June is Men’s Health Awareness Month and there are many resources in Winnipeg at a man’s disposal. The Men’s Health Clinic (MHC) has recently opened two months ago and is located on Sterling Lyon Parkway on the west end of the city. Dr. Premal Patel, the medical director of the […]
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Studies Find MS Patients Need Early Help for Pain and Anxiety
Screening for depression also should happen quickly to maintain quality of life, two new studies of multiple sclerosis indicate. Healthcare providers should offer multiple sclerosis (MS) patients help for pain, fatigue, depression or anxiety at the time of diagnosis rather than waiting, according to two new studies. Clinically significant levels of […]
Adjuvant Everolimus Fails to Stop Recurrence in Early High-Risk Breast Cancer
Adding mTOR inhibitor everolimus (Afinitor) to adjuvant endocrine therapy failed to improve disease-free survival (DFS) in high-risk hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative (HR+/HER2-), a large randomized trial showed. Three-year DFS was 88% with everolimus plus endocrine therapy and 89% with placebo plus endocrine therapy. Tolerability figured prominently in the results, as more than […]
Agendia Achieves Historic Milestone of Enrolling 10,000 Patients in FLEX, the Largest-Ever Prospective, Real-World-Evidence Trial for Patients With Early Stage Breast Cancer
IRVINE, Calif. & AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Agendia, Inc., a commercial-stage company focused on improving outcomes for breast cancer patients worldwide by providing physicians and patients with next-generation diagnostic and information solutions to inform optimized treatment decision-making, today announced 10,000 patients have been successfully enrolled in the FLEX Registry. Agendia’s unique FLEX Registry […]
Early Signs of Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that causes chronic spine inflammation. AS also is an autoimmune disease, a condition in which the immune system malfunctions and attacks healthy tissues in and around the joints. It often starts in the lower back. AS also causes sacroiliitis—inflammation of the […]
Screening kids for anxiety and depression early on could help stop crises, panel says : NPR
An advisory committee has issued its draft recommendations to screen kids earlier for anxiety and depression. Experts say this will help children get help before things escalate into a crisis. AILSA CHANG, HOST: A national panel of health experts says all kids ages 8 years and older should be screened […]
FDA Approves Olaparib for Adjuvant Treatment of High-Risk Early Breast Cancer
By The ASCO Post Staff Posted: 3/14/2022 10:51:00 AM Last Updated: 3/15/2022 8:32:00 AM On March 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved olaparib (Lynparza) for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative, high-risk early breast cancer who have been treated […]
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease treatment shows promising early results — ScienceDaily
A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), developed by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit at UCL, has shown “very encouraging” early results following its use in six patients at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust. CJD is a rare but devastating disease that causes […]
Early Menopause May Raise a Woman’s Odds for Dementia | Health & Fitness
Denise Mann TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women who enter menopause early may be more likely to develop dementia later in life, new research indicates. During menopause, production of the female sex hormone estrogen drops dramatically and a woman’s periods come to an end. While women typically enter […]
Crohn’s Disease Symptoms in Men: Early Signs & Diagnosis
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The terms “male” and “men” are used in this article to refer to people who identify as male and have typical reproductive organs of a cisgender male. We recognize that some people who identify as male do not have the same anatomy as depicted in this article. Crohn’s disease is […]
Event-free Survival with Pembrolizumab in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Abstract Background The addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy led to a significantly higher percentage of patients with early triple-negative breast cancer having a pathological complete response (defined as no invasive cancer in the breast and negative nodes) at definitive surgery in an earlier analysis of this phase 3 trial […]
Waski retiring early, cites health issues
MONROE — District Administrator Risk Waski, a fixture in Monroe Schools dating back a decade, has decided to leave his post, citing medical reasons. Waski’s retirement was accepted by the board in a closed-session special meeting, on Monday. His resignation is effective on May 22, said Joe Monroe, director of […]