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Analysis boosts fluvoxamine for COVID, but what’s the evidence?
“I’m not sure how useful this is given we have several antiviral agents available. Why would we choose this over Paxlovid, remdesivir, or...
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First-line CAR T-cell therapy could help cure some lymphomas
Axi-cel is already approved for some forms of relapsed/refractory lymphoma, and a new phase 2 study hints that it has potential as a frontline...
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COVID-19–alopecia areata link? Review doesn’t find much evidence
Few reports have connected the two conditions.
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Hemophilia: There’s a new app for that
Researchers consulted patients and caregivers to develop a tool designed to track progress.
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Updated perioperative guidance says when to hold antirheumatics
Rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons revise advice on JAK inhibitors and add new medications.
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Analysis questions tocilizumab in ventilated COVID patients
Statistical review of earlier meta-analysis supports use of arthritis drug in hospitalized patients on non-invasive respiration.
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Researchers tout new CLL prognostic tool
CLL-CI relies on comorbidity scoring to predict levels of risk linked to survival, time to treatment.
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Gene therapy: A ‘one and done’ hemophilia B treatment?
Phase 3 study of a one-time gene therapy shot enabled almost all hemophilia B patients to end full-dose bleeding prophylaxis.
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OTC melatonin supplement use rises fivefold over 20 years
The study was designed to evaluate the breadth of use of melatonin, rather than its effectiveness as a sleep aid.
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Hormone therapy in transgender teens linked to better adult mental health
But study is based on a survey with limitations, and other outcomes didn’t improve.
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Symptoms common in high-risk, early-stage ovarian cancer
More than 70% had at least one symptom such as abdominal/pelvic pain or increased girth/fullness.
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Augmented autism screening pays big dividends
New strategy boosts diagnoses in boys and Spanish speakers, study finds.
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Even healthy Black and Hispanic women have more cesareans than White women
It’s not clear why disparity exists, but it’s not because their deliveries are riskier.