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FDA Approves First Cellular Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lifileucel (Amtagvi, Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.) for the treatment of certain adults ...
FDA Approves Drug to Reduce Accidental Food Allergies
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved omalizumab (Xolair, Genentech) for reducing allergic reactions to foods in adults ...
Watchful Waiting as Effective as PT for Frozen Shoulder
Watchful waiting is as medically appropriate as physical therapy (PT) for patients with shoulder adhesive capsulitis but carries substantial cost ...
Cardiologist Answers the Most Googled Questions
Share on PinterestPeople often turn to the internet for answers to common questions regarding their heart health. SDI Productions/Getty ImagesCardiovascular ...
New Parkinson’s drug to be rolled out on NHS
The treatment will mean many people no longer needing to take more than 20 pills across the day. Source link ...
Radioligand Therapy Continues to Show Promise for Metastatic CRPC
Radioligand therapy (RLT) with actinium-225 targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (225Ac-PSMA) had a "substantial antitumor effect" in heavily pretreated metastatic castration-resistant ...
Hypertension, Diabetes in Pregnancy Affects Offspring’s Heart Health in Adolescence
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Moms who had hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) or gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) were more likely ...
FDA OKs First Cellular Therapy for Melanoma
The FDA approved the cellular therapy lifileucel (Amtagvi) for the treatment of patients with previously treated unresectable or metastatic melanoma, ...
Highly Effective Therapies Early in Pediatric MS Linked to Reduced Relapse Risk
Compared with moderately effective therapies, initial use of highly effective therapies for pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) was associated with a ...
Arginine Starvation Boosts OS in Mesothelioma
First-line chemotherapy plus an investigational arginine-depleting agent improved survival in nonepithelioid pleural mesothelioma compared with chemotherapy alone, a randomized trial ...
Nurse Workforce Bounces Back After Pandemic Fears
Despite fears that the COVID-19 pandemic would devastate the American registered nurse (RN) workforce for years to come, a new ...
First Drug OK’d for Reducing Allergic Reactions From Multiple Foods
The FDA approved omalizumab (Xolair) injection, the first medication to help reduce allergic reactions to multiple foods after accidental exposure, ...
IMG Sues NBME for Invalidating USMLE Scores
A Nepali medical graduate has filed a federal lawsuit against the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), which invalidated her ...
Perioperative Tislelizumab Demonstrates Survival Benefit in NSCLC
Adding tislelizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by adjuvant use of the investigational PD-1 inhibitor improved event-free survival (EFS) in resectable ...
Chemical cocktail could restore sight by regenerating optic nerves
Glaucoma occurs when the optic nerve, which connects the eye to the brain, becomes damagedIan Miles / Alamy The vision ...
RNA Silencer Zilebesiran: Infrequent Injections Bring Down BP
In people with mild to moderate hypertension taken off antihypertensive treatment, quarterly and biannual injections of novel RNA silencer zilebesiran ...
Rush to Publish? Medicare Drug Plan Lawsuit Quashed; Activity Curbs Cancer Pain
The quiet retraction of a journal article on stomach cancer with "suspicious data" has shone a light on publishers' desire ...
US FDA to Review Sarepta’s Duchenne Gene Therapy for Traditional Approval
(Reuters) - Sarepta Therapeutics said on Friday that the US FDA would review an application seeking traditional approval for its ...
Undiagnosed Cirrhosis May Underlie Some Dementia Cases
Cognitive impairment in some US veterans may be due to treatable hepatic encephalopathy (HE) rather than dementia, new research suggested.Jasmohan ...
NEWSHEALTH : Undiagnosed Cirrhosis May Underlie Some Dementia Cases