ADA: Once-Weekly Tirzepatide Yields Lasting Weight Loss in Obesity
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with obesity, tirzepatide is associated with lasting weight loss, according to a study published online June 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the …
Learn MoreASCO: Desmoplastic Melanoma Responds to Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with resectable desmoplastic melanoma (DM), pembrolizumab treatment prior to resection results in a high pathological complete response (pCR) rate, according to a study presented at the annual mee…
Learn MoreMore Clinical Benefits of Molnupiravir ID’d in COVID-19
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, molnupiravir offers additional important clinical benefits, according to a study published online June 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.Noting that molnupiravir…
Learn MoreVaccination Status Affects Patient Willingness to Have Surgery During Pandemic
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patient and hospital staff’s vaccine status may influence patients’ willingness to undergo a surgery during a pandemic, according to a study published in the June 9 issue of Vaccine.Anna Clebone Ruskin, M.D., …
Learn MoreGene Test Lets Some Colon Cancer Patients Safely Skip Chemo
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A blood test could save some colon cancer patients from getting unnecessary chemotherapy following surgery, while making sure that those who would benefit from the treatment get it, researchers report.The circ…
Learn MoreAHA News: Tiny Sprouts Provide Big Nutrition
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Move over baby carrots and petite peas. Even tinier vegetables are catching on as go-to healthy foods.Microscale vegetables, a growing food category that includes sprouted seeds, are miniature…
Learn MoreMore Physical Activity, Less Sitting May Lower Risk for Stroke
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Spending more time being physically active, particularly at moderate intensity, and less time being sedentary may lower the risk for having a stroke, according to a study published online June 3 in JAMA Networ…
Learn MoreASCO: ACA Medicaid Expansion Has Increased Access to Cancer Trials
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Expansion (ME) was associated with an increase in the proportion of patients using Medicaid in cancer clinical trials, according to a study presented at the…
Learn MoreBlack Children Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Imaging at ED Visit
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black children consistently are less likely to receive diagnostic imaging than White children presenting to a pediatric emergency department, according to a study published online June 2 in JAMA Network Open.M…
Learn MoreASCO: Parental Cancer Tied to Risk for Unmet Social Needs in Children
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Parental cancer is associated with a greater likelihood of family-level food insecurity, financial worry about housing costs and other monthly bills, and transportation barriers to medical care for U.S. childr…
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