October 27, 2020
Trial of Antibody Drug for COVID-19 Stopped for Lack of Effectiveness
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Testing of the Eli Lilly antibody drug for hospitalized COVID-19 patients has been halted because the treatment does not help them recover from their infection. Two weeks ago, enrollment in the study was paused because of a possible safety issue, theAssociated Pressreported. But the U.S. National Institute of...
COVID-19 Patients More Often Have Vitamin D Deficiency
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 more often have a vitamin D deficiency than population-based controls, and in COVID-19 patients, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) is inversely associated with some inflammatory parameters, according to a study published online Oct. 27 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. José L. Hernández, Ph.D.,...
Risk Factors ID'd for More Severe Depressive Symptoms During COVID-19 Pandemic
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Adults with psychosocial and health-related risk factors have an increased risk for experiencing moderate or severe depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open. Eleonora Iob, from University College London, and colleagues examined levels of severity of depressive...
Decrease Seen in Non-COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations at Peak
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There was a decrease in the frequency of hospitalizations for non-COVID-19-related conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the caseloads of common medical emergencies, according to two research letters published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Saul Blecker, M.D., from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in...
Fair Trials - The lack of diversity and representation in oncology clinical trials
Critical conversations about the value of racial diversity and the importance of representation are taking place in all walks of life. These conversations are not theoretical exercises: they are meaningful and impactful practices in changing entrenched and damaging dynamics. In some cases, that damage can quite literally be a matter of life and death. Consider...
Quality of Life Varies With Breast Cancer Surgery Type
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Young breast cancer survivors who undergo more extensive surgery have worse body image, sexual health, and anxiety compared with women undergoing less extensive surgery, according to a study recently published in JAMA Surgery. Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Sc.D., from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and colleagues evaluated the...
Most Couples Concordant for Cardiovascular Risk
TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Most couples are concordant in cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open. Dov Shiffman, Ph.D., from Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, and colleagues examined within-couple concordance of the American Heart Association-defined Life’s Simple 7 in a...