If you have breast cancer or lung cancer, when Neulasta® is used with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, or with radiation therapy alone, you may have an increased risk of developing a precancerous blood condition called myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or a blood cancer called acute myeloid ...
Dr. Axel Hoos medical lead at Bristol-Myers Squibb on Why Melanoma is Amenable to ImmunotherapyAxel Hoos, MD, PhD, the medical lead in Immunology/Oncology at Bristol-Myers Squibb, describes that melanoma has often been viewed as a disease that is susceptible to immunotherapy simply because of ...
Many of my patients complain that their doctors don’t bother warning them about an HgbA1c of 5.9 or 6.1 because they’re older. That’s because MDs are resigned to deteriorating blood sugar control as people age because it’s so prevalent. But it’s not good, nor is it inevitable—and...
While I don’t knock how much the average MD gets paid (it really is a pittance compared to the work you put in), the fact of the matter is that there seems to be a mysterious shortage of MDs. Also, when the author mentioned that doctors in the US get paid 2 to 5 times as muc...
Thing is, with ivermectin there is no single big name pushing this drug, unless Raoult want to take over. How it happened that the de-worming agent became national COVID-19 medicine in several countriesin Latin Americais a mystery. Sure, desperate politicians and doctors want to prescribe so...
cholera and stomach ulcers caused by viruses and bacteria. This is because that particular blood type is weak against the bacterium Helicobacter pylori which is known to cause peptic ulcers. However, those with O type blood are less likely to die from malaria and contract cancer. (Body and ...
Sometimes the MPN is considered to trigger a second cancer but at other times both diseases seem to depend on the same source. Increasing knowledge in recent years has revealed emerging pathways, supporting older, more consolidated theories, but there are still many unresolved issues. Our work ...
X-ray. You’ve probably had your teeth X-rayed at your dentist’s. A medical X-ray is just as simple. You lie or stand, positioning yourself as asked. It’s over in minutes. You may get an X-ray after a car accident, or if you have trouble breathing, pneumonia, lung cancer, or...