DON DIZON: Hi. Don Dizon. I’m a professor of medicine and professor of surgery at Brown University, and I treat pelvic cancers. And I’m here at ASCO ’23. And one of the studies that was presented was called the SHAPE Trial, and it looked at people presenting with early cervical cancer. This was disease that… […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.The loungers were recalled in September 2021 because of eight baby deaths. An… […]
By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new transplant method that “reanimates” donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found — in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United States.The trial tested an approach that allows doctors to transplant… […]
JULIA ROTOW: I’m Dr. Julia Rotow. I’m a thoracic medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. So EGFR-mutated lung cancer is a subset of lung cancer diagnoses that’s most likely to affect younger individuals and individuals with a minimal or absent history of tobacco use.And this occurs in approximately 15% to 20%… […]
FUMIKO CHINO: My name is Fumiko Chino and I’m a treating Radiation Oncologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. And I specialize in the treatment of breast and gynecological cancers. I have a research focus on access, affordability, and equity in cancer care. And my primary research topic is on the financial… […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As a huge plume of smoke from over 400 Canadian wildfires swept south and turned New York City into a landscape that resembled Mars more than Earth, heart experts warned that air pollution can damage your heart as much as it damages your lungs.It’s obvious… […]
June 8, 2023 – While millions of Americans in the Midwest and on the Eastern Seaboard got some relief from the wildfire smoke from Canada, with more relief expected over the weekend, health experts warned that for at-risk people, some hazardous health effects may persist. People with moderate to severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or… […]
June 9, 2023 – After nearly 60 years of effort, vaccine protection against the potentially lethal respiratory infection respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is finally a reality.The FDA approved two new RSV vaccines: GSK’s Arexvy on May 3, and Pfizer’s Abrysvo on May 31. Both approvals are for adults ages 60 and above, who are… […]
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) – A new survey of cancer centers find that chemotherapy shortages are affecting most of them, prompting last-minute changes in treatment for numerous types of cancer.About 93% of the centers surveyed said they were experiencing shortages of the drug carboplatin, while 70% were short on cisplatin.… […]
MARISA WEISS: Hello, I’m Dr. Marisa Weiss, Chief Medical Officer of breastcancer.org, reporting here from ASCO 2023 with WebMD. I just want to tell you about an interesting study that looked at mastectomy rates in women with early stage breast cancer compared to breast preservation therapy.And what they found is that women who had HER-2… […]
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