Reviewed A new research paper was published in Oncoscience (Volume 10) on November 10, 2023, entitled, "An immunoinformatics assessment of the cancer testis antigen, DDX53, as a potential early esophageal cancer antigen." T-lymphocytes have been implicated in facilitating a pro-inflammatory, pro-tumorigenic microenvironment that worsens prognosis for esophageal carcinoma (ESCA). In…
Q&A: The state of healthcare innovation in Israel
Israel has long been a hub for healthcare innovation. Since the war began in early October, many of the country’s high-skilled tech workers have been recruited by the military. The startup landscape has changed, and companies are struggling to retain the traction they once had in furthering their innovations and garnering investment, says…
The five-minute treatment that could cure your phobia of spiders
Top 10 Strange Phobias You Won’t Believe Are Real Autumn is regarded as spider season as the eight-legged creatures seek comfort in cosy homes. If you are frightened of spiders, the emotional freedom technique, also known as tapping, could work for you. Reportedly used by Prince Harry to process the…
Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions
More than a dozen states now have near-total abortion bans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, with limited medical exceptions meant to protect the patient’s health or life. But among those states, only Alabama explicitly includes “serious mental illness” as an allowable exception. Meanwhile, 10 states with near-total abortion…
How do alcohol and caffeine affect sleep?
Researchers consider insufficient sleep to be an unrecognized worldwide health issue. People who have sleep issues commonly use caffeine during the day to stay awake and alcohol at night to help them sleep. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine found people who use both substances did not…
CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma shows no difference in survival outcomes by race and ethnicity
Reviewed Patients with multiple myeloma treated with idecabtagene vicleucel, known as "ide-cel," a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, had no difference in overall survival outcomes regardless of race and ethnicity, according to a study published in Blood Advances. With this study, we see that Black and white patients with…
Researchers discover resistance to liver cancer treatment
Liver cancer is the fourth deadliest cancer in Hawaiʻi, particularly affecting Native Hawaiian, Filipino and Japanese men. Patients can develop liver failure when tumors metastasize or spread to the healthy portions of the liver which results in a rapid decline of health and even death. Currently, immunotherapy is the standard…
Study looks at palliative care use in adolescents, young adults with cancer
For adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer, the likelihood of receiving specialty palliative care (SPC) is increased for those reporting moderate or severe symptoms, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in JAMA Network Open. Sumit Gupta, M.D., Ph.D., from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and…
Transient decrease in pediatric bronchiolitis hospitalizations seen during pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic era, pediatric bronchiolitis hospitalizations decreased transiently, then increased, according to a study published online Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open. Kailey A. Remien, D.O., from Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study using data from 41 U.S. children’s hospitals in the…
Antibiotics for common childhood infections no longer effective in many parts of the world, finds study
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