Category: Health
UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now
The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has received only about 2% of...
US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise
Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., a new study finds, but the...
Immunotherapy combination shows benefit for patients with advanced melanoma
A combination of two drugs that target different proteins on immune system T cells kept advanced melanoma in check significantly longer than one of the drugs...
Metabolic inhibitor IACS-6274 shows early antitumor effects in underserved patients
The glutaminase (GLS1) inhibitor IACS-6274, discovered and developed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Therapeutics Discovery division, appears to be well-tolerated with successful...
Combination therapy achieves high rates of response for patients with ALL
A combination of ponatinib and blinatumomab was found to be safe and highly effective in patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
Breast cancer treatments do not increase risk of COVID-19 infection or death
Cancer drugs capable of weakening the body’s immune defenses are no more likely to increase the risk of COVID-19 infection or death than breast cancer therapies...
Walking in their shoes: Using virtual reality to elicit empathy in healthcare providers
Research has shown empathy gives healthcare workers the ability to provide appropriate supports and make fewer mistakes. This helps increase patient satisfaction and enhance patient outcomes,...
Red meat intake, poor education linked to colorectal cancer
A new paper in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that several non-genetic factors—including greater red meat intake, lower educational attainment, and heavier...
When colon cancer spreads to the liver
Colorectal cancer is a leading cancer among men and women around the world. Many colorectal cancers are likely to spread to other organs, with the most...
