Archive: 03/06/2022

2 monkeypox strains in US suggest possible undetected spread

Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the U.S., health officials said Friday, raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time.

Jun 3, 2022

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Novel approach identifies highly specific anti-cancer compounds

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified potent, highly specific compounds that interfere with bromodomain (BD)-containing proteins involved in cancer. The compounds, called ...

Jun 3, 2022

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Donating milk as a way of making meaning from the loss of a child

In the second trimester of pregnancy, the breasts begin secreting milk. Even if a baby dies at birth or is stillborn, milk production will still automatically ramp up following delivery.

Jun 3, 2022

U.S. monkeypox cases now at 21, two strains identified

The number of known U.S. monkeypox cases has increased to 21 in 11 states, federal health officials announced Friday.

Jun 3, 2022

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Targeted drug achieves 43% response rate in KRAS-mutated lung cancer

Nearly 43% of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose lung cancers harbored a specific KRAS mutation responded to the experimental drug adagrasib, and the targeted agent also showed activity against lesions ...

Jun 3, 2022

New drug combination lengthened survival for some with lung cancer

A study conducted under the Lung Cancer Master Protocol (Lung-MAP) found that patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose cancer had progressed on previous immunotherapy lived significantly longer when treated ...

Jun 3, 2022

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New population-based studies show increased risk of dementia and depression in RA

In work presented at the 2022 EULAR Congress, Dr. Jens Kristian Pedersen and colleagues used data from the DANBIO registry to describe the all-cause mortality risk associated with depression in patients with incident rheumatoid ...

Jun 3, 2022

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Risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes in a large US health care system

The risk of acquiring COVID-19—and the severity of illness—in the context of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) and their therapy, remains incompletely understood. Reported infection rates and outcomes have ...

Jun 3, 2022

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Holocaust survivors may have a lower risk of post-operative delirium, Israeli study finds

Holocaust survivors may be at reduced risk of developing post-operative delirium suggests Israeli research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care ...

Jun 3, 2022

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Preoperative BMI and weight may predict outcomes after weight-loss surgery, data spanning 15 years suggests

New research being presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), suggests that preoperative body mass index (BMI) and weight play an important role in outcomes following bariatric (obesity) ...

Jun 3, 2022

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