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Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, many states had already moved to limit abortion access by defunding family planning health centers. Unfortunately, these very same clinics offer a broad range of essential primary care services beyond abortion, including access to sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment. Now, a new study uncovers the potential […]

Written by Lauren Geall As Stylist’s digital writer, Lauren Geall writes on topics including mental health, wellbeing and women’s issues. She’s also a big fan of houseplants and likes to dabble in film and TV from time-to-time. You can find her on Twitter at @laurenjanegeall. Getting engaged to someone you love is a beautiful experience – but it can also be […]

PARIS — Desmoid tumors are rare, locally aggressive, soft-tissue tumors for which there is no approved systemic therapy — but a novel drug may become the first. Nirogacestat, under development by Connecticut-based SpringWorks Therapeutics, is an oral, selective, small-molecule gamma secretase inhibitor (GSI) that targets the Notch signaling pathway, which is involved in cell differentiation. Desmoid tumors express high levels […]

Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and Yale University have demonstrated a promising new approach to delivering immunotherapy agents to fight cancer. The approach involves tethering an immunotherapy agent called a STING agonist to an acid-seeking molecule called pHLIP (pH-low insertion peptide). The pHLIP molecules target the high acidity of cancerous tumors, delivering their immunotherapy cargo directly to cells […]

Since May 2022, cases of monkeypox have increased globally, stirring fears of a new pandemic. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens on September 22 by Professor Souha Kanj and colleagues at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, presents synthesized descriptions of its clinical characteristics, risk factors, infection control and prevention measures, as well as […]

California optometrists lost their latest bid to expand their scope of practice when the state’s governor recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed them to perform laser and scalpel eye surgeries, long the domain of ophthalmologists. Assembly Bill 2236 sought to permit optometrists who treat glaucoma to perform advanced procedures, including excision and drainage of small lesions, corneal crosslinking, […]

It’s a royal birthday for Prince Harry, who turns 38 on September 15, and the Duke of Sussex has come a long way since trading royalty for family life in Montecito, California, with wife Meghan Markle and their two children, son Archie and daughter Lilibet. Harry has always been a public servant, activist, comedian, and member of the monarchy, but […]

RQM+, the leading MedTech service provider with the world’s largest global team of regulatory and quality experts, and portfolio company of Linden Capital Partners, today announced the acquisition of Jordi Labs. With these new capabilities, RQM+ provides comprehensive regulatory, quality, clinical and laboratory services, supporting market access throughout the entire product lifecycle for medical devices and diagnostics. As the only […]

Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have concluded the medical and scientific establishment should expand and re-contextualize its understanding of cannabis use and heart transplantation, suggesting the potential for a completely new approach to determining transplant candidacy. Their findings were recently published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure. Lead author Onyedika Ilonze, MD said transplantation is a life-saving option […]