April 18, 2025

Intranasal Diazepam Gains Expanded Approval for Pediatric Patients

“Approval of an immediate-use intranasal diazepam treatment that can be given at any time—even while a child is actively seizing—in this young age group is an important advance for the epilepsy community.”

Conexiant

April 18, 2025

Some Patients With Advanced NSCLC Experience Durable Disease Control After Immunotherapy Discontinuation

A subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who discontinued immune checkpoint inhibitors due to immune-related adverse events continued to experience long-term disease contr...

The ASCO Post

April 18, 2025

Activity of ROS1 TKI in NSCLC

A pooled analysis of the phase II TRUST-I and TRUST-II trials reported efficacy and safety findings on the use of the oral next-generation ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) taletrectinib in ROS1-po...

The ASCO Post

April 18, 2025

The Shortage That Didn’t Recover

“There’s a chunk of workers that were lost and won’t come back”—five years post-COVID, staffing gaps are still reshaping patient care and physician workloads.

KFF Health News

April 18, 2025

Vaccination May Lower RA Risk

Researchers found no increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis following vaccination. In fact, they observed short-term protective effects against RA.

Conexiant

April 17, 2025

Dual Use of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes on Par With Sole Cigarette Use in Terms of Toxic Exposure

Individuals who reported exclusive use of combustible cigarettes as well as those who reported dual use of both cigarettes and e-cigarettes had similarly high toxicant exposure, according to the resul...

The ASCO Post

April 17, 2025

Medical Oddities: Cells Are Listening?

Cytokines, cigarettes, and COX-2—this week’s studies are nothing if not eclectic.

Conexiant

April 17, 2025

Climate Identified as Key Virus Driver

Researchers found Oropouche virus to be underreported during a large-scale study across Latin America, with climate emerging as the primary driver of transmission risk.

Conexiant

April 16, 2025

E-Cigs + Cigarettes: Worse Disease Odds

"There is a need to reassess the assumption that e-cigarette use provides substantial harm reduction across all cigarette-caused diseases, particularly accounting for dual use," warns a comprehensive meta-analysis.

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