Decline Seen in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colon, Rectal Cancer in 2020
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There was a 17.3 percent decrease in the number...
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Midlife Deaths of Despair Increased From 1999 to 2022
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Midlife deaths from suicide, drug overdose, and...
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Many Older Americans Get Care Outside of Doctor’s Office, Poll Finds
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most seniors have embraced “doc-in-a-box” strip...
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Guidelines Developed for Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a consensus statement published in the April...
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One in Seven Drug Supply Chain Issue Reports Tied to Drug Shortages
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One in seven reports of drug supply chain...
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ACC: Empagliflozin Does Not Cut Risk for Heart Failure After Acute MI
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Empagliflozin does not reduce the risk for...
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More Fruits, Veggies, Grains Will Get to Kids Under New WIC Rule
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Changes to the federal program that helps pay for...
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ACC: Ventura Shunt Does Not Improve Primary End Point in Heart Failure
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) – For patients with heart failure, transcatheter placement...
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Single Invitation for PSA Screening Cuts Prostate Cancer Deaths
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A single invitation for prostate-specific antigen...
Read MoreMicrowave hyperthermia enhances radiosensitization by decreasing DNA repair efficiency and inducing oxidative stress in PC3 prostatic adenocarcinoma cells.
Radiotherapy (RT) is the primary treatment for prostate cancer (PCa); however, the emergence of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) often leads to treatment failure and cancer-related deaths. In this study, we aimed to...
Read MoreCancer Stage Compared With Mortality as End Points in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Randomized clinical trials of cancer screening typically use cancer-specific mortality as the primary end point. The incidence of stage III-IV cancer is a potential alternative end point that may accelerate completion of...
Read MorePerspectives on AI-based recommendations for mask-wearing and COVID-19 vaccination for transplant recipients in the post-COVID-19 era.
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing necessity for preventive measures such as mask-wearing and vaccination remains particularly critical for organ transplant recipients, a group highly susceptible to...
Read MorePersonalized neoantigen vaccine and pembrolizumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase 1/2 trial.
Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors have modest efficacy as a monotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A personalized therapeutic cancer vaccine (PTCV) may enhance responses to PD-1 inhibitors through the...
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EHR-Based Algorithm Does Not Cut Hospitalization in Kidney Dysfunction Triad
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with the triad of chronic kidney...
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Electronic Cigarettes May Help Regular Cigarette Smokers Quit
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Since 2018, smokers who switch to electronic...
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Statistics Presented for Global Cancer Incidence, Deaths in 2022
THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In 2022, there were almost 20 million new cases...
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Anti-smoking Groups Sue FDA Again Over Menthol Ban Delays
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Three anti-smoking groups announced Tuesday that...
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Adolescent Suicide Rates Increased Across All Methods in Recent Years
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Suicide rates increased across all methods for...
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Delirium Increases Risk for Subsequent Death, Dementia in Older Adults
TUESDAY, April 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Delirium is a strong risk factor for death and...
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No-Drain Policy Noninferior for Major Morbidity in Distal Pancreatectomy
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — For patients with distal pancreatectomy, a no-drain...
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