Nov. 5, 2021 — Increasingly extreme and more frequent heat waves are clear signals of the threat climate change poses to human health, but heat isn’t the only important factor. High humidity increases the dangers of extreme heat, and high-humidity days are on the rise, too. New findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters, show that … Read more
By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — New research offers good news for women with an aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer. A targeted therapy, trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sold as Enhertu, triples the length of time that the cancer remains in check when compared with the current gold standard, trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1). … Read more
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Combining stem cell transplants with cutting-edge immunotherapy prevents leukemia relapses in young people and improves their chances of survival, new research suggests. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. This study included 50 patients (ages: 4 to 30) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia … Read more
For their trial, Al-Hendy and his colleagues recruited 770 women from several countries, including the United States. All had heavy menstrual bleeding from fibroids and were randomly assigned to take either the drug combination or a placebo for six months. The treatment involves a tablet of relugolix, which blocks the activity of a natural … Read more
In the first stage, patients (aged 18 to 65) were divided into two groups. One was given the combination therapy, which involved a shot of naltrexone every three weeks along with a daily dose of bupropion. The other group was given placebo shots and pills. Urine drug screening was conducted four times in each … Read more
Nov. 19, 2020 — The FDA on Thursday granted emergency use authorization for the arthritis drug baricitinib to be used in combination with remdesivir to treat hospitalized adults and children with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The combination is meant for patients who need supplemental oxygen or mechanical ventilation. Baricitinib plus remdesivir was shown … Read more