In this first-person essay, author and writing coach Emily Rubin shares her shock and resolve regarding a second breast cancer diagnosis after many years in remission.
The average person takes almost 22,000 breaths each day, but most of us don’t breathe properly. This can become a serious issue for people living with cancer and other chronic conditions who have ...
Patients with Stage III melanoma were treated with nivolumab (anti-PD1) and relatlimab (anti-LAG-3) before surgery. 87% of patients remained alive and 80% were disease free four years after treatment.
Luckily, a vast range of skilled and dedicated patient advocates can provide support to people with cancer and their loved ones. They raise funds and awareness, build programs and communities, share ...
Countless clinical trials have been halted, public services disrupted and the collection of health data, such as new cancer diagnoses, imperiled. What’s more, Elon Musk and his so-called Department of ...
People who used GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic had a modestly lower risk for obesity-related malignancies, especially colon and rectal cancer.
NIH-funded researchers led by Dr. A. Eden Evins at Massachusetts General Hospital wanted to know if an FDA-approved smoking cessation drug called varenicline could help youth quit nicotine vaping. The ...
Since 2011, Orwig’s team has frozen samples from about 1,000 prepubertal boys, according to the AP. Although the testicular tissues do not yet produce sperm due to their immaturity, they produce stem ...
“The latest data from the Phase I trial are encouraging,” lead investigator Vinod Balachandran, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, said in a news release. “They suggest this ...
“While all fires pose exposure risks, EV fires elevate the risk to firefighters, owners and the nearby community because they are powered by massive batteries containing high concentrations of heavy ...
The FDA initially approved Enhertu in December 2019 for inoperable or metastatic breast cancer with high HER2 expression. Approval was extended to patients with HER2-low breast cancer in August 2022, ...
Following success on Broadway in the 1970s, Lavin joined the cast of Alice, which was based on the Martin Scorsese–directed film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and ran from 1976 to 1985. Her role as ...