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Inhaled hyaluronan may bring sigh of relief to COPD patients
Data stretching back into the 1970s has identified decreases in hyaluronan content in emphysematous lung tissue.
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Women increasingly turn to CBD, with or without doc’s blessing
Women of reproductive age are increasingly turning to cannabinoids to treat gynecologic and other conditions. A study shows they’re not waiting...
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Customized chemotherapy did not improve survival in early NSCLC
Toxicity was less common with customized therapy.
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Cisplatin tops cetuximab for advanced head and neck cancer
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Neoadjuvant atezolizumab safe for patients with resectable lung cancer
Neoadjuvant atezolizumab was deemed “effective, well tolerated, and surgically acceptable.”
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A third discontinuing levothyroxine have normal thyroid levels
Those with overt hypothyroidism are less likely to remain euthyroid than patients with subclinical disease, but many wind up restarting treatment...
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FDA okays new CAR T-cell treatment for large B-cell lymphomas
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Long-term metformin use linked to fewer ER+ breast cancers
Observational data from more than 40,000 women with type 2 diabetes show fewer estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers in those treated with...
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FDA curbs use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma, citing new data
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Rollout of COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies lacked unified plan: expert panel
Monoclonal antibodies are in ample supply, but a lack of a plan to administer them has led to major underutilization of these therapies.