The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 could be causing patients to experience bizarre symptom that only happens at night. A doctor in the United Kingdom has claimed that the new variant of concern is causing several infected people to sweat profusely at night. Telltale Symptoms British physician Dr. Amir Khan, who works with the U.K.’s National
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In HER2-positive gastric cancer, the addition of pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) to trastuzumab (Herceptin, Roche) and platinum-based chemotherapy led to a significant improvement in overall response rate, according to results from the first interim analysis of the KEYNOTE-811 phase 3, randomized clinical trial. The results of the trial, initially presented at the 2021 annual meeting of
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. With the Omicron variant of the coronavirus blazing across the United States, President Joe Biden offered reassurance on Tuesday to Americans who have followed public health guidance to get vaccinated and boosted, and delivered a stark warning to those who haven’t.
In this article DAL Delta Air Lines airplanes at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Tuesday asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to halve its recommended quarantine time for people
Pairing a novel cytotoxic agent with bevacizumab (Avastin) failed to improve progression-free survival (PFS) versus standard therapy in older patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) ineligible for intensive therapy, a randomized trial showed. Investigator-assessed PFS was 9.4 months with trifluridine/tipiracil (Lonsurf) plus bevacizumab and 9.3 months with capecitabine plus the angiogenesis inhibitor. PFS by blinded
Children and adolescents who show persistent high levels of anxiety are more likely to become psychotic in their early 20s, according to a new study. But treating early anxiety by targeting stress hormones and non-resolving inflammation during childhood and teenage years could help to reduce the risk of young adults going on to develop psychosis.
Olivia Bratcher‘s story starts when she was in fifth grade and joined the Girl Scouts. Little did she know, several years later, her Girl Scout Gold Award project would help cancer survivors like her mother and become something she expects to remain passionate about for years to come. Olivia’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer
A melanoma cell. Credit: Dr Erik Sahai. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for some adults in England with a type of advanced melanoma skin cancer. The drug will now be routinely available on the NHS to adults with stage 3 melanoma
In a recent preprint study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the impact and risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in cancer patients based on age, tumor type, and therapy. Study: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the global data involving 61,532
There’s a sort-of unspoken, but widely acknowledged, ‘life path’ we’re all expected to follow – but none of our journeys are exactly the same. Here, we’re exploring the mental health impact of deviating from the predicted ‘life milestones’ course, and how to handle it The word ‘milestone’ is said to date back to the third
The omicron variant is now the most dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S. With this latest development in the ongoing pandemic, many people fear the aftermath of omicron’s sudden and faster takeover than the delta variant. However, experts are also confident that certain treatments can effectively cure the infection caused by the virus. Below
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Rural Kansas hospitals are struggling to transfer patients as COVID-19 numbers surge, with some patients left stranded in emergency rooms for a week while they wait for a bed. Space also was in short supply last winter and again over the summer when the delta variant first hit the state. The
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. In a scientific statement issued today, the American Heart Association (AHA) says it fully supports updated federal guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccines and boosters and implores all eligible Americans to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Late last week, the US Centers
People wait in long lines in Times Square to get tested for Covid-19 on December 20, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The rapidly spreading omicron variant is now the dominant Covid strain in the U.S., representing 73% of sequenced cases, according to data published Monday by the Centers for Disease
I think we thought we saw this coming. And I think we tried to warn everybody. Approaching 2 years into the pandemic, with hundreds of thousands of lives lost and millions sickened, it feels like we’re no closer to an effective public health system prepared to handle what comes next, instead of reacting to things
A team of scientists at the University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital (OUH) Radiumhospitalet and Karolinska Institutet, led by Professor Johanna Olweus, has developed a new type of immunotherapy for cancer. The new treatment makes the patient’s immune cells “believe” that cancer is a transplanted organ that should be rejected. The immune cells then attack
The FDA approved the only biologic for severe asthma without any phenotype or biomarker limitations, manufacturers AstraZeneca and Amgen announced Friday. The first-in-class biologic tezepelumab-ekko (Tezspire) is indicated as an add-on maintenance treatment for patients ages 12 and older with severe asthma. It is not intended for acute bronchospasm or status asthmaticus. As a first-in-class
Wendy Dean is a Queensland resident and a mother of two. She was 45 years old when a phone call from her doctor first turned her world upside down, just as she was getting ready to leave work one day to pick up her daughter from school. The call was one no one ever wants
New research suggests that prenatal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exposure increases the risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in the baby’s first year of life. The risk of neurodevelopmental disorders increased if COVID-19 infection occurred in the third trimester. The majority of diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders involved motor and language problems. Because children born to previously infected mothers
Breakthrough infections could lead to an eventual end game of the COVID-19 pandemic: This is what scientists are saying after conducting tests on live SARS-CoV-2 virus exposed to blood samples collected from vaccinated individuals. Study On COVID-19 Protection In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from the Oregon Health
This is a summary of a preprint research study written by researchers at Longyan First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University in Fuzhou, China, on Research Square provided to you by Medscape. This study has not yet been peer reviewed. The full text of the study can be found on ResearchSquare.com. Key Takeaways Perirenal fat
A year ago, our incredible columnist Grace Victory began her maternity leave – but no one could ever have predicted the chain of events that would unfold. With raw honesty, Grace shares the traumatic journey she’s been through, after catching Covid-19 late in her pregnancy, and being put in an induced coma. Now, she’s back,
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Dec. 17, 2021 — Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 2 to 5 years old fizzled in clinical trials, the company said on Friday, signaling a further delay in getting a vaccine to preschoolers just as Omicron bears down on the U.S. In
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court has reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine and testing requirement for private businesses that covers about 80 million American workers. The ruling by the 6th
“Your brain doesn’t care what hits it.” — Daniel Daneshvar, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, on how repeated head trauma endured by pro football players may be one of several potential risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. “That’s where I get a bit more nervous, because a very transmissible variant will be sweeping across
Today, CDC released two reports in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlighting the use of test-to-stay practices used in schools to minimize absenteeism and learning loss which can occur during traditional quarantine at home. In light of this updated data, CDC has added information on test-to-stay practices to our K-12 Transmission Science Brief and
A family’s Boston Terrier is being hailed a hero after he saved their baby’s life. Jeff and Kelly Dowling of Connecticut thought something was wrong with the 8-year-old pup, Henry, since he began acting weird. Photo: YouTube/Good Morning America While their 9-month-old baby slept in her nursery, Henry kept opening the door by head-butting it
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