Non-Hispanic Black patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated with immunotherapy had a lower risk of death than their non-Hispanic white counterparts treated with immunotherapy, according to results presented at the virtual 14th AACR Conference on the…
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Transplant patient's fear of catching killer Covid bug
‘I asked my doctors for a third jab and they didn’t know what I was talking about’: Transplant patient’s fear of catching killer Covid bug Steve Richardson suffered kidney failure and barely left his house since 2019 Following a kidney…
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Study: Patients with severe obesity undergo bariatric surgery too late
Patients in Scotland who are being assessed for weight loss surgery are older and have a higher weight than the international average, according to a new study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The study—part of the…
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Patients to be offered heart scans that can flag up tiny blood clots
Ultra-accurate scans that spot tiny blood clots will help doctors prevent heart attacks by injecting a harmless dye – and will soon be offered to patients Simple procedure involves a harmless dye being injected into the bloodstream Previously, doctors used…
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Cancer patients discharged from hospital sooner following preparation for surgery
Cancer patients have a reduced length of hospital stay following a novel approach to improve their fitness for surgery. The approach termed “prehabilitation” includes exercise, nutrition and psychological and social interventions to optimize both physical and mental health before surgery….
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Black patients more likely to have had strokes prior to COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Black patients
Black COVID-19 patients are more likely to have experienced strokes prior to their diagnosis than their non-Black counterparts, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They said this may be one explanation for why COVID-19 mortality…
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Improvement found in patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder with contingency management
The opioid epidemic remains a U.S. public health crisis and has only worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, with opioid deaths accounting for 69,000 of 93,000 overdose-related deaths in 2020, according to provisional drug overdose data released by the…
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Patients with mild cases of COVID-19 may have LIFELONG protection
Patients with mild cases of COVID-19 still have antibodies 11 months after infection and may even have LIFELONG protection, study suggests A new study looked at blood samples from 77 patients who previously had mild cases of COVID-19 Antibody levels…
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New test better detects reservoir of virus in HIV patients
A new test that measures the quantity and quality of inactive HIV viruses in the genes of people living with HIV may eventually give researchers a better idea of what drugs work best at curing the disease. Currently no cure exists for…
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Mutations in overlooked DNA could have profound impact on survival for bowel cancer patients
Mutations in the DNA of the cell’s energy ‘factories’ increases the chances of survival for people with bowel cancer, according to a study published today in Nature Metabolism. Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have found that patients with colorectal…
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