Steven Eichberg was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012. September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month — a month that has grown particularly meaningful to me. That’s because on June 6, 2012, I was first diagnosed with the blood cancer lymphoma. I soon learned that more than 100,000 Americans are diagnosed with lymphoma each year. Lymphoma is […]
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been found to have positive effects on treating and controlling atherosclerosis (AS), a main cause of coronary disease, strokes and peripheral vascular disease, experts said on Friday, World Heart Day, which is to raise public awareness of cardiovascular disease. AS incidence is rising in China due to changes in lifestyle […]
New Delhi: New medical research has revealed an increased risk of cardiovascular problems, including heart attacks and strokes, among individuals grappling with marijuana addiction. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal ‘Addiction’, reported a 60% higher risk of experiencing their initial cardiovascular event for adults misusing cannabis, as per The New York Post. The study […]
Photomicrograph of spleen tissue showing the presence of numerous Leishmania donovani parasites in the amastigote form they take after infecting a host. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The organisms that cause visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially deadly version of the parasitic disease that most often affects the skin to cause disfiguring disease, appear to […]
vzphotos/iStock Editorial via Getty Images AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) announced Friday that its FDA-approved blood cancer therapy venetoclax did not reach the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 trial for patients with multiple myeloma as a late-line combination regimen. Citing data from its CANOVA study, the company said that venetoclax plus dexamethasone did not indicate a statistically […]
In a recent study published in Cell, researchers explored the associations between autozygosity, measured as the fraction of the genome in runs of homozygosity (FROH), and common diseases, focusing on populations with high consanguinity rates. Study: Influence of autozygosity on common disease risk across the phenotypic spectrum. Image Credit: MiniStocker/Shutterstock.com Background The prevalence of consanguinity, […]
Companies Abbvie Inc Follow Roche Holding AG Follow Sept 29 (Reuters) – AbbVie (ABBV.N) said on Friday a late-stage study of its experimental combination therapy failed to show meaningful increase in the survival of patients with a form of blood cancer without the disease worsening. The combination of AbbVie’s Venclyxto and a steroid dexamethasone was […]
Brussels, 29 September 2023: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally and costs the EU economy 282 billion euros per year. The European Heart Health Charter, launched today on World Heart Day, by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Heart Network, aims to improve cardiovascular health by preventing where possible […]
ByMadhupriti Mitra Sep 29, 2023 05:42 PM IST Share Via Copy Link On World Heart Day, health experts spoke about this year’s theme ‘Use Heart, Know Heart’ and shared how dietary choices impact our heart health. The heart, being the powerhouse of our body, deserves our utmost attention and care. It tirelessly works day and […]
A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a study. “The degree of risk was not modest,” said lead study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and […]