[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] FDA approves Roche ’s Polivy in combination with R-CHP for people with certain types of previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Polivy combination is the first FDA-approved therapy in nearly 20 years for the first-line treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, an aggressive disease and the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the USPOLARIX trial showed thePolivy combination reduced the risk of disease progression, relapse or death by 27% compared to the standard of care, R-CHOP, with a comparable safety profileFirst-line treatment withPolivy plus R-CHP has the potential to reduce the burden on patients and healthcare systems, associated with disease progressionBasel, 19 April 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that t...
Source: Roche Investor Update - April 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] FDA approves Roche ’s Polivy in combination with R-CHP for people with certain types of previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Polivy combination is the first FDA-approved therapy in nearly 20 years for the first-line treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, an aggressive disease and the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the USPOLARIX trial showed thePolivy combination reduced the risk of disease progression, relapse or death by 27% compared to the standard of care, R-CHOP, with a comparable safety profileFirst-line treatment withPolivy plus R-CHP has the potential to reduce the burden on patients and healthcare systems, associated with disease progressionBasel, 19 April 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that t...
Source: Roche Media News - April 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
More people could have hidden bowel condition
People with microscopic colitis have frequent diarrhoea, stomach pain and fatigue. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid variant XBB.1.16 s driving up cases in India. Symptoms, precautions and other key things
The common symptoms of this XBB 1.16 variant include the signs of upper respiratory illnesses like headache, sore throat, and blocked nose accompanied by fever and muscle pain. The variant can also affect digestive system resulting in diarrhoea (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The ‘Vampiric’ Draining and Poisoning of Lifeblood: Water
"Drop by drop, this precious lifeblood is being poisoned by pollution and drained by vampiric overuse, with water demand expected to exceed supply by 40% by decade’s end" Credit: Bigstock.By Baher KamalMADRID, Mar 21 2023 (IPS) Shockingly, the human suicidal war on Nature not only continues unabated but is also set to become even more virulent. Just to start with, please be reminded that groundwater accounts for 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, according to the 2022 UN World Water Development Report.
And that groundwater already provides half of the volume of water withdrawn for domestic use by the global populatio...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Environment Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Water & Sanitation Source Type: news
Massive rise in norovirus cases sweeping the country - hospital beds filling up
Norovirus, the vomiting and diarrhoea stomach bug, is highly contagious. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When it comes to cancer drug side-effects, it ’s about what you’ll tolerate to stay alive | Holiday Osborne
No matter how bad I feel, I have to remind myself that the treatment is working to reducing my tumourNausea, diarrhoea, joint pain, fatigue, hair loss – the list of side-effects for most cancer drugs reads like symptoms of many illnesses in their own right. Before I had this disease, I would have considered making a GP appointment if I’d been suffering just some of the problems that I later came to just write off as simply the downside of bein g cured. The problem with all the side-effects the drugs have caused is that as they pile up, you can lose sight of why you are taking them.It ’s not as if you’re not warned ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hilary Osborne Tags: Breast cancer Health Society Drugs Science Mental health Women Source Type: news
When it comes to cancer drug side-effects, it ’s about what you’ll tolerate to stay alive | Hilary Osborne
No matter how bad I feel, I have to remind myself that the treatment is working to reduce my tumourNausea, diarrhoea, joint pain, fatigue, hair loss – the list of side-effects for most cancer drugs reads like symptoms of many illnesses in their own right. Before I had this disease, I would have considered making a GP appointment if I’d been suffering just some of the problems that I later came to just write off as simply the downside of bein g cured. The problem with all the side-effects the drugs have caused is that as they pile up, you can lose sight of why you are taking them.It ’s not as if you’re not warned th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hilary Osborne Tags: Breast cancer Health Society Drugs Science Mental health Women Source Type: news
Solar Powered Freezer Improving Immunization Coverage in Hard-to-Reach Rural Villages
Benson Musyoka rides his motorcycle from Kamboo health centre to transport vaccines to Yindalani village. Photo Joyce Chimbi/IPSBy Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Mar 13 2023 (IPS) Up until 2019, nurses in three health facilities located in the semi-arid south-eastern Kenya region of Makueni County struggled to bring critical health services closer to a hard-to-reach population scattered across three remote, far-flung villages.
“Kamboo, Yindalani and Yiuma Mavui villages are located 17 and 28 kilometres away from Makindu sub-county hospital, and 10 and 22 kilometres away from the nearest electricity grid,” Benson Musyoka, the nu...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Women's Health IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya Source Type: news
Warning over TikTok avocado storage 'hack' that could give you diarrhoea
Advocates claim the storage method slows down the oxidisation process, effectively stopping the millennial's favourite fruit from ripening too soon. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gravity could be the reason for painful IBS symptoms such as bloating and diarrhoea
Gravity is the powerful force that pulls everything down to earth, but could it also be the underlying cause of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)? (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Norovirus warning in NHS: Health bosses fear rocketing cases could cripple hospitals
People suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea took up 371 beds per day, on average, in hospitals across England last week - twice as high as levels seen at the same time last year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS strikes: You could be taken to A&E in a taxi, health minister admits
Health minister Will Quince said cabs could be used for category 3 and 4 calls, which include patients who have fallen or have diarrhoea, on on December 21 and 28. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cholera further exacerbates vulnerabilities in Syria
8 December 2022 – Since the first case was declared on 6 September 2022, cholera has spread to all 14 governorates in Syria, adding another grim chapter of human suffering in the war-torn country.
Between 25 August and 26 November 2022, over 52 013 suspected cholera cases and 98 deaths were reported across Syria, with Deir-ez-Zor, Ar-Raqqa, Aleppo, Idleb, and Al-Hasakeh, reporting the highest figures. Camps hosting internally displaced people (IDPs) have reported more than 2100 cases.
“I was about to die, I felt weak and without strength. My condition was deteriorating with hours of diarrho...
Source: WHO EMRO News - December 8, 2022 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
In Praise of Toilets
A Dalit woman stands outside a dry toilet located in an upper caste villager’s home in Mainpuri, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Credit: Shai Venkatraman/IPSBy Baher KamalMADRID, Nov 14 2022 (IPS) For those who have it, a toilet is that ‘thing’ in the bathroom, next to the bidet, the hand-washing sink with hot and cold water faucets, and the bathtub.
Given their ‘unprestigious’ function, some billionaires, in particular in the Gulf oil-producer kingdoms, fancy to pose their buttocks on a solid-gold toilet. Once they are there, why not also solid-gold faucets?
Many others prefer a more comfortable u...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Development & Aid Environment Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Water & Sanitation Source Type: news
