Momelotinib Yields Clinically Significant Improvement in Myelofibrosis
MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with momelotinib versus danazol yields clinically significant improvements for patients with myelofibrosis, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in The Lancet.Srdan Verstovsek, M.D., from the…
Learn MorePatient-Reported Outcome Measure Developed for Radionuclide Therapy in Prostate Cancer
MONDAY, Feb. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Radionuclide Therapy (FACT-RNT) patient-reported outcome (PRO) tool has been developed for measuring symptoms/toxicities among prostate cancer (PC) patients receiving…
Learn MoreAMI, Stroke Risk Elevated for Women With Preeclampsia Within 20 Years
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women with a history of preeclampsia have a significantly increased risk for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and ischemic stroke within and after 10 years of delivery, according to a study published online Ja…
Learn MoreAdjuvant Therapy Recommendations for Breast Cancer Drop Between Ages 69 and 70
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Between ages 69 and 70 years, there is a decline in adjuvant therapy recommendations for early breast cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Bi…
Learn MoreAI Algorithm Predicts Headache Surgical Outcomes From Pain Patterns
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can correlate pain patterns drawn by patients with headache surgical outcome, according to a study published in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery…
Learn MoreBirths Registered in U.S. Increased 1 Percent From 2020 to 2021
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2020 to 2021, there was an increase in births registered in the United States and in the general fertility rate, according to a study published in the Jan. 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publica…
Learn MoreCancer Mortality Rates Increased for Older Seniors With T2DM
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For people with type 2 diabetes, cancer mortality rates are increased for those aged 75 and 85 years and with specific cancers, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Diabetologia.Suping Ling, from th…
Learn MoreLasting Decrease Seen in Risk for All-Cause Mortality After Bariatric Surgery
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — All-cause mortality and mortality from specific causes are reduced for decades after bariatric surgery, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in Obesity.Ted D. Adams, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Intermountain H…
Learn MoreRisk Factors for Pediatric CKD Progression Identified
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in children is associated with specific clinical risk factors, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Journal of the American Society for Nephrology.Caroline A…
Learn MoreRisk for Contralateral Breast Cancer Higher for Certain Pathogenic Variant Carriers
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, and PALB2 have an elevated risk for contralateral breast cancer (CBC), according to a study published onli…
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