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Restrictive, vegan-based diet linked to fewer RA symptoms
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- Randy Dotinga
A small, randomized, crossover study suggests a vegan diet improves joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis, but the findings are unclear.
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Cancer diet studies: Veggies get another rave, while red meat’s busted again
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- Randy Dotinga
Gastric cancer linked to red meat consumption, while vegetables (but not fruit) may lower liver cancer rates.
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‘Time is blood’: Researchers devise shortcut to AHA diagnosis
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- Randy Dotinga
Researchers call for a potentially life-saving new protocol that can slash delays in confirming a rare hemophilia.
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1 in 7 breast cancer patients report worsening personal finances
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- Randy Dotinga
New survey doesn’t find a link between money woes and stage of disease or treatment.
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Omega-3 fatty acids linked to less FOXA1 in benign breast tissue
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- Randy Dotinga
Findings suggest transcription factor could be a helpful biomarker in cancer prevention trials.
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Assay-guided chemo in recurrent glioma linked to longer survival
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- Randy Dotinga
Patients fared better than when patients chose their treatment, although outcomes remain grim.
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Monoclonal antibodies for COVID – Give IV infusion or an injection?
- Author:
- Randy Dotinga
There are many benefits to subcutaneous administration versus IV.
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Analysis boosts fluvoxamine for COVID, but what’s the evidence?
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- Randy Dotinga
“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
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- Randy Dotinga
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
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- Randy Dotinga
Few reports have connected the two conditions.
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Hemophilia: There’s a new app for that
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- Randy Dotinga
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
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- Randy Dotinga
Rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons revise advice on JAK inhibitors and add new medications.
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Analysis questions tocilizumab in ventilated COVID patients
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- Randy Dotinga
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
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- Randy Dotinga
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?
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- Randy Dotinga
Phase 3 study of a one-time gene therapy shot enabled almost all hemophilia B patients to end full-dose bleeding prophylaxis.