2+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) HealthDay News — Habitual fasting may be detrimental in older adults, according to a study published online Aug. 20 in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Luis Kalmbach, from the Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, and colleagues examined the association between habitual fasting…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (212+ words) Read more about Subungual Melanoma Biomarkers are important to consider when assessing prognosis in a patient with cutaneous melanoma. Relevant biomarkers include tumor mutational burden (TMB), LDH, programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), alarmins, and immune-related genes. Another…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (284+ words) Dementia risk is reduced with the recombinant HZ vaccine during admission or within 1 year of admission to a skilled-nursing facility. HealthDay News — The risk for dementia is reduced with receipt of the recombinant herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine (RZV) during admission…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (223+ words) Although herpes zoster (HZ) incidence is known to increase with age, a substantial burden of disease is also present among younger immunocompetent adults without comorbid conditions, according to study results published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. The final immunocompetent cohort…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (506+ words) Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has a similar clinical response compared with methotrexate (MTX) for reducing disease activity and maintaining remission among patients with juvenile localized scleroderma (JLS), with MMF also associated with fewer adverse effects, according to the results of a…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) HealthDay News — U.S. officials are taking a closer look at what’s in America’s drinking water, including microplastics and leftover medications. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to add these substances to its list of priority pollutants, a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (303+ words) Dermatology Advisor HealthDay News — A model for delivering chemotherapy in the home is clinically feasible and safe, according to research published online March 18 in NEJM Catalyst. Roxana S. Dronca, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Jacksonville, Florida,…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (517+ words) Adding the immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) ipilimumab and nivolumab to percutaneous hepatic perfusion may improve survival outcomes in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma, according to research published by The Lancet Oncology. The phase 2 CHOPIN trial (NCT04283890) enrolled 76 adult patients with unresectable,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (235+ words) Dermatology Advisor Later-onset vitiligo following anti-programmed cell death receptor-1 (anti-PD-1) therapy initiation for melanoma is associated with significantly reduced 3-year mortality, supporting the role of depigmentation timing as a favorable prognostic marker without altering subsequent treatment patterns These study findings…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (351+ words) HealthDay News — Individuals with one to three allergenic foods are able to introduce and continue eating allergenic foods at 12 months after multifood oral immunotherapy (mOIT) or omalizumab,... HealthDay News — Individuals with one to three allergenic foods are able to introduce…...