Hematology
Statins May Protect Heart From Chemo for Early Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For women with early breast cancer treated with anthracyclines, statin exposure is associated with a lower risk for hospital presentation for heart failure, according to a study published online Jan. 6 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Husam Abdel-Qadir, M.D., Ph.D., from the Women’s College Hospital...
Drug Makers Raise Prices on 500 Prescription Drugs
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday. The data come from 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit company that aims to improve access to drug pricing information. AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and other major pharmaceutical companies are raising their...
U.S. Health Care Spending Increased 4.6 Percent in 2019
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report published online Dec. 16 in Health Affairs. Anne B. Martin, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore,...
Pandemic Has Disrupted Lung Cancer Screenings
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 has caused significant disruption in lung cancer screening, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Robert M. Van Haren, M.D., from the University of Cincinnati, and colleagues examined the impact of COVID-19 on lung cancer screening and...
E-Cigarettes as Consumer Devices May Not Improve Smoking Cessation
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Electronic cigarettes as consumer products are not associated with smoking cessation in observational studies, according to a review published online Dec. 22 in the American Journal of Public Health. Richard J. Wang, M.D., from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues conducted a systematic review of...
Ongoing Exposure to Stressors Harms Health
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Chronic exposure to stressors leads to an erosion of health, as measured by allostatic load, which is particularly severe among foreign-born Black and Latino individuals, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Brent A. Langellier, Ph.D., from Drexel University in...
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there have been inequities in accessing telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Lauren A. Eberly, M.D., M.P.H., from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined whether inequities are present in telemedicine...
Privileged White U.S. Citizens Have Better Health Outcomes
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Privileged White U.S. citizens have better health outcomes than average U.S. citizens for several health outcomes, but health outcomes are not always better than those in other developed countries, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., from the...
Tagrisso Approved as Adjuvant Therapy for NSCLC With EGFR Mutations
TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Tagrisso (osimertinib) received approval as an adjuvant treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The current approval of the once-daily oral tablet is indicated for...
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