NVCR Stock Plummets 35% After Its Ovarian Cancer Treatment Fails
said Monday its electrical-based cancer treatment failed to make a difference for ovarian cancer patients. NVCR stock plummeted on the news. In afternoon trading on today's stock market, Novocure shares crashed 34.6% and traded near 19.50. The company tested its tumor-treating technology along…#novocure #wedbush #davidnierengarten #nierengarten #isi #vijaykumar #allisongatlin #twitter #ibdagatlin #novonordisk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Libby Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After Asbestos Claims Ruling
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The decision comes after a jury ruled in June that CARD had submitted 337 false asbestos claims, forcing the clinic to pay nearly $6 million in penalties and damages.
BNSF Railway filed the lawsuit against CARD under the federal False Claims Act. The act allows private parties to file a lawsuit on the federal government’s behalf. The suit accuses the clinic of failing to get outside confirmation that hundreds of patients had an asbestos-related illness.
The railroad company, owned by billionaire Warren B...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - August 28, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Treatment Source Type: news
Brain lesions on DWI-MRI don't necessarily imply higher stroke risk
Brain lesions identified on diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) after a patien...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Stroke indicator found on MRI could help with treatment strategies (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 28, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
No AI Can Learn the Art of Medicine
A 49-year-old female notices new-onset vaginal bleeding over the past several days. She becomes concerned and seeks advice from her long-time family physician. When she calls, she is surprised to hear responses from an artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The longtime secretary, who knew her well and would quickly arrange appointments or connect her with the doctor, has been replaced by this expensive new AI-based system. The call begins with an extensive library of prompts. When she presses 0 to speak with a human, she is told the next available appointment is in nine weeks. She hangs up and redials to discuss her probl...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Glatter, Peter Papadakos, and Yash Shah Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Chemo Shortage Fuels Price Gouging; MDS Misdiagnoses; Risky Accelerated Approvals?
(MedPage Today) -- The shortage of key chemotherapy drugs has led to price gouging, forcing some hospitals to pay as much as 10 times the usual cost. (NBC News)
The shortage of carboplatin disproportionately affects patients with ovarian cancer... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - August 18, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary ’s Talc Bankruptcy Denied Again
A U.S. judge denied a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s bankruptcy filing for a second time this year, hindering the company’s effort to resolve tens of thousands of talc-related lawsuits.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan ruled that LTL Management, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, was not in “financial distress” and dismissed the filing. The ruling is the second time Kaplan has denied LTL’s bankruptcy bid for this reason.
“In sum, this Court smells smoke, but does not see the fire,” Kaplan wrote in the denial. “Therefore, the emphasis on certainty and immediacy of financial d...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - August 18, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniel Mojica Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Source Type: news
Scientists discover evidence of 4 more breast cancer genes
Thanks to the so-called “Angelina Jolie effect”—propelled by the actress’s 2013 op-ed in The New York Times about her preventative double mastectomy—many of us are familiar with BRCA1 and BRCA2, the two most commonly implicated genes in cases of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. But these…#brca2 #atm #chek2 #lztr1 #atr #bard1 #jacquessimard #universitélaval #quebec #douglaseaston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Taking a Painkiller Can Make Emergency Contraception More Effective
This study was the first to demonstrate improved pregnancy prevention.”
Based on the results, however, Dr. Raymond Li, from the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital and the study’s first author, says “We think it is worth considering this piroxicam-levonorgestrel combination to be put into routine clinical use.” Before that can happen, international health bodies like the World Health Organization and European health agencies would have to evaluate the evidence and weigh the benefits and risks. Prolonged use of NSAIDs can cause stomach and...
Source: TIME: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Taking a Pain Killer Can Make Emergency Contraception More Effective
This study was the first to demonstrate improved pregnancy prevention.”
Based on the results, however, Dr. Raymond Li, from the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital and the study’s first author, says “We think it is worth considering this piroxicam-levonorgestrel combination to be put into routine clinical use.” Before that can happen, international health bodies like the World Health Organization and European health agencies would have to evaluate the evidence and weigh the benefits and risks. Prolonged use of NSAIDs can cause stomach and...
Source: TIME: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Moderating effects of suicide resilience and meaning in life on the association between entrapment and suicidal ideation in Chinese patients with ovarian cancer: a cross-sectional study - Zhang Y, Ding X, Chen J, Liu Y, Wang G, Hu D.
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have confirmed that patients with ovarian cancer have a relatively high risk of suicidality. Early identification of psychological factors related to suicidal ideation in patients with ovarian cancer may provide effective infor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
New study shows aerobic exercise relieves pain for ovarian cancer survivors
A new, Yale-led study found that six months of an aerobic exercise intervention reduced pain and numbness resulting from chemotherapy-induced nerve damage. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - August 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Nigeria: Exclusive Breastfeeding Can Prevent Breast, Ovarian Cancers, Says NAFDAC DG
[Leadership] The director general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged nursing mothers to always espouse optimal breastfeeding of their children with a view to lowering the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 10, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
Anti-Androgens Can Be Used for PCOS When Oral Contraceptives Can't
(MedPage Today) -- Anti-androgens may be beneficial for managing certain hyperandrogenism-related symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in cases where combined oral contraceptive pills are contraindicated, poorly tolerated, or ineffective... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - August 9, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Receives Orphan Drug Designation
A novel therapy for mesothelioma has been given orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Avenge Bio, a biotechnology company working on a new treatment platform for immunotherapy, announced it was granted the designation for its drug AVB-001 in June. It is currently enrolling patients in ongoing phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal mesothelioma and fallopian tube cancer.
AVB-001 is a new treatment being developed by Avenge Bio using its LOCOcyte immunotherapy platform to treat solid tumors. It’s a first-in-human, si...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - August 9, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Lynette Zilio Tags: Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments Source Type: news
FDA Declares Hangover a Disease
If you’ve ever woken up with a pounding headache, nausea, and dizziness after having a cocktail (or two) too many the night before – you may feel like you’re dying!
Of course, you also know that the symptoms of a hangover will soon pass…and by the end of the day, you’ll feel like yourself again.
But according to the FDA, if you are hungover, you don’t just feel sick. You have a disease…
I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.
Earlier this year, in their never-ending efforts to stop supplement makers from offering safe, natural, and tested solutions, the Federal government labeled the dreaded “m...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 9, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Source Type: news
