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Powerful prognostic marker could enable early identification of high-risk cancer patients
Powerful prognostic marker could enable early identification of high-risk cancer patients

Aggressive T-cell lymphoma is a rare and devastating form of blood cancer with a very low five-year survival rate. Read more

Medical News - Dec 09
Prognostic tool could help clinicians identify high-risk cancer patients
Prognostic tool could help clinicians identify high-risk cancer patients

Using a versatile problem-solving framework, researchers show how early relapse in lymphoma patients influences their chance for survival. Read more

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology - Dec 08
Strengthening tuberculosis screening in high-risk settings
Strengthening tuberculosis screening in high-risk settings

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the world's leading causes of infectious disease-related illness and death. Despite being treatable, gaps in screening and diagnosis have allowed the disease to persist as a major global health threat. In regions like Southeast Asia, where TB rates remain ... Read more

Medical Xpress - Nov 12
PCSK9 inhibitor lowers risk of first heart attack and stroke in high-risk adults
PCSK9 inhibitor lowers risk of first heart attack and stroke in high-risk adults

Researchers from Mass General Brigham have unveiled the results of a large clinical trial that found that adding the drug evolocumab to patients' treatment significantly reduced the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in those who are at high risk. Results were presented today at the Amer... Read more

Medical Xpress - Nov 09
Drug Therapy Holds Its Own Against LAAO in High-Risk Patients With Afib
Drug Therapy Holds Its Own Against LAAO in High-Risk Patients With Afib

(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS – Standard medical care seemed to be a better bet than a catheter-based procedure in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), according to the CLOSURE-AF study.The trial had a composite primary... Read more

Medpagetoday - Nov 09
Self-driving military vehicle that can conduct high-risk operations set to be developed
Self-driving military vehicle that can conduct high-risk operations set to be developed

BAE Systems and Forterra have joined hands to develop a highly survivable, self-driving AMPV prototype at speeds that rapidly outpace traditional development cycles. Read more

Interesting Engineering - Oct 03
Why universal COVID-19 vaccine guidance offers stronger protection than high-risk-only policies
Why universal COVID-19 vaccine guidance offers stronger protection than high-risk-only policies

The US Scenario Modeling Hub’s nine-team ensemble projected COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for April 2024 to April 2025 under six policy and immune-escape scenarios. Burden was similar to the prior year, with universal vaccination recommendations averting more outcomes than high-risk-only g... Read more

Medical News - Sep 21
FDA limits new COVID vaccine boosters to high-risk Americans only
FDA limits new COVID vaccine boosters to high-risk Americans only

COVID-19 vaccines are now available only for high-risk groups under new FDA marketing authorization, as emergency use authorizations are officially rescinded. Read more

Fox News - Aug 27
Lilly's Verzenio® (abemaciclib) increases overall survival in HR+, HER2-, high-risk early breast cancer with two years of therapy
Lilly's Verzenio® (abemaciclib) increases overall survival in HR+, HER2-, high-risk early breast cancer with two years of therapy

Treatment with Verzenio plus endocrine therapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival compared to endocrine therapy alone In the seven-year landmark analysis of monarchE, treatment with Verzenio also resulted in sustained... Read more

Pr Newswire - Aug 27