleviation of their symptoms, but not at clinically meaningful levels, ...
Long-Term Data Support Non-Hormonal Drug for Hot-Flash Management
CHICAGO -- The non-hormonal drug elinzanetant reduced the frequency of moderate-to-severe hot flashes in postmenopausal women, and seemed to have ...
Worse PFS Seen with Nivolumab-Rucaparib in Ovarian Cancer
The addition of nivolumab to rucaparib did not lead to better progression-free survival than rucaparib monotherapy in patients with newly ...
Radionuclide-Containing Combo Slows Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Improves Survival
Men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic bone metastases lived significantly longer when they received enzalutamide ...
‘Is It Safe to Hit a Kid in the Head 200 Times?’: What We Heard This Week
"Is it safe to hit a kid in the head 200 times?" -- Chris Nowinski, PhD, of the Concussion Legacy ...
T-DXd Effective in Some With HER2+ Breast Cancer
A study demonstrated the efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) in patients with HER2-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer, including those ...
Haunting Questions About a Lethal American Virus
Claire Panosian Dunavan is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ...
Retifanlimab-Chemo Combo Boosts PFS in Advanced Squamous Cell Anal Cancer
Combining retifanlimab (Zynyz) with standard-of-care chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) in treatment-naïve patients with locally advanced or metastatic squamous ...
A New Option to Treat Intermediate Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
BARCELONA — Adding lenvatinib and pembrolizumab to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) led to a significant improvement in progression-free survival in patients ...
How many of us will end up being diagnosed?
BBCThe number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain ...
