ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 9/23/2021
Focus on immune system health, not age, when discussing vaccines with older adults
The survey, conducted during July and August 2021, included 16,000 respondents from eight countries who answered questions online. - 9/7/2021
Cross-country snapshot of unvaccinated Canadian healthcare workers
Many are not immune to COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation. - 8/25/2021
Antibiotic course for UTI in men can be shortened
Men with urinary tract infection (UTI) get as much benefit from a shorter, seven-day treatment with antibiotics as they do with a 14-day course. - 8/10/2021
Statins may improve survival of women with triple-negative breast cancer
Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare registry and the Texas Cancer Registry (TCR)-Medicare databases, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center conducted a retrospective study that included data on 23,192 women. - 8/10/2021
New treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus gains FDA approval
SLE is the most common form of lupus which affects up to 300,000 people in the U.S., and more than one in every thousand people in Canada. - 8/9/2021
Pulmonary hypertension isn't as rare as once thought, but new treatments gaining ground
The past two decades have seen improved diagnosis for pulmonary hypertension (PH) along with a variety of new targeted treatments, according to recently released joint position statement issued by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society. - 7/26/2021
Extending zoledronate treatment beyond 2 years doesn't help high-risk breast cancer patients on chemo: study
After completing chemotherapy, the study randomized patients into five and two year-long zoledronate treatment groups. - 7/22/2021
Trial shows chemoprophylaxis vaccination's potential for malaria immunization
CVac is an approach to immunization which combines vaccination with a weakened malaria parasite followed by prophylactic treatment with antimalarials. - 6/5/2021
New insights to combat chronic refractory cough: Canadian Thoracic Society meeting
Chronic refractory cough is still a challenge, but improved understanding of the underlying causes and upcoming new treatments are giving doctors better tools to help patients.