Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a cornerstone of non–small cell lung cancer treatment. But there is a question that’s been vexing oncologists for years: When can treatment be stopped? A new review of clinical trial data suggests that it is safe to stop immunotherapy after 2 years if the patient is progression-free. There was no difference in overall survival between such […]

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Kaiser Family Foundation health equity researchers took a deep dive into 2021 American Community Survey data to examine how demographics, health coverage and other social determinants of health drive health and healthcare for Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders overall, and by subgroups.  Existing data limits understanding of disparities Each year, the KFF researchers look at the latest […]

A novel tool may have the potential to identify which suicidal patients who present to the emergency department (ED) should be admitted to hospital and which patients can be safely discharged, new research suggests. Investigators found the Abbreviated Suicide Crisis Syndrome Checklist (A-SCS-C) “shows robust clinical utility and may actually reduce the limitations of relying on self-reported suicidal ideation to determine suicide […]

LynxDx, a Michigan diagnostics laboratory specializing in prostate cancer screening and risk prediction, acquired liquid handling solutions fromINTEGRA Biosciences to streamline its sample preparation for high throughput COVID-19 testing. The lab is now in the process of moving these products over to prostate cancer screening, where they are helping to improve result accuracy and turnaround times and, ultimately, support timely […]

Gonorrhoea: The facts and how to prevent the infection New data suggests there were a whopping 392,453 sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported in England last year, which is more than 1,000 STI diagnoses every day. The number of gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses were driving this peak. Figures from the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) found that gonorrhoea diagnoses increased by […]

A review of more than 245,000 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given to young children (most of them age 4 and younger) found no indications of serious side effects. The study, published June 6 in Pediatrics, was led by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data came from the […]

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester. The research drew upon data from the East of England Ambulance Service and The Circuit, the national defibrillator network developed by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The Circuit maps the […]

Researchers investigated the link between sleep apnea, brain volume, amyloid-beta deposits, and memory. They found that among people with sleep apnea, amyloid-positive individuals are more vulnerable to loss in brain volume and poorer scores on memory tests than their amyloid-negative counterparts. Further studies are needed to understand what these findings mean for dementia pathology and potential treatments. Sleep apnea is […]

Thanks to the collaboration between teams from the AP-HP, the MedTech METAFORA biosystems, the Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier, Cerba Healthcare, and more than 30 investigating centers coordinated by Professor Fanny Mochel at Paris Brain Institute, a reliable and rapid blood test now enables early diagnosis of Glut1 deficiency syndrome, or De Vivo disease—a rare and yet treatable neurometabolic […]