Patients with metastatic cancer are more likely to receive low-value, aggressive interventions at the end of life if they belong to racial and ethnic minority groups or have Medicare or Medicaid coverage, according to new findings. Black patients and those covered by public insurance were more likely to be admitted from the emergency department (ED) and also of being placed […]
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Late last year, Janet Yetenekian was one of the thousands of people in Southern California whose case of COVID-19 was serious enough to send her to the hospital. But Yetenekian’s recovery was not typical: She received hospital-level care in her own home in Glendale. “It was even better than the hospital,” Yetenekian said, laughing. “They were constantly reaching out—it’s time […]
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If there’s one thing we do in the summer, it’s grill out for friends and family. We think cooking an outdoor meal with your family is a great way to bond. We also love utilizing the grill and the beautiful weather because it gets the kids outside and the family all together in one place. We understand those busy weeknights […]
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The vaccine rollout has seen an unprecedented amount of people being vaccinated in a very short space of time. In the UK, a total of around 27 million people are now fully vaccinated. As the age group being called up for their vaccines hits the younger bracket, worrying reports from both Israel and the US have reported heart inflammation side […]
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If identical versions of 20 people lived out their lives in dozens of different worlds, would the same people be popular in each world? If you substitute “fruit flies” for “people” in that question, you have a fair description of a Rice University study showing that the evolution of social structures and the positions of individuals within those structures are […]
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More than one quarter of colonoscopies carried out in Americans aged 30 to 49 years reveal some type of neoplasm, and slightly over 6% of these patients have advanced cancer, results of a nationally representative endoscopic registry show. “This is the largest study to date that has looked at the prevalence of what you find at colonoscopy in people younger […]
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The University of Delaware’s Aditya Dutta and collaborators are investigating the NKX3.1 gene and its role in prostate cancer—the most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the United States. In prostate biology, NKX3.1 is big. The gene regulates everything—development, maintenance, disease initiation and progression. In a new research article published in Cancer Discovery, the […]
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A new study of over 3000 people led by King’s College London in collaboration with Lund University, has shown for the first time that a single biomarker can accurately indicate the presence of underlying neurodegeneration in people with cognitive issues. Levels of a protein called neurofilament light chain (NfL) in the blood can identify those who might have neurodegenerative diseases […]
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As the covid crisis wanes and life approaches normal across the U.S., health industry leaders and many patient advocates are pushing Congress and the Biden administration to preserve the pandemic-fueled expansion of telehealth that has transformed how millions of Americans see the doctor. The broad effort reaches across the nation’s diverse health care system, bringing together consumer groups with health […]
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified new insights and potential treatment approaches for muscle loss in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common form of muscular dystrophy. Mani S. Mahadevan, MD, was one of the discoverers of the gene responsible for myotonic dystrophy type 1 and has been researching myotonic dystrophy for more than three decades. […]
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