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Study may offer insights into novel therapeutic strategies to treat COVID-19 related blood clots

Blood clots or thromboembolic complications in patients with COVID-19 are associated with increased levels of various proteins that cause blood to clot, compared with people with blood clots unrelated to COVID-19, according to a small study by Yale Cancer Center researchers.

14 Dec 2021

Case report highlights limitations of remote monitoring for early detection of CRM device battery failure

Even after the Food and Drug Administration issued a safety notice and recall, manufacturing defects in certain cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices led to premature battery depletion that was not picked up by remote monitoring.

13 Dec 2021

Lymphoma patients can benefit from early CAR T treatment, study shows

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy or CAR T is a breakthrough treatment for patients with certain types of blood cancers.

13 Dec 2021

COVID-19 vaccines offer protection for multiple myeloma patients, but lesser than other cancer survivors

For patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma, vaccination against COVID-19 provides some protection against coronavirus infection but to a far lower degree than the general population of cancer survivors, a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators shows.

13 Dec 2021

Large study reveals increased rates of myeloma precursor condition in high-risk groups

The first results from the largest screening study yet conducted in the United States of individuals at above-average risk for the blood cancer multiple myeloma have revealed higher rates of a myeloma precursor condition in older adults who are Black or who have a close family member with a current or past blood cancer.

13 Dec 2021

AI tool can reduce the need for invasive diagnostic procedures in ulcerative colitis

When visiting a doctor, many patients prefer non-invasive procedures over invasive and potentially painful ones.

13 Dec 2021

$Study finds new treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma$

Study finds new treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma

The final results from a national phase 2 study including researchers from Yale Cancer Center show the drug tipifarnib increased survival rates for patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

13 Dec 2021

Scientists describe dynamic genomic landscape of tumor heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma

Clinician scientists and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore and A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore General Hospital, the National University Health System, Duke-NUS Medical School, Nanyang Technological University, and collaborators from China, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, have described a dynamic genomic landscape of tumour heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

13 Dec 2021

Combination treatment can provide long remissions for young patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Young patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) can enjoy long remissions on the drug ibrutinib, but must stay on it indefinitely to keep the cancer in remission.

13 Dec 2021

Music interventions can provide 'psychological first aid' to stressed patients during lockdown

A violinist playing a soothing melody tailored to a patient's particular medical condition and personal musical preferences in the hospital can provide "psychological first aid," reports a new Northwestern Medicine study about neurological patients who received tele-music therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

13 Dec 2021

Study offers new hope for large B-cell lymphoma patients

Of the 18,000 people diagnosed with large B-cell lymphoma each year, only half will be successfully treated with chemotherapy. The 9,000 remaining patients typically have poor outcomes, with only 25% responding to additional, higher-intensity chemotherapy, followed by a stem cell transplant.

13 Dec 2021

Drug combination without chemotherapy can be effective in treating older patients with Ph+ ALL

The combination of dasatinib, blinatumomab, and prednisone can be effective in treating older patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are not good candidates for intensive chemotherapy treatment.

13 Dec 2021

Digital interventions may help meet the growing demand for psychological treatment

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on mental health across the globe. Depression is predicted to be the leading cause of lost life years due to illness by 2030.

13 Dec 2021

People with HIV more likely to develop heart failure, study finds

People with HIV are at higher risk of developing heart failure than people without HIV, a new study found.

13 Dec 2021

Adults with pathogenic copy number variants more likely to have poorer health, study suggests

Adults with specific genetic causes of mental health and other brain disorders had significantly higher rates of chronic disease and twice as many annual emergency room visits when compared to a control group without these genetic conditions, a Geisinger study found.

13 Dec 2021

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Study may offer insights into novel therapeutic strategies to treat COVID-19 related blood clots

Case report highlights limitations of remote monitoring for early detection of CRM device battery failure

Lymphoma patients can benefit from early CAR T treatment, study shows

COVID-19 vaccines offer protection for multiple myeloma patients, but lesser than other cancer survivors

Large study reveals increased rates of myeloma precursor condition in high-risk groups

AI tool can reduce the need for invasive diagnostic procedures in ulcerative colitis

Study finds new treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Scientists describe dynamic genomic landscape of tumor heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma

Combination treatment can provide long remissions for young patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Music interventions can provide 'psychological first aid' to stressed patients during lockdown

Study offers new hope for large B-cell lymphoma patients

Drug combination without chemotherapy can be effective in treating older patients with Ph+ ALL

Digital interventions may help meet the growing demand for psychological treatment

People with HIV more likely to develop heart failure, study finds

Adults with pathogenic copy number variants more likely to have poorer health, study suggests

New technology could help determine COVID-19 patients at risk for micro thrombosis-related issues

New research identifies the cause of Alzheimer’s progression

Wartime trauma hits close to home for scholar of dementia

An assessment of COVID-19 mortality risk using patient biomarker time series

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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