1 in 10 Stool-Based CRC Tests Can’t Be Processed
Roughly 10% of fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) used for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening by a safety-net health system contained unsatisfactory ...
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Prescribing GLP-1 Agonists
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Amulet and Watchman Equal for Left Atrial Appendage Closure
SAN FRANCISCO — Thirteen months after percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC), outcomes did not differ whether closure was performed ...
A tale of two very different Covid inquiries
In London, ministers have been in the spotlight whereas the Scottish inquiry has focused on the victims. Source link : ...
Federal Program Offers Free COVID, Flu At-Home Tests, Rx
Dec. 7, 2023 — The U.S. government has expanded a program offering free COVID-19 and flu tests and treatment.The Home ...
Tape Strips Detect Hidradenitis Suppurativa Biomarkers
Tape stripping, which allows sampling of the epidermis to the midgranular layer, is a valid, minimally invasive way to identify ...
Flaxseeds Influence Gut Microbiome and May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers found a link between the gut microbiome and expression of miRNAs in breast tissue in mice, one influenced by ...
Can Younger Postmenopausal Women With BC Skip Radiation?
Radiation would have been the usual next step after lumpectomy, but instead the patients went directly to endocrine therapy for ...
Combined Rituximab + Omalizumab Promising for Refractory BP
Combined therapy with rituximab and omalizumab appears to be well tolerated, and improves outcomes and accelerates time to remission in ...
Merck’s Lung Cancer Drug Combo Fails Trial
(Reuters) - Merck said on Thursday a combination treatment testing a new type of immunotherapy failed to significantly slow disease ...
FDA Class I Recall for Getinge Cardiohelp Emergency Drive
Getinge is recalling the Cardiohelp System emergency drive over concern that it can become stuck or hard to turn due ...
New $1 Billion Plan for African Vaccine Manufacturing
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to $1 billion will be available to boost African vaccine manufacturing as part of a new ...
CDC Issues Health Alert for Subtype of Mpox Virus in Congo
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health alert on Thursday to notify clinicians ...
HIV Vaccine Trial in Africa Halted After Disappointing Data
KAMPALA (Reuters) - A trial of an experimental HIV vaccine in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa has been stopped early ...
Texas AG Threatens to Prosecute Doctors in Emergency Abortion
(Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion ...
Soaring Pollution in Lahore Fills Wards With Sick Children
LAHORE (Reuters) - In the packed paediatric emergency room of a Lahore public hospital, parents holding sick children lined up ...
US Sets Policy to Seize Patents If Drug Price Deemed Too High
(Reuters) - The Biden Administration on Thursday announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents ...
FDA Clears Becton’s Less-Invasive Blood Collection Device
(Reuters) - Becton Dickinson said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared its finger-prick blood collection device ...
Trop-2 Drug Conjugate May Trump Chemo in HR+, HER2- BRCA
SAN ANTONIO — In endocrine-resistant, HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer, the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) datopotamab deruxtecan (dato-DXd, Daiichi Sankyo/AstraZeneca) has greater ...
Elagolix Curbs Heavy Bleeding Linked to Uterine Leiomyomas
Once-daily monotherapy with elagolix significantly reduced heavy menstrual bleeding in women with uterine leiomyomas compared to a placebo, based on ...
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