Category: Health and Medical

Bryant Robinson, 33, found out he was pre-diabetic at the age of 24. That jump-started his health and weight-loss journey. Since then, the Forest Park, Illinois resident has dropped more than 100 pounds by finding accountability partners and finding workouts he loves. Here, in his own words, is how it happened:BEFORE MY WEIGHT loss journey

BARCELONA — Adding lenvatinib and pembrolizumab to transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) led to a significant improvement in progression-free survival in patients with intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma compared with TACE plus placebo, according to findings from the first interim analysis of the phase 3 LEAP-012 study. The results, presented here at the European Society for Medical Oncology, could

A study demonstrated the efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) in patients with HER2-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer, including those with brain metastases.  Senior author Nancy Lin, MD, presented these primary results of the DESTINY-Breast12 trial at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress 2024. These findings were published simultaneously in the journal Nature Medicine

Meeting Coverage > TMS — No adverse liver effects seen with elinzanetant in OASIS 3 trial by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today September 15, 2024 CHICAGO — The non-hormonal drug elinzanetant reduced the frequency of moderate-to-severe hot flashes in postmenopausal women, and seemed to have a favorable safety profile, according to long-term

Meeting Coverage > ESMO — Hazards for radiographic PFS, OS reduced by 31% with enzalutamide plus Ra-223 by Charles Bankhead, Senior Editor, MedPage Today September 15, 2024 Men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic bone metastases lived significantly longer when they received enzalutamide (Xtandi) plus radium-223 (Ra-223, Xofigo), a large randomized

SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his encampment — a drab gray tent overflowing along a bustling sidewalk in the gritty Tenderloin neighborhood, where homeless people lie sprawled on public sidewalks, sometimes in drug overdoses. Officers gave him a choice: Go to

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” When Pooja Mehta’s younger brother, Raj, died by suicide at 19 in March 2020, she felt “blindsided.” Raj’s last text message was to his college lab partner about how to

Zanzibar- In a landmark event underscoring its commitment to bolstering public health infrastructure and technical capacities, Zanzibar with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). This comprehensive five-year strategy aims to fortify the island’s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies, drawing

Pretoria – One night in September 2023, 21-year-old university student Sinalo Tungwashe, who had been experiencing flu-like symptoms for some weeks, was roused from a fitful sleep by sharp chest pains. “I was struggling to breathe,” he recalls. “I knew that something was not normal. For a second, I thought I was about to die.”

Sleep is my specialist subject. Long before I began working in wellness I had a multi-step bedtime routine, comprising head-to-toe moisturising, misting a pillow spray and putting on a sleepy playlist before popping Kalms and getting into bed. My “nightly rituals”, as my friends call them, always helped me sleep well, and I was unfamiliar