Drug May Help Stop Breast Cancer From Returning
Health

Drug May Help Stop Breast Cancer From Returning

June 15, 2023 – A drug that targets specific genes that help cancer cells thrive, when combined with hormonal therapy, may help women with a specific kind of early-stage breast cancer, new research says. The targeted-therapy drug showed success for women with hormone-receptor positive/HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer, according to research presented at the 2023 American Society… […]

Some Breast Cancer Patients May Safely Forgo Chemotherapy
Health

Some Breast Cancer Patients May Safely Forgo Chemotherapy

June 15, 2023 – Sometimes less may be more, and researchers are increasingly looking at ways that cancer therapy can be safely “de-escalated,” making a patient’s care less aggressive without affecting their odds of survival. One new study shows women with HER2-positive early breast cancer were able to be successfully treated without chemotherapy thus avoiding… […]

Prostate Cancer in Black Men: Overcoming Barriers to Better Outcomes
Health

Prostate Cancer in Black Men: Overcoming Barriers to Better Outcomes

Since the 1990s, prostate cancer death rates have dropped for all men — most of all for Black men. That’s progress,  but it’s not the full picture.Black men have a greater risk of getting prostate cancer — and a more aggressive type — than White men, says Brandon A. Mahal, MD, a radiation oncologist with… […]

China-led AIIB’s comms chief quits, criticises bank’s management
Business

China-led AIIB’s comms chief quits, criticises bank’s management

BEIJING, June 14 (Reuters) – The global communications director of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Wednesday he had resigned and criticised the bank as “dominated by the Communist Party”, allegations which the AIIB said were “baseless”.Bob Pickard announced the move on his personal Twitter account, saying he had left because of… […]

UK lawmakers question FCA supervision of Odey Asset Management
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UK lawmakers question FCA supervision of Odey Asset Management

LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) – Lawmakers on Britain’s powerful Treasury Select Committee have written to the Financial Conduct Authority to question the regulator’s supervision of Odey Asset Management (OAM) and its founder Crispin Odey.The letter sent to the FCA on Wednesday, and signed by the committee’s chair Harriett Baldwin, follows allegations of sexual misconduct by… […]

Biden praises companies for ending hidden fees
Politics

Biden praises companies for ending hidden fees

The companies did not commit to eliminating the actual fees, promising instead to disclose them from the beginning of the transaction rather than in the final stage before payment. The issue came to national attention in November when Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary drew criticism for hidden fees, as well as widespread glitches, during… […]

‘Not a tech-savvy group’: Cruz discredits congress on AI
Politics

‘Not a tech-savvy group’: Cruz discredits congress on AI

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Batter up! Lawmakers suit up for annual Congressional Baseball Game
Politics

Batter up! Lawmakers suit up for annual Congressional Baseball Game

“I’m 100 percent healed. I had a concussion that tore ligaments in my neck, had a punctured lung and I broke my pelvis, and I feel 100 percent,” Steube said. “My goal was actually to be 100 percent by this game.” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Steube had been a motivating factor to get up… […]

How CEO Jonelle Procope Saved Harlem’s Apollo Theater
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How CEO Jonelle Procope Saved Harlem’s Apollo Theater

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonelle Procope’s 20-year tenure as president and CEO of The Apollo Theater evolved into an era of prosperity and expansion, markedly different from the tumultuous, cash-strapped decades that preceded it.Sure, the early years were a struggle, as the New York City landmark, where music legends from Billie Holiday and Stevie Wonder… […]