October 2019

Source: www.BloodJournal.com Compared with whites, African Americans and Hispanics receive treatment later and with higher associated costs (WASHINGTON, October 17, 2019) — Among patients with multiple myeloma, African Americans and Hispanics start treatment with a novel therapy significantly later than white patients, according to a new study published today in Blood Advances. The study found...

Source: www.BloodJournal.org Hypertension with ibrutinib more common than previously reported; this study is first to show association between cancer drug-related hypertension and other heart problems (WASHINGTON, October 3, 2019) — Over half of people prescribed the targeted blood cancer-fighting drug ibrutinib developed new or worsened high blood pressure within six months of starting the medication, according...

Summary What is already known about this topic? Forty-nine states, the District of Columbia, and one U.S. territory have reported 1,299 cases of lung injury associated with the use of electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), or vaping, products. Twenty-six deaths have been reported from 21 states. What is added by this report? Based on the most current...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). It is the most common cause of acquired blindness in adults, despite all the recent innovative treatments for DM. A large epidemiologic study found evidence of DR in 40% of adults with DM and in 3.4% of the general US population.1 Early identification can...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that occurs in people who have experienced a personal assault or who have witnessed a traumatic event. The exposure to an upsetting traumatic event can be indirect rather than first-hand such as of learning of a violent death of a close family member. In Sickle Cell Anemia...

Sickle Cell Disease has been at the forefront of inherited disorders that have been studied to determine the exact gene mutation. When Geneticists discovered the mutation on the Hemoglobin-Beta gene on Chromosome 11 causes Sickle Cell Disease, this information was mostly used to counsel persons who carry the trait regarding the need for genetic testing...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) affects persons whose ancestors come from sub-Saharan Africa; Spanish-speaking regions in the Western Hemisphere (South America, Central American and the Caribbean); Mediterranean countries such as Turkey, Greece, and Italy; India and Saudi Arabia. In the United States, 1 in 13 African American babies is born with Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) wherein...

For over two decades, the daily account of the Opioid Crisis has focused on an increase in accidental overdoses. Patients with documented chronic medical conditions were found to not be a part of the populous who obtained lethal agents. The powerful painkillers that have been obtained both legally and illegally have changed the landscape for...