Scream, It’s Good for You; Release the Cancer Pigeons; Talk of Chemo Rationing
Scream Therapy at Camp Breastie Every day begins with scream therapy at Camp Breastie for breast cancer survivors. This approach emphasizes emotional release and support in the healing process. Oropharyngeal Cancer Update Comedian and actor Moshe Kasher recently had surgery for early oropharyngeal cancer, highlighting the importance of early detection and treatment options. Chris Evert’s […]
Mandatory Flu Shots for Recruits Restored as Boot Camp Outbreak Sickens Hundreds
Reinstatement of Flu Vaccination The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that all military boot camps will once again require flu vaccinations for recruits. This decision comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu shot optional in April. Notably, this change coincides with a significant flu outbreak at the U.S. Air Force’s boot camp at Lackland […]
Democrats Press Trump Admin on Special Access to Obesity Drug
Pressing for Transparency Democratic lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to reveal who received special access to Eli Lilly’s investigational obesity drug retatrutide. Senator’s Inquiry Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking to identify the individual who was granted compassionate use in April for a 79-year-old man […]
Relaunch of 988’s LGBTQ+ Hotline Raises Concerns Over Exclusion of Key Organization
The Trump administration is moving to restartopens in a new tab or window the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out. The Trevor Projectopens in a new tab or window, the leading nonprofit for suicide prevention in LGBTQ+ […]
AI Smart Glasses Show Promise, Limitations as Aid for Patients With Low Vision
Artificial intelligence (AI) smart eyeglasses as a potential aid for people with low vision produced mixed results in a small pilot case series. Using verbal prompts to guide the eyeglasses, study participants, all healthy volunteers, easily recognized common objects on a white background and could tell whether an object was horizontal, but color discrimination proved […]
Fauci Subpoenaed; Army, Navy Reinstate Flu Shot Requirement; Milder Ebola Symptoms?
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Fauci Subpoenaed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) subpoenaed Anthony Fauci, MD, to appear before the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs next month. (The Hill) Bipartisan Diabetes Proposal A bipartisan Senate proposal to cap insulin costs for privately insured diabetes patients at $35 per month has […]
JenaValve TAVR Device Promising for LVAD-Associated Aortic Regurgitation
NEW YORK CITY — A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system could work as a last resort for patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD)-associated aortic regurgitation (AR), according to a retrospective study. Among 28 patients with clinically significant LVAD-associated AR undergoing urgent-, emergent-, or compassionate-use TAVR with the Trilogy device, the procedural success rate […]
Off-Label Drug Proves Its Mettle in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Introducción Off-label rituximab was noninferior to ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) in people with newly diagnosed relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and recent disease activity, the phase III OVERLORD-MS trial showed. Resultados del estudio At 2 years, the estimated probability of having no new or enlarging lesions on T2-weighted MRI was 92.2% with rituximab and 94.8% with ocrelizumab, reported […]
McConnell Had a Cardiac Arrest? U.S. Deaths Fall; Bad News for Cannibals
Aclaración Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Cardiac Arrest Response Paramedics on June 14 responded to a “cardiac arrest” for an unconscious person at the home of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the day McConnell was hospitalized for an unknown reason. (NBC News) Ebola Outbreak Statistics A total of 401 Ebola deaths have […]
Shared Versus Private Offices for Docs: What Works Best?
William Fox, MD, has had an independent practice in Charlottesville, Virginia, for 23 years, where he rented medical space with two other physicians. At their first location, the group was responsible for building out the entire space, taking out a “fairly extensive line of credit” to do so, Fox, a partner in Fox & Brantley […]