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Palliative radiotherapy successfully reduces end-stage liver cancer pain
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- Randy Dotinga
Small study shows low-dose radiotherapy improves both pain and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Topical CBD oil study suggests benefits for pain, healing in systemic sclerosis digital ulcers
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- Randy Dotinga
A small study of the cannabis component is a ‘good first step,’ rheumatologist says.
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VEXAS syndrome: More common, variable, and severe than expected
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- Randy Dotinga
A large U.S. analysis found that this newly discovered genetic disease has a estimated prevalence of 1 in 4,269 in men older than 50.
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Mpox: Dermatology registry data pinpoints unique signs
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- Randy Dotinga
Skin lesions are more likely to precede systemic illness, and overall lesion numbers are lower.
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Off their pricey CML meds, many thrive
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- Randy Dotinga
For CML patients in remission, specialists suggest trying drug omission – which often yields good outcomes and a reprieve from side effects.
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Surgeon’s license suspension spotlights hazards, ethics of live-streaming surgeries
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- Randy Dotinga
The doctor was accused of engaging in dialogue to respond to viewers’ online questions while a surgical procedure remained actively ongoing, among...
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COVID update: ASH experts discuss thrombosis, immunity
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- Randy Dotinga
Presidential symposium plumbs the mysteries of an “extraordinarily stealthy” virus, considers postvaccine blood clots.
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AAP offers new guidance on child exploitation and sex trafficking
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- Randy Dotinga
By virtue of their young age and stage of mental and emotional development, children and adolescents are vulnerable to manipulation and...
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Immunotherapy drug boosts survival in newly diagnosed ALL
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- Randy Dotinga
First-line treatment with expensive medication should become standard, researcher says.
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Antipsychotic shows benefit for Alzheimer’s agitation
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- Randy Dotinga
Currently, there’s no Food and Drug Administration–approved treatment for agitation in AD.
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Study: Formula-fed extreme preemies need more iron
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- Randy Dotinga
It’s time to rethink the guidelines on nutritional supplementation for the most premature babies, researchers said.
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ITP: Biologic beat placebo, but few patients improved
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- Randy Dotinga
Exorbitant efgartigimod meets primary endpoint in only 21.8% of patients with chronic disease.
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MCL: Ibrutinib could become the ‘new standard’
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- Randy Dotinga
New research showed ibrutinib outperformed HSCT for treating younger patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
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SSRI tied to improved cognition in comorbid depression, dementia
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- Randy Dotinga
Evidence suggests the drug’s receptor targets “have the potential to modulate neurotransmitter systems that are essential for regulation of...
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Melanoma mortality rates fell in 2010s as new therapies took hold
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- Randy Dotinga
Immunotherapy and targeted therapy appear to be paying dividends, new study finds.