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Blood cancer patient takes on bias and ‘gaslighting’
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- Randy Dotinga
Having battled Hodgkin lymphoma and the health care system itself, a young public relations specialist is on a mission.
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Quick medication, better communication linked to less violence at inpatient psych unit
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- Randy Dotinga
Clinicians emphasized quick access to antipsychotic medication and more staff communication.
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Adult tonsillectomies work and they’re cost effective
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- Randy Dotinga
There are sparse data about the value of the procedure, which has fallen out of favor.
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Breast cancer outcomes are worse for Black men
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- Randy Dotinga
Black Americans are more likely to be diagnosed at older ages and to die from the disease.
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Black patients most likely to be restrained in EDs, Latino patients least likely
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- Randy Dotinga
Researchers blame racism for both findings of an analysis of three North Carolina hospitals.
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Venetoclax boosts ibrutinib in high-risk CLL
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- Randy Dotinga
Most patients in a small study reached undetectable measurable disease after taking combo therapy for high-risk CLL.
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PARP inhibitors and breast cancer: Questions remain about wider use
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- Randy Dotinga
Oncologists are still trying to understand the best drug targets and the value of combo treatments.
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Genomic assay changes minds on HER2+ BC treatment
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- Randy Dotinga
In a small study, 56% of oncologists revised plans after getting results of HER2DX tests.
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T-DXd for HER2-low BC: Analysis confirms adverse effects
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- Randy Dotinga
But T-DXd demonstrates a manageable safety profile consistent with prior reports, says the author of a new paper.
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One in five brain injury trials shows errors, signs of spin
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- Randy Dotinga
“Many of these trials have been included in clinical guidelines and cited extensively in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, especially those...
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CLL: Black patients die sooner than White patients
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- Randy Dotinga
Researchers suspect that multiple factors – including biology – could be behind the racial disparity found in this large study.
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Surgeons, intensivists earn more than do colleagues from private insurance
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- Randy Dotinga
On average, physicians in 18 specialties netted $1.9 million a year, according to a new AMN Healthcare report.
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From Beirut to frontline hematology research
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- Randy Dotinga
A young Lebanese-American physician scientist keeps ‘smoldering’ myeloma in his sights and a sick relative in mind.
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Study gives new insight into timing of combo treatment in metastatic NSCLC
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- Randy Dotinga
Best outcomes came when immunotherapy followed radiotherapy by 1-12 months.
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Long-term heavy smoking quadruples likelihood of lung cancer vs. less heavy smoking
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- Randy Dotinga
A new report offers more insight into the connection between cumulative smoking levels and lung cancer.