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Newswise: Changing the Definition of Cerebral Palsy
Released: 19-Nov-2024 3:50 PM EST
Changing the Definition of Cerebral Palsy
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy than children. Despite this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still label cerebral palsy as “the most common motor disability in childhood.”

Newswise: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Announce Promising Results from First-of-its-Kind, Multicenter, Phase 1 Gene Therapy Trial for Danon Disease
Released: 18-Nov-2024 11:55 AM EST
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Announce Promising Results from First-of-its-Kind, Multicenter, Phase 1 Gene Therapy Trial for Danon Disease
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced encouraging results from the first ever gene therapy trial for Danon disease (DD), a rare, X-linked heart condition caused by a single gene mutation. The phase 1 trial was a collaboration between CHOP and the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Rocket Pharmaceuticals. The data on the results of the RP-A501 Phase 1 trial, presented at a late breaking session today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024 in Chicago, were also published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Newswise: Treatment Advances, Predictive Biomarkers Stand to Improve Bladder Cancer Care
13-Nov-2024 11:55 AM EST
Treatment Advances, Predictive Biomarkers Stand to Improve Bladder Cancer Care
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Recent advances in bladder cancer treatments may offer hope of curative care to more patients, including those with high-risk localized, muscle-invasive disease, according to a New England Journal of Medicine editorial published by Matthew Milowsky, MD, FASCO, a bladder cancer expert at UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Released: 29-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT
Study Finds Early TAVR Can Be Beneficial for Patients with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

The first powered randomized trial examining early intervention with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with asymptomatic, severe aortic stenosis (AS) found this strategy to be both a safe and effective alternative to clinical surveillance (CS). Findings were reported today at TCT 2024, the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF). TCT is the world’s premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine. Results were also published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Released: 28-Oct-2024 10:35 AM EDT
New Treatment for Cancer-Related Wasting Disease
Cedars-Sinai

A syndrome called cachexia, which triggers unexplained loss of weight and muscle mass, causes severe illness and death among patients with cancer and other serious health conditions.

Released: 23-Oct-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Critical Steps and More Research Needed to Support Physicians’ Mental Health, Experts Say
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A review of what's known about the crisis in physician well-being, and what can be done to address it, also suggests a need for action by health systems, and more research.

Newswise: Study: AI Could Transform How Hospitals Produce Quality Reports
Released: 21-Oct-2024 11:35 AM EDT
Study: AI Could Transform How Hospitals Produce Quality Reports
UC San Diego Health

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers find advanced AI could lead to easier, faster and more efficient hospital quality reporting.

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Released: 16-Oct-2024 8:45 PM EDT
Breakthrough Clinical Trial Reveals Better Treatment for Advanced Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Updated results from a phase 3 clinical trial are expected to change the way advanced stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is treated. Details appear in a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Drs. Kara Kelly of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sharon Castellino of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine/Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University served as pediatric leads of this important trial in children and adults with lymphoma.

Newswise: Study Finds HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplants Are as Safe and Effective as Those Using Organs From Donors Without HIV
Released: 16-Oct-2024 5:15 PM EDT
Study Finds HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplants Are as Safe and Effective as Those Using Organs From Donors Without HIV
Johns Hopkins Medicine

According to findings from a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and released today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV is safe. Perhaps more importantly, the study authors also found that HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants are comparable in effectiveness to those using organs from donors without HIV.

11-Oct-2024 10:00 AM EDT
In Landmark Study, Immunotherapy Boosts Survival of Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma
University of Rochester Medical Center

A treatment that rallies the immune system to destroy cancer raised the survival rate for advanced Hodgkin lymphoma patients to a remarkable 92 percent, suggesting a new standard therapy for the disease. The New England Journal of Medicine published the innovative clinical trial results this week.

Released: 10-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cycling for Critically Ill Patients Improves Physical Function, Reduces Hospital Stays: Systematic Review
McMaster University

A new systematic review led by researchers in Hamilton, Canada has shown that specialized in-bed cycling therapy, when used in the intensive care unit with critically ill patients, leads to better physical function and a one-day shorter length of stay in the ICU.

Newswise: NEJM: Results From Targeted Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis Study
Released: 25-Sep-2024 7:05 PM EDT
NEJM: Results From Targeted Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis Study
Cedars-Sinai

An international placebo-controlled study led by Cedars-Sinai suggests that a targeted drug therapy that was developed by researchers at Cedars-Sinai is safe and effective at helping people with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis reach clinical remission.

Newswise: Cleveland Clinic Study Is First to Show Success in Treating Rare Blood Disorder
13-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Cleveland Clinic Study Is First to Show Success in Treating Rare Blood Disorder
Cleveland Clinic

CLEVELAND: A clinical trial has demonstrated that the cancer drug pomalidomide is safe and effective in treating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a rare bleeding disorder that impacts more than 1 in 5,000 people worldwide.

Newswise: Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine
Released: 11-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which spread to cattle and infected 14 people this year, was detected using virome sequencing in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities by researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.

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Released: 14-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’ again
UC Davis Health

A brain-computer interface developed by UC Davis Health accurately translates brain signals into speech. The device implanted in the brain of a man with ALS is the most accurate system of its kind.

Newswise: FDA Approves Drug Targeting Johns Hopkins-Discovered Brain Cancer Gene Mutation
Released: 7-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
FDA Approves Drug Targeting Johns Hopkins-Discovered Brain Cancer Gene Mutation
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A new drug for treatment of a type of brain cancer, called IDH-mutant low-grade glioma, was approved Aug. 6 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The promising new drug stems from a 2008 genetic discovery made at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

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Released: 30-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Phase 3 Clinical Trial Shows Benefits of a New Treatment for Children With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

When it comes to caring for children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), avoiding the side effects of traditional treatments has long been a challenge. But in a recent phase 3 clinical trial, a new drug called crinecerfont showed safety and efficacy in children with classic CAH, the severe form of this condition.

Released: 29-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Nueva investigación descubre una nueva combinación de terapia para personas con un tipo de leucemia, lo que les permite vivir más tiempo
Mayo Clinic

En un nuevo estudio multicéntrico internacional dirigido por el Centro Oncológico Integral de Mayo Clinic, investigadores encontraron que las personas con el subtipo de leucemia linfoblástica aguda precursores de células B (LLA-BCP), que tampoco presentaban una anomalía genética conocida como cromosoma Filadelfia y que estaban en remisión y sin rastros de cáncer, mostraron tasas de supervivencia significativamente más altas cuando se agregó blinatumomab al tratamiento de quimioterapia.



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