Imaging mass cytometry at the single-cell level showed potential as an immunotherapy response prediction tool in early triple-negative breast cancer. Benefits of adding atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-risk early and locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) was possible to determine with imaging mass cytometry (IMC) for […]
Month: December 2021
How to Get Through the Afternoon Without Caffeine
Source: Clay Banks/Unsplash It happens right after lunch—you begin to feel sluggish, unproductive, and exhausted, and there are still hours left before you can end your day and relax. We’ve all been there before. Whether you are in the middle of your busy workday, at home caring for young children, […]
Why you gain weight after losing it: Yo-yo dieting explained
Getty Images/kroach You lost the weight you wanted to, but in a matter of months, you’ve gained it all back once you stop dieting. Sound familiar? Maybe this has happened a few times. But you lost the weight once, and you know you can do it again. Yo-yo dieting, also […]
Tips for Dealing With Stress and Anxiety
©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM / SKYNESHER With the school year in full swing, kids have been interacting with peers in person every day for a few months now. But despite a return to some normalcy on the classroom front, many children are experiencing high levels of anxiety. For some, school was a primary […]
Perimenopause & Depression: Risk, Symptoms and Causes
Symptoms Their symptoms of perimenopause can be mild, moderate or disabling, like they were in Markey’s case, and can include feelings of hopelessness, fatigue, moving or talking more slowly, feeling restless or having trouble sitting still, thoughts of death or suicide, suicide attempts, andaches or pains, headaches, cramps or digestive […]
Benefits and Foods to Try
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a serious medical condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Conditions such as high blood pressure and coronary artery disease can lead to CHF. What you eat can have a big impact on your heart health, whether you are […]
Barbra Streisand on COVID’s long-term issues
Barbra Streisand and Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz The last thing we need during the holidays – especially amid a global pandemic – is another reason to worry, but women, in particular, should be concerned about their heart health. A decade ago, we joined forces to combat gender inequity in […]
Hospital and Health System Affiliation Transactions: Critical Legal and Business Issues | Foley & Lardner LLP
We continue to see affiliation activity among hospitals and health systems, albeit at a slower pace than previously experienced, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting slow down in elective care, staffing shortages and a disinclination of some patients to re-engage with their providers. These impacts, we believe, […]
How to Improve Your Mental Health in 2022
The year 2021 was one of emotional whiplash. There was anticipation for vaccines, followed by confusing rollouts. Then, we saw some hope as many Americans were inoculated, only to find new variants, a tumultuous news cycle and widespread confusion around the bend. The good news is that people across the […]
Sickle cell disease treatment for young children expands
One of the few medications for sickle cell disease is now available for children as young as 4 years old, a promising step toward expanding treatment options for a painful blood disorder that has historically been underfunded. Global Blood Therapeutics, a San Francisco-based pharmaceutical company, in mid-December received approval from […]
Hospitals and health care workers face inordinate violence. They need our protection.
The week between Christmas and New Year’s might be a lull in most workplaces, but not in hospitals. Overcrowding and understaffing are common, and that can have dangerous results. The very people charged with protecting the health of the public at large face an unsafe environment themselves. Health care workers […]
26 Best Fitness Tips For Building Muscle, Weight Loss, And More
2022 is (somehow) quickly approaching, and perhaps you’re looking for a way to up your fitness game for the new year. You’ve definitely come to the right place. We asked five trainers for their best fitness tips and pulled tried-and-true pointers from WH over the years. Together, they cover everything […]