Research If You Take Several Medications, ‘Polypharmacy’ is a Word to Know By Leslie Orr May. 16, 2022 Taking multiple prescription drugs and supplements can be fraught with risk, a new study suggests - but it's hard for many people to part with their medications.
Research More State Oversight Needed to Improve End-of-Life Care for Assisted Living Residents By Mark Michaud May. 11, 2022 New research shows that assisted living residents on Medicare/Medicaid who reside in states with looser oversight are less likely to die at home under hospice care, an important indicator of the ...
Research A key to restoring sight may be held in a drug that treats alcoholism By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 18, 2022 The pathway that the drug disulfiram blocks to treat alcoholism was very similar to the pathway that’s hyper-activated in degenerative blindness.
Research Can a Drug Derived from Magnolia Plants Impact Leukemia? By Leslie Orr Mar. 2, 2022 A trio of investigators are striving for a direct hit to acute leukemia.
Research Study Shows Misconceptions about Cure, Longevity, Among Cancer Patients Facing 'Terrifying News' By Leslie Orr Feb. 28, 2022 A Wilmot study shows that nothing in medicine is 100%, including how patients and doctors view chances of a cure.
Patient Care Thanks to Clinical Trials, Big Leaps in Lymphoma Treatment By Leslie Orr Dec. 10, 2021 Two major clinical trials are changing the landscape in the most common form of lymphoma.
Patient Care Understanding End-of-Life Options: New Book Details Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking By Kelly Webster Nov. 19, 2021 Palliative care expert Timothy Quill, M.D. explores the legal, ethical, and emotional aspects of the lesser known end-of-life option, voluntarily stopping eating and drinking.
Research Multiple sclerosis drug improves memory in mice modeling Alzheimer’s disease By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 5, 2021 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience found that glatiramer acetate, a prescription drug currently used to treat patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), improved memory in a mouse ...
Research Less Chemotherapy, Personalized Care: Wilmot Study Reinforces Major Strides in Geriatric Oncology By Leslie Orr Nov. 3, 2021 Doctors can safely prescribe less chemotherapy for older adults without impacting survival, if personal circumstances call for it. A tool known as geriatric assessment helps to determine the correct ...
Research “Junk DNA” is a Double-Edged Sword: The Good Side has Anti-Cancer Potential By Leslie Orr Oct. 20, 2021 Researchers are looking at news ways to leverage "junk DNA" to prompt the immune system to kill cancer cells.
