Lessons learned from COVID frontline: A Paris hospital refines ICU treatment

Doctor Alexandre Avenel has four COVID-19 patients in his intensive care ward, all with depleted blood oxygenation levels but none under intubation. That might not have been the case six months ago.

Roche, Blueprint lung cancer drug wins FDA approval

Roche Holding AG on Friday said a therapy it co-developed with Cambridge-based Blueprint Medicines Corp was approved by the U.S. health regulator for the treatment of patients with a type of non-small ...
The Lancet

Evidence without evolution: a call for precision behavioural therapy in irritable bowel syndrome

In The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Elyse Thakur and colleagues1 present an update of their 2020 systematic review and network meta-analysis on the efficacy of behavioural therapies for ...
The Lancet

Drug therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea: promises and challenges

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects up to 1 billion people worldwide and is defined by repeated upper airway collapse ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Telemedicine Boosts Quality of Life, Inhaler Technique for Severe COPD

Telemedicine significantly improved quality of life and inhaler technique in advanced COPD patients compared to traditional ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Aggressive Therapy Recommendations Following the STRONG-HF Trials: Stephen J. Greene, MD

Recent advancements in medical therapy for heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) or preserved ejection ...

Deion Sanders will undergo procedure related to blood clots, plans to coach this weekend

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado coach Deion Sanders will undergo a procedure later Tuesday that’s related to his blood clots, with the hope of being back at practice the next day and on the sideline this ...
Healio

FDA approves lurbinectedin, atezolizumab combination for small cell lung cancer

The FDA approved the combination of lurbinectedin and atezolizumab as first-line maintenance treatment for certain adults ...
TCTMD

New ACC Consensus Document Helps Clinicians Navigate Issues Around TR

It’s meant to support the valve guidelines and aid in disentangling the complexities of the tricuspid field, one of the ...
Bleeping Computer

Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations

A gamer seeking financial support for cancer treatment lost $32,000 after downloading from Steam a verified game named BlockBlasters that drained his cryptocurrency wallet. BlockBlasters is a 2D ...
STAT

FDA aims to expand use of leucovorin as RFK Jr. touts it as autism treatment

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence ...
PBS

Under new guidelines, more Americans meet the criteria for high blood pressure

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension. Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of ...