Archive: 20/02/2020

Study shows long-term survival benefit for certain patients with advanced lung cancer

According to the results of a large, global study led by Yale Cancer Center researchers, even a tiny amount of a biomarker known as PD-L1 (programmed death-ligand1) can predict a long-term survival benefit from using pembrolizumab ...

Feb 20, 2020

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Want to live longer? Stay in school, study suggests

Life expectancy in the United States has been in decline for the first time in decades, and public health officials have identified a litany of potential causes, including inaccessible health care, rising drug addiction and ...

Feb 20, 2020

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Study shows UV technology raises the standard in disinfecting ORs and medical equipment

Ultraviolet (UV) technology developed by the New York-based firm PurpleSun Inc. eliminates more than 96 percent of pathogens in operating rooms (ORs) and on medical equipment, compared to 38 percent using manual cleaning ...

Feb 20, 2020

Clinical trial exposes deadly kidney cancer's Achilles' heel

An experimental drug already shown to be safe and help some patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a deadly form of kidney cancer, effectively disables its molecular target. The finding from a team of researchers ...

Feb 20, 2020

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How 'Stranger Things' widened awareness of a rare disorder

(HealthDay)—Teenage actor Gaten Matarazzo III was born with a rare genetic disorder that affects bone development. And ever since his Netflix series "Stranger Things" became a hit, public interest in the condition has shot ...

Feb 20, 2020

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Earth-based or star-bound, heed these heart-healthy lessons from space

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn made history when he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

Feb 20, 2020

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Polymer-based stents noninferior for patients with high bleeding risk

(HealthDay)—Polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting stents are noninferior to polymer-free drug-coated stents among patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study published ...

Feb 20, 2020

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Amid protests, Portugal lawmakers vote to allow euthanasia

Portugal's parliament voted Thursday in favor of allowing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people.

Feb 20, 2020

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Euthanasia's legal status in Europe

Euthanasia is legal in only three European countries while others allow terminally ill people to refuse life-maintaining treatment or to have help to die.

Feb 20, 2020

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Three new coronavirus cases in Iran after two deaths

Iran has confirmed three new coronavirus cases following the deaths of two elderly men, the health ministry told AFP on Thursday, as Iraq banned travel to and from its neighbour.

Feb 20, 2020

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