Longer Hydroxyurea Tied to Improved Sickle-Cell Heart Issues

(MedPage Today) -- Prolonged treatment with hydroxyurea may improve -- and possibly even reverse -- cardiac complications in pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia, a retrospective study found. Those on hydroxyurea for less than 1 year...

FDA OK's New Drug for Lung Cancers With Exon 20 Mutations

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to mobocertinib (Exkivity) as a second-line treatment for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, Takeda announced on...

Earlier Warning on Wuhan? Antibody Cocktail Push; Nicki Minaj Under Fire

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Did U.S. leaders ignore a warning about a mysterious illness in Wuhan in November 2019 -- weeks before the coronavirus outbreak was officially recognized? (Sky...

AI's Help in Colonoscopy Led to Fewer Missed Adenomas

(MedPage Today) -- An artificial intelligence-based system missed fewer adenomas and found more first-pass adenomas per colonoscopy than high-definition white light (HDWL) colonoscopies, a multicenter randomized trial found. In an analysis of...

More Than a Nursing Shortage: A 'Skills Gap', Too

(MedPage Today) -- During the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have closed beds, shut down elective surgeries, and called in federal assistance due to a shortage of a critical healthcare resource -- nurses. Shortages of nurses...

Stressed Healthcare Workers Face Another Threat: Harassment

(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare workers across the country, already strained by the demands of caring for COVID-19 patients, face another threat in the workplace: medical conspiracy theorists harassing them with phone calls, and even showing up at...

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