Hematology
Model Can Aid Assessment of Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A machine learning-based model has been developed and validated for predicting malignancy in multiple pulmonary nodules (MPNs), according to a study published online Feb. 24 in Clinical Cancer Research. Kezhong Chen, M.D., from the Peking University People’s Hospital in Beijing, and colleagues developed and validated a machine learning-based...
Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Up Among Veterans
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The prevalence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) is higher for male and female veterans versus nonveterans, according to a study published online Feb. 23 in the National Health Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Peter Boersma, M.P.H., from the National Center...
Trial of Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Halted
TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A clinical trial of a new gene therapy for sickle cell disease that has shown promise has been halted after two participants were diagnosed with cancer. Therapy developer Bluebird Bio said a patient who was treated five years ago developed myelodysplastic syndrome, while another developed acute myeloid leukemia,...
Pediatric Inpatient Admissions Down During Pandemic
FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Inpatient pediatric admissions were down across a wide range of diagnoses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in JAMA Network Open. Jonathan H. Pelletier, M.D., from the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and colleagues used data from the...
FDA Approves Therapy to Protect Bone Marrow Cells From Effects of Chemotherapy
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first therapy in its class to reduce the frequency of bone marrow suppression induced by chemotherapy for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, the agency announced Friday. Cosela (trilaciclib) inhibits cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 to help protect bone marrow cells from the...
Decrease Seen in U.S. Life Expectancy in First Half of 2020
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Provisional life expectancy decreased in the first half of 2020, with larger decreases for males and non-Hispanic Blacks, according to a February Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics...
Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published online Jan. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Julia M. Baker, Ph.D., from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University...
Many Health Care Workers Report Vaccine Hesitancy
FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Adva Gadoth, Ph.D., from the University of California in Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a survey (Sept. 24 to Oct....
Supreme Court Should Uphold Affordable Care Act: Biden Administration
THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the Biden administration reverses a Trump administration position in an important case before the court, the Associated Press reported. The Trump White House...
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