Oklahoma makes final bid to hold J&J responsible for opioid epidemic
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final...
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Month: July 2019
Trump firms up plan to import medicines; pharma companies resist
By Michael Erman (Reuters) – The Trump administration took a step Wednesday toward allowing...
Read MoreU.S. nurses may not be ready for nuclear emergencies
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – U.S. nurses may not receive adequate training in how to care for patients during a nuclear event or radiation emergency, a nationwide survey of nursing schools suggests. More than...
Read MoreSecond Ebola case in Congo’s main eastern city dies
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The second patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in eastern Congo’s main city of Goma has died after he sought treatment too late and was already bleeding, the head of the...
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Beyond Meat competitor Impossible Foods receives FDA approval for ‘bleeding’ plant burger
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a key ingredient in...
Read MoreFifth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull another 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country, the fifth hit by the...
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State rules surgeon whereabouts must be documented
Last week the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine ruled that surgeons must chart every...
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Pluristem gets positive results from radiation treatment trials
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s Pluristem Therapeutics Inc reported on Wednesday...
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BCAN’s Mission to Increase Public Awareness, Advance Bladder Cancer Research and Support Patients
Today in The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland talks with Diane Zipursky Quale.
Together with her late husband John Quale, Diane, who holds a BA from Stanford University and a JD from the National Law Center, George Washington University, is Co-Founder…
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U.S. abortion rights groups sue over Missouri law
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Prominent U.S. abortion rights groups Planned Parenthood and the...
Read MorePoorer U.S. patients less likely to get blood pressure controlled
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Poorer patients in the U.S. may be less likely to get their blood pressure under control, even when they are participating in a clinical trial where medication and doctor’s visits...
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Orion, Bayer prostate cancer drug gets FDA approval
(Reuters) – Finland’s Orion and Germany’s Bayer said on Wednesday the U.S. Food...
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Finding Aswers and Improving Patient Care – How Genetic Tests can be Helpful (Part 2)
In this edition of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland talks with Laura Panos Smith, a certified genetic counselor and vice president of commercial operations at Ambry Genetics.
Ms. Smith leads a large team responsible for the implementation of key…
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Finding Aswers and Improving Patient Care – How Genetic Tests can be Helpful (Part 1)
In this edition of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland talks with Holly LaDuca, a certified genetic counselor and manager of clinical Research oncology at Ambry Genetics.
Identifying an individual’s genetic information is nothing new. And while, over…
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Trial Tests CRISPR Gene-Editing to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Study seeks to recruit up to 45 adults with severe sickle cell disease
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Having a Partner, Health Impact Postmenopausal Sexual Activity
For postmenopausal women, sexual activity was affected by partners’ medical conditions, own health
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Oral Semaglutide Reduces HbA1c, Weight in Patients With T2DM
Semaglutide has a safety and tolerability profile consistent with other GLP-1 receptor agonists
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Likelihood of Trying Drugs for the First Time Higher in the Summer
U.S. teens, adults more likely to try illicit drugs for the first time in the summer months
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Smoking May Limit Success of Embolization Therapy for PAVMs
Findings seen in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia undergoing pulmonary embolization
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Burnout Symptoms May Up Racial Bias Among Resident Physicians
Residents with burnout had greater explicit racial bias, implicit racial bias scores after adjustment
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