New Tests Overwhelm Oncologists Molecular oncology has revolutionized cancer treatment, but implementing it presents challenges to physicians, an expert argues. Determining whether a patient should receive testing is difficult, and the process from testing to deciding on and administering an appropriate treatment can result in delays, according to H. Jack West, an associate professor at […]

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the emergence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) in Canada. Study: Emergence and Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Canada: a Retrospective Analysis from Clinical and Wastewater Data. Image Credit: PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock Wastewater-based […]

FACTS: People buy from people – not businesses. You’ve likely heard that phrase at some point in time but aren’t sure how to connect the dots. You may be telling yourself, “Of course, people buy from people…but, aren’t they really buying from a business?” Technically, yes. And…they buy because the person they’re buying from is […]

Doctors Who Choose Private Practice Some doctors buck the trend of getting corporate jobs and have chosen to return to private practice for many reasons. Even so, the pendulum has recently swung toward employment: Fewer than half of all physicians now work in private practice, the American Medical Association reports. But some doctors have left […]

A new meta-analysis posted to the medRxiv* preprint server reports that some of the biomarkers used to predict mortality due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) show variable efficacies in different parts of the world; Therefore, these prognostic markers and scores cannot be generalized across regions. Study: Non-generalizability of biomarkers for mortality in SARS-COV-2: A […]

Have you ever run a customer survey only to be disappointed by the results? And it wasn’t because the feedback told you something about your brand you didn’t want to hear… but rather, because it didn’t tell you anything at all? Your hope for the survey was to gain insight on customer behavior. Insight you […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. It was the last monoclonal antibody treatment standing. But less than 10 months after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave bebtelovimab its emergency use authorization (EUA) to fight COVID-19, it de-authorized it earlier this month, just as it had […]

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers construct a recombinant host-range restricted vaccinia virus Ankara (rMVAs) expressing the spike (S) proteins of several severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) and evaluate the vaccine immunogenicity when delivered by the intranasal (IN) and intramuscular (IM) routes. Studies: Enhanced […]

NEW ORLEANS – In yet another indication of health disparities facing ethnic minorities, new research found that non-White patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) were less likely to get advanced therapies. Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders, meanwhile, had higher death rates than Whites. According to the research released at the annual meeting of the American Society of […]

A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental implant and could help improve healing and tissue attachment in patients. The success of dental implants is dependent on the growth and adhesion of soft tissues to the implant surface. Previous research by […]