It's something that women and people with female reproductive organs are told time and again by doctors: The vagina is self-cleaining—that's to say that, despite a myriad of products out there marketed to cleanse it, the vagina already does a great job of keeping itself clean via natural secretions and its own specific pH. And […]
Hilaria Baldwin continues to be honest about breastfeeding two babies at once. The 37-year-old mom of six shared a photo on her Instagram Story Tuesday showing son Eduardo "Edu" Pao Lucas, whom she gave birth to in September, and newborn daughter María Lucía Victoria, whom she welcomed via surrogate, tandem breastfeeding. She shared the photo with a […]
Stroke remains a leading cause of death worldwide and one of the most common reasons for disability. While a wide variety of factors influence stroke outcomes, data show that avoiding readmissions and long lengths of stay among ischemic stroke patients has benefits for patients and health care systems alike. Although reduced readmission rates among various […]
Finding themed activities to do around any holiday can be a difficult task. St. Patrick’s Day is full of corned beef, shepherd’s pie, and Irish soda bread but not many kid-friendly foods. There aren’t any traditional holiday desserts that your kids will enjoy, so when we saw Martha Stewart’s themed cookies we knew we had […]
US regulators are stepping up scrutiny of cancer indications that were granted an accelerated approval on the basis of surrogate endpoints but that have failed to show clinical or survival benefits on more extensive testing. At issue are a number of cancer indications for immunotherapies. Four have already been withdrawn (voluntarily by the manufacturer), and […]
It was a cloudy October morning, and Joseph E. Oesterling, MD, was in the exam room of his Saginaw, Michigan urology practice preparing for a procedure. Suddenly, the door burst open, and a federal agent charged into the exam room unannounced, frightening Oesterling and the patient. Bewildered, Oesterling peered outside the room to see […]
Children’s National Hospital in Washington was in the midst of an enterprise digital-transformation initiative before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020. THE PROBLEM The organization was transitioning telehealth platforms pre-COVID-19, and was using Zoom as an interim solution. Telehealth reimbursement realities at that time constrained a compelling business case for significant capital investment in a new […]
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute demonstrated for the first time that blocking ‘cell drinking,’ or macropinocytosis, in the thick tissue surrounding a pancreatic tumor slowed tumor growth—providing more evidence that macropinocytosis is a driver of pancreatic cancer growth and is an important therapeutic target. The study was published in Cancer Discovery, a […]
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) affiliated with the CHOP Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) have compiled a complete genetic and clinical analysis of more than 400 individuals with SCN2A-related disorder, which has been linked to a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders, including epilepsy and autism. By linking clinical features to genetic abnormalities in a standardized […]
(Reuters) – Canadian drug developer Medicago said on Tuesday it had started a late-stage study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine combined with an adjuvant from GlaxoSmithKline. The study plans to eventually enroll 30,000 participants and initially focus on healthy adults, followed by adults over the age of 65 and those with co-morbidities. Medicago, which has […]
