Comment on this storyComment Cancer patients and their doctors are grappling with a record shortage of effective chemotherapy, putting their treatments and their lives at risk. Most are cheap generic drugs that have been used in cancer medicine for decades, says Satyajit Kosuri, clinical director of the stem cell transplant and cell therapy program at … Read more
Medical bills are skyrocketing and New Yorkers are facing a health crisis. Life expectancy in the United States continues to plummet even as other wealthy nations recover from the pandemic. We receive an inadequate patchwork of care, yet we are burdened with medical debt. As an attending physician in the outpatient pulmonary clinic of a … Read more
By the staff of ASCO Post Posted: 6/4/2023 11:46:00 AM Last update: 6/4/2023 10:53:02 Locally advanced rectal cancer patients with chemotherapy-responsive tumors can safely forego radiation therapy before surgery, based on results from the PROSPECT trial. These data were presented by Deborah Schrag, MD, FASCO, MPHat the ASCO Annual Meeting 2023 (Abstract LBA2) and contextually … Read more
Can Personality Disorders Affect Your Sense of Humor? A study published in Borderline personality disorder and emotional dysregulation suggests that borderline symptoms are associated with difficulty detecting irony. Borderline personality disorder is a mental health condition characterized by an unstable relationship pattern, intense emotions, impulsivity, and a distorted sense of self. People with borderline symptoms … Read more
A common implant designed to stimulate the spinal cord is enabling paralyzed patients to move again, a first-of-its-kind discovery in a clinical study at HCMC in Minneapolis. While findings have varied among the roughly 20 study participants, the upshot so far is that people can regain function after spinal cord injury and not simply maintain … Read more
Just six weeks ago, Greg DeStefano started a new combination of chemotherapy. The 50-year-old, from Northbrook, Illinois, had recently been diagnosed with his fourth round of cancer and doctors hoped the drug would cure the tumors growing in his neck. DeStefano was responding well, but then, in late May, he got a call from his … Read more
Many hospitals in the United States use aggressive tactics to collect medical debt. They flood local courts with collection lawsuits. They keep the salaries of the patients. They seize their tax refunds. But a wealthy nonprofit healthcare system in the Midwest is among those taking it a step further: withholding care from patients who have … Read more
[1/5] Abdessalem Maraouni, a university student from Tunisia, shows a medicine box of ‘Celluvisc’ at his home in Tunis, Tunisia May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui Central Pharmacy deeply indebted to foreign suppliers Hundreds of important medicines are missing Tunisian financial bailout talks have stalled TUNIS, June 1 (Reuters) – Sick Tunisians face a frantic struggle … Read more
This article was reviewed based on Science X’s editorial process and policies. The editors have highlighted the following attributes ensuring the credibility of the content: verified peer-reviewed publication trusted source correct OK! Credit: Unsplash/CC0 public domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has used an assessment … Read more
Great news for those researching new treatments for depression in cancer patients! Positive long-term follow-up data has just been released from Sunstone Therapies investigator-initiated Phase 2 study evaluating synthetic psilocybin COMPASS Pathways. Administration of a single 25 mg dose of psilocybin combined with psychological support resulted in 57% of patients sustaining remission of depression, with … Read more
