Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Extended-duration treatment with the neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) oseltamivir or zanamivir can help prevent symptomatic influenza in immunocompetent adults, a review and analysis of trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a randomized trial indicate that sequential and alternating chemotherapy with radiotherapy provide similar survival and larynx preservation in patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Depression related to peginterferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C increases with duration of use, but reverses following treatment cessation, according to data from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a new study indicate that the intradermal vaccination route offers greater protection against influenza than the standard intramuscular route in…
Francis Cordova, MD, Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses indications for lung transplantation in COPD patients and the use of the BODE index.…
Kathleen Brennan, MD, Director of the Pulmonary Outpatient Clinic at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the indications for pneumococcal vaccination. References and Resources Deuter, C., et al.…
Dr. Danielle Zerr at Seattle Children’s Hospital discusses the CDC’s latest recommendation for childhood flu shots. References and Resources Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine Children and the…
Danielle Zerr, MD, MPH at the University of Washington discusses methods to encourage healthcare professionals to receive annual flu shots. References and Resources: The Center for Disease Control…
Dan Labriola, ND, Director, Naturopathic Services, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses complementary therapy with the treatment of cancer. References and Resources Eliott JA, Kealey CP, Olver IN.…
The CDC’s FluView, a weekly influenza surveillance report prepared by the influenza division, posts the statistics for influenza week 6, February 3 – February 9, 2008. References and…
