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Lung Cancer Treatment Research Enters a New Era
Advances in lung cancer treatment highlight importance of tumour testing at diagnosis. Research presented at the ESMO Congress 2023 sets potential major changes in first-line treatment for patients with NSCLC with targetable tumour cell mutations. More people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are likely to benefit from new drugs...
Watch a Preview From Day With(out) Art 2023’s “Everyone I Know Is Sick”
For this year’s Day With(out) Art program, nonprofit Visual AIDS commissioned artists to create five short videos that explore the connections between HIV and other illnesses and disabilities. Titled Everyone I Know Is Sick, the program will premiere at museums, universities and other organizations on or around World AIDS Day, marked Friday, December 1.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Reportedly Houses Tenants in Squalid Conditions
Although best known for its pharmaceutical businesses and clinics, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has pivoted to real estate, providing housing for nearly 1,300 low-income and homeless residents across the country. An investigation by the Los Angeles Times found that AHF placed tenants in squalid conditions and threatened dozens of them with eviction, even as it purports to be an anti-eviction protector of homeless people.
Is Novavax, the Latecomer COVID Vaccine, Worth the Wait?
Erin Kissane, a co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project, rolled up her sleeve for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in mid-October soon after it was finally recommended in the United States. Like many people with autoimmune diseases, she wants to protect herself from a potentially devastating covid infection. Kissane’s autoimmune arthritis...
Narcan, Now Available Without a Prescription, Can Still Be Hard to Get
Last month, drugstores and pharmacies nationwide began stocking and selling the country’s first over-the-counter version of naloxone, a medication that can stop a potentially fatal overdose from opioids. It’s sold as a nasal spray under the brand name Narcan. Coming off a year with a record number of...
Health Care ‘Game-Changer’? Feds Boost Care for Homeless Americans
The Biden administration is making it easier for doctors and nurses to treat homeless people wherever they find them, from creekside encampments to freeway underpasses, marking a fundamental shift in how — and where — health care is delivered. As of October 1, the Centers for Medicare &...
HHS Establishes Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long COVID
Today [November 16], the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the establishment of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Long COVID and invites nominations for the Committee. This Committee is called for in the National Research Action Plan on Long COVID, published in April of 2022 to...
Researchers Identify Brain Network that Is Uniquely Activated Through Injection Versus Oral Drug Use
Results from a new clinical trial suggest that a group of brain regions known as the “salience network” is activated after a drug is taken intravenously, but not when that same drug is taken orally. When drugs enter the brain quickly, such as through injection or smoking, they...
FDA Approve First Home Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
FDA Grants Marketing Authorization of First Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea With At-Home Sample Collection. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to LetsGetChecked for the Simple 2 Test. This is the first diagnostic test for chlamydia and gonorrhea with at-home sample collection to be granted marketing authorization. Prior to today’s authorization, the only cleared tests for either condition were used with samples collected at the point of care, such as a doctor’s office. The Simple 2 Test is available over-the-counter (OTC) and is intended for use in adult patients ages 18 years and older. It is the first FDA-authorized test with at-home sample collection for any sexually transmitted disease other than HIV.
Biden Names New Director of National Cancer Institute
On November 17, the White House announced that President Joe Biden would appoint W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, as the next director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She will be the 17th NCI director, replacing Monica Bertagnolli, MD, who was recently confirmed as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The top NCI position does not require Senate confirmation, and Rathmell is expected to begin in December.
Healthy Recipe: Arugula, Orange, Fennel & Olive Salad
When the first of the new season’s sweet navel oranges start to arrive in early December, they are a great excuse to make this classic Sicilian salad. We find the combination of sweet slices of orange and aromatic fennel spiked with salty oil cured olives in this Arugula, Orange, Fennel and Olive Salad irresistible. We’ve added arugula to add in a peppery, green dimension and to bring the health benefits of the cabbage family to the table.
Study Finds Better Predictor for Prediabetes in Latino Youth
Latino children in the United States are disproportionately impacted by prediabetes, a precursor to type 2 diabetes. A recent study published in Diabetes Care identified a new method that may help predict the development of prediabetes in Latino children. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine (KSM) identified two metabolites,...
PrEP4Teens Brings HIV Prevention Artwork and Engagement to Chicago Youth
More Chicago youth are going to be learning about PrEP to prevent HIV, thanks to PrEP4Teens, a new social awareness and mobilization campaign that’s creating artwork in public spaces. The initiative, which is directed toward LGBTQ and minority adolescents, launched this week with the unveiling of its first mural.
HIV Program Turns Hair Salons Into Educational Hot Spots [VIDEO]
A pilot program is transforming hair salon banter into an opportunity to educate Black women about HIV and the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, according to a Medscape article. The program is run by the HEEAT Research Lab at the Duke University School of Nursing. HEEAT, which...
Acupuncture and Massage Improve Pain for Patients With Advanced Cancer
Both acupuncture and massage therapy relieved pain, enabled reduced opioid use and improved fatigue, insomnia and quality of life for people with advanced cancer, according to findings from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open. “More research is needed to evaluate how best to integrate these approaches into...
Do Republican Spending Cuts Threaten Federal HIV Funding? For Some Programs, Yes.
Are Republicans threatening to stop spending federal money to end one of the world’s most pressing public health epidemics? That’s what President Joe Biden said during a dinner hosted by an LGBTQ+ advocacy group. “In the United States Congress, extreme MAGA Republicans are trying to undo virtually every...
Full-Body Scans Are Touted as Early Cancer Detectors, but Are They Worth the Hype?
Silicon Valley–based Prenuvo charges $2,500 for full-body magnetic resonance imaging scans that the company claims can detect more than 500 health conditions early, including cancer, brain aneurysms and multiple sclerosis. As the celebrity-backed scans gain momentum on social media, health experts ask whether the scans are worth the cost and for whom.
R.I.P. Ronnie Grace, an LGBTQ and HIV Advocate in Milwaukee
Ronnie Grace, an HIV advocate affectionately known as Uncle Ronnie to many in Milwaukee’s Black and brown LGBTQ communities, died November 9, 2023, after a battle with liver cancer, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Memorial services will be held Saturday, November 25, at Zao Church in Milwaukee, according to...
A Breast Cancer Memorial Garden Grows in Golden Gate Park
The Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS), a nonprofit support group for people diagnosed with breast cancer at age 45 or younger, is funding a Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The sanctuary will offer the healing balm of nature and serve as a place of solidarity for women and a spot for reflection for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Apretude Is an Effective PrEP Option for Transgender Women
Apretude (long-acting cabotegravir) injections administered every two months are a safe and effective pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for transgender women, according to an analysis from the HPTN 083 trial published in The Lancet HIV. However, the study authors concluded, HIV prevention can’t be addressed separately from trans women’s social and structural vulnerabilities.
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