Preventing Tickborne Diseases
The number of reported cases of tickborne disease has more than doubled over the past 13 years,...
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Month: February 2019
Preventing HCV Transmission in PWID
It remains uncertain whether hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence linked to sharing injection...
Read MoreDiabetes tied to risk for more advanced, aggressive breast cancer
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women with diabetes are more likely than those without the disease to be diagnosed with a more advanced and difficult to treat form of breast cancer, a Dutch study suggests. The...
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Conference Highlights: AAAAI 2019
By Chris Cole Managing Editor New research was presented at AAAAI 2019, the American...
Read MoreMindfulness-based stress reduction may help ease chronic pain
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People with chronic pain may experience as much of a decline in symptoms with mindfulness-based stress-reduction training as they do with cognitive behavioral therapy, a small research...
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China moves to halt swine fever with hog industry overhaul
By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to divide its hog industry...
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World’s smallest baby boy goes home from Japan hospital
TOKYO (Reuters) – A baby boy weighing just 268 grams (9.45 oz) at birth was sent home after...
Read MoreEpidemic group invests $34 million in potential vaccine printer tech
LONDON (Reuters) – A coalition seeking to get ahead of the next pandemic has agreed a $34 million deal with German biotech CureVac to develop vaccine “printing” technology that aims to rapidly produce shots...
Read MoreChina reports new African swine fever outbreak in Shaanxi province
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday said it had confirmed a new outbreak of African swine fever in Shaanxi province, as the highly contagious disease spreads through the world’s largest hog herd. The outbreak in...
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Revolutionizing the Manufacturing of Antibody-Drug Conjugates – A Conversation with ADC Bio’s Charlie Johnson
In this edition of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland talks with Charlie Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of ADC Bio, a biotechnology company, specialized in the development of Antibody-drug Conjugates.
Antibody-drug Conjugates, also known as ADCs,…
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Kidney Disease Affects Revascularization Outcomes
Revascularization patients with T2DM and CKD more likely to experience a major adverse event
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Rate of Opioid Rx Stable After Pediatric Outpatient Surgery
However, maximum available take-home dose steadily declined from 2013 to 2017
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Tumor Control Durable With Pembrolizumab in Merkel Cell Cancer
28 of 50 advanced MCC patients responded; 24-month overall survival rate was 68.7 percent
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Stewardship Programs Decrease Inpatient Fluoroquinolone Rx
Interventions tied to less prescribing in hospital but did not impact fluoroquinolone discharge treatment
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Sustained Smoking Cessation May Delay, Prevent Seropositive RA
While risk increases with pack-years smoked, it decreases with longer duration of smoking cessation
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Green Space in Childhood Tied to Better Mental Health Later
Authors say findings show importance of integrating natural environments into urban planning
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Antenatal Corticosteroid Tx Tied to Reduction in Birth Size
Reduction in birth size seen for infants born preterm, near term, or at term with ACT exposure
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Adjuvant Tx for Early Testicular Cancer Does Not Harm Sperm
Adjuvant tx has no clinically significant long-term effect on total sperm number, concentration
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Decline Observed in HPV Type 16/18 Cervical Precancers in U.S.
Greatest declines seen among vaccinated women; decreases also seen in unvaccinated women
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Achievement of Targets in T2DM Varies by Season
Achievement rates for all three targets and for HbA1c, BP, LDL-C are lowest in the winter
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