Brian Lee, a second-year student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, was the lead author of a study published in Frontiers of Oncology, which found that rituximab immunotherapy combined with a traditional chemotherapy regimen improved survival in patients with B-cell lymphoma by 30 percent. After graduating from undergrad at Cornell University in 2020, Brian Lee […]
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Inequities in cardiovascular care may put older women with atrial fibrillation at higher risk of stroke. Credit: ICES Higher stroke risk among females with atrial fibrillation may be related to sex-based disparities in cardiovascular care, according to a new study from Women’s College Hospital, the Peter Munk Cardiac Center (PMCC) at University Health Network (UHN) […]
Do you know your blood type? Find out for free at HealthFair 11. FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Do you know what your blood type is? A lot of people don’t, and if you’re one of them you can head to HealthFair11 to find out. Memorial Blood Centers is offering free blood typing on site. While […]
Third Annual Play It Forward Giveaway Amplifies Support for Grassroots Efforts, in Partnership with GolfStatus LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Dormie Network, a collection of luxury, private destination golf clubs, is thrilled to announce Avery’s Hope and its TopGolf Fundraiser for Avery’s Hope held June 25, as the winner of the third annual Play […]
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of racial disparities in mortality between Black and white people in the United States. New research from the University of Chicago Medicine suggests that parental incarceration may be contributing to these health gaps. According to the new study, people who experienced a parent or parental figure’s incarceration anytime before […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Reblozyl (luspatercept-aamt) to treat anemia in adults with very low- to intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who may require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions and have not received prior treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). The approval was based on interim results from the phase 3 COMMANDS […]
A new COVID-19 variant is being closely watched and has infectious disease experts concerned, weeks before a new COVID-19 vaccine is expected to become available. The new variant, BA.2.86, has raised concerns among infectious disease experts because of the number of genetic mutations it has, which they worry could allow the virus to more easily […]
Infections have surged in Rzeszow, whose strategic location near the Ukrainian border has transformed it into a hub for the Western response to Russia’s invasion. Sixteen people have died and over 150 have been hospitalized in southeastern Poland in an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe strain of bacterial pneumonia, local health authorities said Wednesday. […]
