NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with advanced melanoma treated with pembrolizumab monotherapy, a radiomic signature derived from baseline computed tomography (CT) images may predict overall survival (OS), researchers suggest. There is a “critical need” for early radiographic markers for metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab, because of atypical responses […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Walvax Biotechnology has recruited most of the 28,000 participants needed for a large clinical trial of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a senior company official said on Thursday.FILE PHOTO: People leave a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during the second round of mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Fengtai […]

The number of people hospitalized for a hypertensive crisis—when blood pressure increases so much it can cause a heart attack, stroke or other sudden cardiovascular event—more than doubled from 2002 to 2014, according to Cedars-Sinai investigators. The increase occurred during a period when some studies reported overall progress in blood pressure control and a decline […]

Dr. Quinton Fivelman Ph.D., the Chief Scientific Officer at London Medical Laboratory, is warning that thyroid problems may be escalating rapidly in the UK population and it is likely that there is a direct link between SARS-CoV-2 and abnormal thyroid function. While the average global incidence of thyroid problems in the population is only around […]

That magical first meeting with your newborn baby is something forever implanted in parents’ memories. Looking into the eyes of the little one you created is truly a miracle. But one Kentucky mom didn’t get to experience that wonderful feeling — or lay eyes on her baby at all — until a month after giving […]

Photo: athenahealth Cloud-based health IT vendor athenahealth is among the giants in the field of electronic health records, the lynchpin system in healthcare information technology. It concentrates on the ambulatory market. The vendor will be exhibiting at the HIMSS22 Conference & Exhibition in March, and it has a lot to serve up to attendees. Some of […]

The gastrointestinal hormone secretin- often associated with its role in the pancreas- increases and improves both heart and kidney function, according to a new study. Researchers write that their findings make secretin "an interesting drug candidate for future studies in heart and kidney failure." The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal […]

(HealthDay)—In clinical guidelines issued by the American College of Gastroenterology and published online Jan. 10 in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, recommendations are presented for the management of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Jasmohan S. Bajaj, M.D., from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and colleagues examined the preferred approach to management of patients with ACLF, defined […]

The development of a protein vaccine candidate for nasal administration has taken another step. Led by the BioMAP research team, from the Infectiology and Public Health (ISP) joint research unit run by INRAE and the Université de Tours, this project, supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and accompanied by the ANRS […]

Tired of seeing the same slim, young, white and able-bodied fitness influencers online? Then hop over to TikTok for some real inspiration, says Jerry Silvester  Are you new here? Yah. *Raises eyebrows, shrugs and walks away*. If that line wasn’t lost on you, then we definitely have an unpredictable yet somewhat loveable friend in common: […]