News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: January 7, 2019
A previous meta-analysis suggested the benefit of immunotherapy was more pronounced in men.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: January 3, 2019
Researchers recommended taking a systematic approach to testing.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: January 2, 2019
Both had some evidence of chemoprotective activity in this randomized trial, despite the negative primary endpoint.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 31, 2018
An initiative that reduced red blood cell (RBC) transfusions and increased moderate anemia in hospital did not adversely impact patients long-term, ac...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 28, 2018
The tool performed suboptimally overall, but had good sensitivity and specificity in patients with active symptoms.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 21, 2018
SAN DIEGO – The trial found that lenalidomide/dexamethasone with lenalidomide maintenance led to longer event-free survival.
Article Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 20, 2018
The first-ever report of infected fruit bats in West Africa indicates that nearby people may be at risk, accordin...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 20, 2018
The mRNA test had a sensitivity of 74% and negative predictive value of 93%, superior to what was observed with fluorescence in situ hybridization ...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 18, 2018
Patients with food allergies had more MS relapses and greater odds of further nerve damage.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 18, 2018
Tolerating moderate in-hospital anemia did not negatively impact readmissions or mortality over 6 months.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 18, 2018
In a systematic review and meta-analysis, the reduction in chronic noncancer pain from opioids versus placebo was significant but small, and recede...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 18, 2018
BMI may be all that’s needed to identify metabolic risk factors in young persons.
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 14, 2018
SAN DIEGO—An inexpensive, rapid, and easy-to-use blood test accurately detected sickle cell disease in young children in Uganda, according to a speake...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 13, 2018
Therapeutic drug monitoring may help optimize dosing and limit toxicity, though larger studies are needed to validate this small, retrospective exp...
News Author: Andrew D. Bowser Publish date: December 13, 2018
SAN DIEGO—In the phase 3 CASSINI trial, prophylaxis with rivaroxaban reduced the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and VTE-related death in high-ri...
