Monthly Archives: October 2023

Cancer and neoplasms

ESMO 2023: New Therapeutic Targets in Advanced Renal Cell Carinoma and Data from Sequencing Trials

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20
Oct

(UroToday.com) The 2023 ESMO annual meeting included a session on optimizing overall survival in advanced renal cancer, featuring a presentation by Dr. Cristina Suarez Rodriguez discussing data from sequencing trials and new therapeutic targets. Dr. Suarez Rodriguez notes that there are several important definitions with regard to patterns of disease response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. […]

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Cardiovascular

Fundraising push to support CVI pavilion at Glenbrook Hospital

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The NorthShore Foundation has announced a fundraising campaign to support NorthShore — Edward-Elmhurst Health’s commitment to improving cardiovascular care in the region with the NorthShore Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) pavilion. According to the a news release, currently under construction at NorthShore Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview and expected to open in April 2024, the CVI pavilion will […]

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Blood

Community helps save 618 lives in successful WEAR Care Halloween Blood Drive

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20
Oct

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The WEAR Cares Halloween Blood Drive was a success! Our local community got together on Friday to help save 618 lives. Here are the results: Wahoos stadium buses Registered: 150 donors Collected: 130 pints 9 Mile Donor Center Registered: 56 donors Collected: 56 pints 9th Ave Donor Center Registered: 22 donors Collected: […]

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Blood

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Director Thinks It Was ‘Crazy’ That Film Was Shown to 4th Graders

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20
Oct

If you think it was a little odd that a portion of horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was shown to a group of fourth graders, well, you’re not alone. Even the film’s director agrees. “It’s mad, isn’t it? I think it’s crazy,” Blood and Honey director/co-writer Rhys Waterfield told Variety in a […]

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Blood

San Diego Blood Bank welcomes gay, bisexual men as donors

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20
Oct

The San Diego Blood Bank began welcoming newly eligible donors on 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 […]

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Cardiovascular

World experts to discuss cardiovascular health issues in Cuba

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20
Oct

The events will be held from November 7 to 10, at the Havana International Conference Center (HICC). It will be the perfect setting for attendees to update on issues related to prevention, diagnosis, medical, surgical and interventional treatment and rehabilitation of patients with heart and great vessels disease. Overcoming current challenges in managing coronary disease, […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Cell-Free Liquid Biopsy Test for Ovarian Cancer Proves 91% Accurate

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20
Oct

ovarian cancer | Image credit: Crystal light – stock.adobe.com A recent analysis investigating the use of an experimental cell-free DNA (cfDNA) liquid biopsy found that the test was 91% accurate at identifying early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), a higher rate than that of other tests currently available. The study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, showed […]

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Infection

Diagnosis and management of postoperative wound infections in the head and neck region

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20
Oct

image:  Diagnosis and management of postoperative wound infections in the head and neck region view more  Credit: 2023 Barbarewicz et al. “The majority of wound infections often manifest themselves immediately postoperatively, so close followup should take place […]” BUFFALO, NY- October 20, 2023 – A new research perspective was published in Oncoscience (Volume 10) on October […]

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Cardiovascular

A New Cardiovascular Board? A Few Things For Cardiology Leaders to Consider

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20
Oct

For years he’s been a thorn in the side of the ABIM. Now he has some words of advice for those devising a cardiology alternative. Amid renewed uproar on social media regarding American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC), several cardiology subspecialty societies announced that they were planning to create their own […]

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