Conference News

ASCO 2021 Black Women More Apt to Develop Distant Metastases After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Black women are more likely than white women to develop distant metastases after being diagnosed with breast cancer, independent of age and stage of disease at diagnosis, a US study suggests.
News, June 07, 2021
ASCO 2021 New Hope on the Horizon for Advanced Synovial Sarcoma A single infusion of modified T cells, afamitresgene autoleucel, leads to tumor shrinkage in about 40% of patients with advanced synovial sarcoma, according to preliminary data from a phase 2 trial.
News, May 24, 2021
DDW 2021 Probiotics Might Help Guard Against Upper Respiratory Symptoms Daily probiotic use might help protect against upper-respiratory-tract infection symptoms in vulnerable populations including older adults and those who are overweight, new research suggests.
News, May 19, 2021
COVID Restrictions Tough for Individuals With Autism and Their Caregivers COVID-19 restrictions greatly impacted young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and their caregivers, according to results of a large survey released at the INSAR annual meeting.
News, May 05, 2021
ENDO 2021 Few Adults at Risk for Primary Aldosteronism Get Screened Only 3% of adults at high risk for primary aldosteronism are screened for the condition, according to a study presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting.
News, March 26, 2021
AAAAI 2021 Asthma Not an Independent Predictor of COVID-19 Outcome Asthma is not an independent risk factor for hospitalization or more severe illness from SARS-CoV-2 infection and allergic asthma may actually be protective, according new research.
News, March 02, 2021
SCCM 2021 Kids With Sepsis From Poor Neighborhoods Have Longer Hospital Stays Children being treated for sepsis remain in the hospital longer if they come from low-income neighborhoods, although it's not entirely clear why, a large U.S. study shows.
News, February 05, 2021
ASH 2020 Gene Therapy a Potential 'Game Changer' for Hemophilia B An investigational gene therapy for hemophilia B substantially increased production of the blood-clotting protein factor IX and reduced the number of bleeding episodes and need for prophylactic therapy in a phase-3 trial.
News, December 16, 2020
ASH 2020 Origins of Blood Cancer Traced to Early Childhood, Decades Before Diagnosis Genetic mutations linked to myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) may occur during childhood or before birth and proliferate for years before cancer onset, new research suggests.
News, December 17, 2020
DDW 2018 Experimental Drug May Protect Celiac Patients From Gluten Exposure An experimental monoclonal antibody (AMG 714) may help protect patients with celiac disease from developing symptoms such as gut pain and diarrhea after inadvertent exposure to gluten, according to a proof-of-concept study.
News, May 29, 2018
DDW 2018 Blue-Dye Tablet During Bowel Prep Boosts Polyp Detection Rate Swallowing a tablet of delayed-release methylene blue during bowel preparation for colonoscopy increases detection of adenomas, particularly hard-to-detect ones that are flat or subtle, according to results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
News, May 28, 2018
ESMO Nivolumab-Ipilimumab Combo for Melanoma: 3-Year Survival Data Three-year survival rates with advanced melanoma are 52% with nivolumab and 34% with ipilimumab, but 58% with a sequential combination of the two, according to the latest results comparing the two anticancer biologics separately and together.
News, September 11, 2017
IAS HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Can Be Taken as Needed Men at risk for HIV infection can safely take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) when they need it, instead of every day, suggests a new study.
News, August 04, 2017
PAS 'Baby Boxes' Help New Moms Stick to Safer Sleep Practices Providing new mothers with a "baby box" - a cardboard bassinet with a mattress and fitted cotton sheet - reduces the likelihood that they’ll adopt the unsafe habit of sharing a bed with their newborn, new research shows.
News, May 29, 2017
SCCM Sepsis Leading Cause of Early Readmissions in the U.S. Unplanned 30-day readmissions are common after sepsis hospitalizations, according to data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database.
News, January 25, 2017
Statins and Mortality Reduction in Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis who take statins have a considerably lower risk of early death compared with those not on the drugs, according to a new study.
News, November 15, 2016
ACAAI Antibiotics Use in Pregnancy Linked to Child's Asthma New research confirms that children whose mothers used antibiotics during pregnancy have higher rates of asthma, but it remains unclear if the drugs or the infection, or something else entirely, is to blame.
News, November 17, 2016
ACAAI Immunotherapy Tablets for Dust Mite Allergy May Improve Asthma Immunotherapy for house dust mite allergies using sublingual tablets may improve asthma outcomes, a new analysis of three trials suggests.
News, November 15, 2016
App With Quicker STI Test Results Can Help Cut Disease Transmission An app that reports positive sexually transmitted infection (STI) test results on a patient's smartphone or computer days before a provider calls them cuts the time during which they may unknowingly infect someone else, a new study suggests.
News, November 09, 2016
Kidney Week Creatinine Poor Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric ICU Acute kidney injury develops in more than one quarter of children and young adults admitted to intensive care units. And in severe cases, it increases the odds of death by 77%, according to a new international observational study conducted in 32 hospitals.
News, November 18, 2016

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