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In a retrospective cohort study, racial disparities in the use of medications and interventions near end of life were observed among patients with advanced gynecologic cancer.  Palliative medicine improves outcomes in patients with gynecologic malignancies. Studies on palliative medicine in cancer have minimal representation from minority groups. A retrospective cohort study published in the journal...

Interleukin-9 and apolipoprotein A-IV could serve as new biomarkers for predicting the severity of urticaria, according to the results of a recent observational study. Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a condition characterized by the presence of wheals, with or without angioedema, that occur daily or almost daily for more than 6 weeks. Previous studies have...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anticipates that 2020 will be another peak year for cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an uncommon but serious neurologic condition that affects mostly children. The disease has peaked every two years between August and November in the United States since 2014.  Enteroviruses, particularly enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68), are...

Unlike most of his cardiology colleagues, Dr. Satjit “Saj” Bhusri has personal experience with heart disease – and he doesn’t hesitate to share his story with patients. Sometimes, he’ll even show them a picture. He’s lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator and covered in ice to bring down a raging fever...

Current wisdom holds that white kids are at greater risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than Black children are, but a new analysis finds the opposite is true. In a review of 21 previously published U.S. studies, which included nearly 155,000 Black children in the United States, researchers found that 14.5% of these children had ADHD....

When St. Jude opened in 1962, Danny Thomas vowed the hospital would treat patients regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. Dr. Rudolph Jackson was one of the first black doctors at St. Jude. While he was finishing his training in Philadelphia, Dr. Rudolph Jackson fielded an offer to move 1,000 miles and begin...

The health of your lungs may have a lot to do with the size of your bank account, a new, large study indicates. The finding follows a six-decade look at lung disease risk among more than 215,000 American children and adults. In general, poorer Americans continue to have worse lung health than their wealthier peers....

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A study to assess whether certain approved or experimental drugs are effective against COVID-19 and warrant testing in large clinical trials has been launched by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). The research will largely focus on monoclonal antibody medications. These types of drugs garnered headlines last...

Many parents struggle with the decision to let their kids play tackle football or other contact sports due to the risk of concussions and long-term brain diseases that may occur with repeated head blows. Now, new research suggests that head trauma and concussions aren’t linked to problems with memory, attention, processing speed, or behavior in 9- to 12-year-olds who...

Key Takeaways A new stool test that looks for signs of colon cancer was found to be more accurate than the existing test Nearly 2 million people a year are diagnosed with colon cancer, which is curable if detected early Developers say the new test is as easy to use as the current one Dutch...