Month: November 2020

A recent study in the British Journal of Haematology by Irani and colleagues suggests that an effector-suppressor score, which is calculated using absolute natural killer (NK) cell, FoxP3+ regulatory T-cell (T-reg), and monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cell counts, can effectively predict the likelihood of treatment-free remission in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). This follows on the heels of

For sports lovers, the year 2020 is one to forget. Seasons have withstood many disruptions, only to be brought back in unfamiliar formats with few, if any, fans in the stands.  It’s also been a year to witness how well, or just the opposite, sports leagues have handled the pandemic. For some leagues, thanks to

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. College students Colin Berg (left), Connor Dreher and Brady Bowman stroll through downtown Boulder, Colorado, in mid-November wearing matching neck gaiters. Some research suggests the thin material used in gaiters does not block as much of the coronavirus as cloth face

IU Health Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis has been running over capacity for several days now, and that was after a tough week last week. Timothy Ellender, MD, a critical care specialist at the hospital, tweeted on Tuesday, “It’s here. Hospitals are full. No ICU beds to be found. Holding in ER, PACU.” In an

You call your favorite uncle to wish him a happy birthday and he says, “What? Speak up!” You say it again, louder, and he says, “Who is this?” You spend the remainder of your call shouting, trying to make yourself understood, and wondering why he doesn’t get a hearing aid. If he’s like many Americans,

Renal function declines over time with tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), although it is unclear if the relationship is causal, shows a 10-year study. “The overall decline in renal function appears mild and gradual but we advise that renal function should be carefully monitored in patients on long-term TKI treatment,”

Health literacy is a global problem. Nine out of 10 adults have trouble applying the health information they see in the media or get from healthcare facilities to their own lives.  Defined as how well a person can find and understand the information they need, health literacy affects every decision we make about our health,

Routinely collected clinical data help identify men with high-risk prostate cancer most likely to benefit from a gallium-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT scan, according to a study reported at the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting 2020. “PSMA PET/CT is a novel molecular and functional imaging modality specific for prostate cancer cells that

Less than a third of infants born to mothers who had hepatitis C (HCV) with cirrhosis received appropriate testing, a researcher said. Optimal HCV antibody screening was checked at age 12 months or older in only 32% of infants born to HCV-positive mothers with cirrhosis, according to a large national Canadian database, reported Tatyana Kushner,

With promising results from both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 phase 3 trials, the FDA has pledged to move “as quickly as possible” to clear both vaccines for emergency use, according to reports from CNBC. On Monday, Alex Azar, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, told the cable business network that the