Slideshow ( 2 images )(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday it would review Pfizer Inc’s request to authorize booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine in all adults “as expeditiously as possible,” with the New York Times here reporting that the regulatory nod could come as soon as Thursday. The agency said it does not plan to […]

After a stream of caustic and angry comments from people with cancer last month on social media, the cancer charity ‘Be Bold, Be Bald!’ has closed down, with its founder issuing an apology and pledging to be guided by “the community of patients, survivors and advocates in the future.” ‘Be Bold, Be Bald!’ is an annual campaign in its 11th […]

In the middle of a rainy Michigan night, 88-year-old Dian Wurdock walked out the front door of her son’s home in Grand Rapids, barefoot and coatless. Her destination was unknown even to herself. Wurdock was several years into a dementia diagnosis that turned out to be Alzheimer’s disease. By luck, her son woke up and found her before she stepped […]

New research in the November 2021 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds fewer than one-third of hospitals had immediate availability of a crucial blood cancer medication called all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). ATRA is initiated early in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)—a form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), to prevent major bleeding, clotting, and potential […]

These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority no […]

Schoolchildren in large parts of France were ordered Monday to again wear face masks in class, less than a month after being allowed to remove them, as the country tries to tamp down a surge in COVID cases. Primary schools in 40 of France’s 101 departments or administrative areas, which had been mask-free for weeks, are affected by the order, […]

A new treatment could prevent serious illness in case of COVID-19 infections during the pandemic. This would prevent hospitalization of patients and thus ease the burden on the healthcare system. For several months, inpatients at the Klinikum rechts der Isar university hospital of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have been successfully treated with neutralizing antibodies. This treatment option at […]

Feeling wiped out? We’re all knackered but there’s a whole festive season to get through. What you eat, however, can boost your energy levels during the winter – even if you’ve got SAD.  Winter time can be brutal. When it’s cold and dark, it’s harder to exercise and less tempting to fill up with fresh, nutritious foods. All we want is […]

Coronary stenting guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) readings, considered to reflect the targeted lesion’s functional impact, was no match for coronary bypass surgery (CABG) in patients with multivessel disease (MVD) in a major international randomized trial. Indeed, FFR-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using one of the latest drug-eluting stents (DES) performed poorly in the trial, compared with surgery, seemingly […]

(HealthDay)—There is growing evidence that pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS) is associated with an increased risk for maculopathy, according to a study published online Nov. 18 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Gerald McGwin Jr., Ph.D., from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues examined the association between PPS exposure and maculopathy in a disproportionality analysis conducted using the U.S. Food and Drug […]