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By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 13:16 EDT, 23 October 2023 | Updated: 13:30 EDT, 23 October 2023
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Cancer and neoplasms
TROPION-Breast01, TROPION-Lung01 Demonstrate PFS Benefit of Datopotamab Deruxtecan in Metastatic Breast Cancer, NSCLC
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In both non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and in hormone receptor–positive (HR+)/HER2-negative (HER2–) breast cancer, datopotamab deruxtecan demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard of care. The results of TROPION-Breast01 and TROPION-Lung01 were presented at ESMO Congress 2023, held October 20-24, 2023, virtually and in person in Madrid, […]
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Blizzard has announced a unique competition that gives players a chance to win a brand-new PC that is cooled with human blood. Yes, you read that right. A PC cooled with human blood. Known as the Blood Harvest, Blizzard is holding a campaign to increase the amount of blood being donated in the United States. […]
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Noelle Corbett ❘ Published: 2023-10-23T16:37:52 ❘ Updated: 2023-10-23T16:38:03 To promote Diablo 4‘s Season of Blood, Blizzard is running a real-world Blood Harvest event in which players can donate blood to help unlock in-game rewards and a sweepstakes to win a powerful and morbid PC. Diablo 4’s Season of Blood is underway, […]
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Jan Karregat, MSc Credit: LinkedIn Findings from a recent study are providing clinicians with an overview of the knowledge and perception of individuals involved in blood donation regarding donation-induced iron loss and iron supplementation as a service policy. Insight provided by donors, collection staff, and physicians during focus group discussions revealed donor lack of awareness […]
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center Frequent blood draws have been a dreaded feature of IVF for decades. To retrieve eggs for in vitro fertilization (IVF), a patient must endure a half-dozen or more blood draws over two weeks to measure hormone levels and determine when the eggs are ready to be collected. For Mariel Boyd, […]
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By Olivia Trani Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, yet the risk of death from this condition differs by race and ethnicity. Research has shown that Black adults are more likely to have poorer cardiovascular health compared with white adults and other minority groups. They are also more likely to develop […]
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A phenomenal amount of research on Long COVID—the name for chronic symptoms following a case of COVID-19—has been published over the past three years. But scientific advances have yet to bring relief to people who are already sick, a group estimated to include about 5% of U.S. adults but hard to precisely quantify due to […]
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The San Diego Blood Bank began welcoming newly eligible donors Friday, following the Food and Drug Administration guidance this year establishing a blood donor screening process based on individual donor assessments instead of sexual orientation. Now, every prospective donor, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, will be evaluated using the same individual donor assessment questions […]
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Even though COVID positivity rates and hospitalizations have declined in recent weeks, for many concerns persist about becoming ill this fall, a time of the year which typically sees a surge in COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV, infections. While data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown […]