Twenty years ago, treatment for HIV was a rare luxury in South Africa. Exorbitant costs and President Thabo Mbeki’s government’s fierce opposition to providing antiretroviral treatment (ART) kept it out of the public sector. They were terrible days. Many lives…
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Young survivors of acute myeloid leukemia have long-term complications from treatment
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients treated for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have a high risk of developing several long-term health complications, a study led by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers has found. The most common complications among AYA…
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Seaweed extract found to have promising effects in brain cancer treatment
A compound found in brown seaweeds could help to treat one of the most common and aggressive forms of malignant brain tumor. The compound’s promising effects were discovered by researchers in the EU-funded project GENIALG (GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative…
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Racial, socioeconomic disparities in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer treatment
A new study shows that Black individuals with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy for their disease compared to white and other racial groups. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center, the results indicate that…
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Antibiotics May Be Best First Treatment for Appendicitis
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 — For some patients suffering from appendicitis, antibiotics may do the trick, a large U.S. trial suggests. More than 70% of patients who received antibiotics avoided surgery for at least 90 days, according to the new…
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Trump to Be Released From Hospital After 3 Days of COVID-19 Treatment
MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 — After being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for three days, President Donald Trump said Monday afternoon he will be released from the hospital Monday evening. He tweeted about his impending…
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What is dexamethasone, the newest drug in Trump’s COVID-19 treatment?
What is dexamethasone and how could it help with coronavirus? Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel on the latest coronavirus drug study. The president’s physician says President Trump was treated with a steroid after a drop in oxygen levels…
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Not all patients are offered the same effective breast cancer treatment
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the U.S. It’s also the most costly cancer to treat. Now, Jefferson researchers have shown that although the use of an effective and less expensive treatment is on…
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Immunotherapy offers hope for prostate cancer treatment
An antibody for treating advanced prostate cancer improves progression-free survival in patients with metastasised, castration-resistant prostate cancer. This is the finding of the long-term analyses of an international phase 3 clinical trial, recently published in the journal European Urology. The…
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‘Best’ hospitals should be required to deliver tobacco treatment
A UCLA-led report published today in the JAMA Internal Medicine exposes what the authors call a weakness in the high-profile “Best Hospitals Honor Roll” published annually by U.S. News and World Report. The data used to compile the rankings are…
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