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Study highlights physician and patient interest in climate-conscious healthcare

Concerns about the environmental impact of healthcare decisions rarely enter into conversations between patients and physicians.

13 Sep 2024

Advanced insulin pump technology improves diabetes management for marathon runners

A series of case reports to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Madrid (9-13 Sept), describe how a technology giving insulin doses informed by an insulin pump algorithm helped three adults with type 1 diabetes better manage their blood sugars enabling them to lead more active lives, and even run marathons.

13 Sep 2024

$Hypofractionation proven safer and more convenient for breast cancer treatment$

Hypofractionation proven safer and more convenient for breast cancer treatment

Giving higher doses per fraction of radiation therapy over a shorter time after breast cancer surgery significantly reduces the risk of side effects and improves quality of life compared with a conventional schedule, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

13 Sep 2024

Cancer cases in the US continued to be underdiagnosed during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers examine how the COVID-19 pandemic affected cancer diagnosis rates between 2021 and 2020.

13 Sep 2024

Current and emerging biomarkers in the management of inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that significantly impacts the quality of life of patients.

12 Sep 2024

New tool ehrapy revolutionizes health data analysis

Led by Helmholtz Munich, scientists have developed an accessible software solution specifically designed for the analysis of complex medical health data.

12 Sep 2024

Pharma companies' strategies for reaching poorer countries remain unclear

Pharmaceutical companies must prioritize efforts to reach patients in underserved parts of the world with medicines such as insulin for diabetics and, crucially, measure the effectiveness of these efforts, says Jayasree Iyer, CEO of the Access to Medicine Foundation.

12 Sep 2024

High-dose amphetamine use linked to increased risk of psychosis or mania

Prescribing rates for stimulants that treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have increased significantly over the past decade, with some of the largest increases reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 Sep 2024

NCCN expands cancer guidelines library with Spanish translations and more languages

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network;an alliance of leading cancer centers - and the NCCN Foundation proudly announce plans to make every book in the library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients available in Spanish; with select editions available in additional languages as well.

12 Sep 2024

New IndiPHARM initiative aims to revolutionize personalized medication management

A Columbia University-led multicenter research effort called IndiPHARM: individual metabolome and exposome assessment for pharmaceutical optimization will develop a platform and monitoring system to prevent unwanted interactions between medications and other environmental, genetic, and lifestyle factors, in order to optimize therapeutic efficacy.

12 Sep 2024

Genetics of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in African populations presented at Nairobi conference

Regions of the genome associated with Alzheimer's disease and dementia in African populations will be presented at the Future of Dementia in Africa conference on September 11-12, 2024.

12 Sep 2024

Molnupiravir reduces long-term COVID-19 symptoms but shows limited impact on hospitalizations

Molnupiravir treatment for COVID-19 shows modest long-term benefits, reducing symptoms and improving well-being at three and six months. However, the differences were small, with no impact on hospitalization rates.

11 Sep 2024

Long radiotherapy course shows better organ preservation in rectal cancer

The COVID-19 pandemic has enabled researchers to show that a long course of radiotherapy given before surgery may be a better treatment for avoiding surgery, preserving the rectum and anus, and preventing regrowth of the primary tumor than a short course of radiotherapy for patients with rectal cancer – a type of bowel cancer.

11 Sep 2024

Single dose of MVA-BN vaccine shows 58% effectiveness against mpox

A single dose of the Modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) was 58% effective in protecting again mpox infection, according to a new study published in BMJ.

11 Sep 2024

Atrial fibrillation affects more Americans than previously estimated

Atrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heart beat that can lead to stroke or sudden death, is three times more common than previously thought, affecting nearly 5% of the population, or 10.5 million U.S. adults, according to new estimates from UC San Francisco.

11 Sep 2024

New ultrasound technology provides effective treatment for urinary stones

A noninvasive ultrasound technology called Break Wave™ lithotripsy (BWL) offers a safe and effective new option for treatment of urinary stones, reports a clinical trial in the October issue of The Journal of Urology, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA).

11 Sep 2024