Author Archives: yun
Cancer and neoplasms
EXCEED-ET Investigates an Alternative Option for Disease Modification in Essential Thrombocytopenia
Jul
Lucia Masarova, MD, PhD An overperforming JAK-STAT pathway, including the presence of JAK2, CALR, and MPL gene mutations leads to high platelet count in patients with essential thrombocytopenia (ET).1 Safe and potent therapies are needed for these populations, especially for those requiring cytoreduction, regardless of their prior exposure to hydroxyurea and/or anagrelide, according to Lucia […]
Jul
Redlining, a historical housing discrimination practice, continues to be linked to worse cardiovascular health among U.S. veterans, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. The analysis used data from the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC), a New Deal program that was created by Congress in the 1930s in an attempt to make homeownership more […]
Congenital disorders
‘Dentist’s dream’ of regrowing teeth advances to clinical trials in Japan, says report
Jul
A shark’s menacing teeth can scare anyone out of the water — but one aspect of some sharks’ existence may be worth emulating: their ability to regrow teeth. An experimental medicine in Japan that could revolutionize the field of dentistry is now moving to clinical trials to create, potentially, the world’s first medicine to regrow […]
Jul
Understanding blood pressure readings can be tricky. While most people know they don’t want their blood pressure to get too high (hypertension) or too low (hypotension), many people don’t know how to tell the difference. Some also don’t understand what blood pressure means. “Blood pressure is a measure of force necessary to move blood from […]
Cancer and neoplasms
Study examines the link between oropharyngeal cancer and high-risk sexual behavior
Jul
The development of head and neck cancer is increasingly linked to HPV infection, which is a sexually transmitted disease. Oropharyngeal cancer is a type of head and neck cancer that is associated with preconceptions regarding the high-risk sexual behavior of the affected individuals. Circumventing some potential sources of bias related to case-control studies, researchers at […]