Radiation has been a core part of cancer treatment for generations. But over the last couple of years, there’s been a surge of interest in a new type of treatment. Radiopharmaceuticals can more precisely target cancerous cells by fusing radioactive isotopes with a tool that will guide the compound to cancer cells like a missile,...
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Amgen’s MariTide data are here!
New data from a closely tracked, mid-stage study of the Amgen obesity drug, called MariTide, showed that it helped participants lose a substantial amount of weight, but questions about how competitive it could be appear to be shaping the response to the news, with the company’s share price falling on the announcement. MariTide led to...
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UnitedHealth moves money ‘from their right pocket to their left’
UnitedHealth Group is paying many of its own physician practices significantly more than it pays other doctor groups in the same markets for similar services, STAT reporters reveal in Part 5 of the series Health Care’s Colossus. For some types of care, the company’s insurance subsidiary doles out twice the average market price at its own...
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exclusiveRFK Jr. explores a GOP proposal to overturn how doctors are paid RFK Jr. explores a GOP proposal to overturn how doctors are paidPeople close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are exploring a proposal that would reduce the role of the American Medical Association in determining what Medicare pays for medical services, four sources familiar...
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There’s bad news on the H5N1 front The genetic sequence of the bird flu virus that infected a teenager in British Columbia shows that the virus had undergone mutational changes that would make it easier for that version of H5N1 to infect people, Helen Branswell reports.
The teenager remains in critical condition in hospital. While there is no evidence the patient infected anyone else — and researchers believe the virus mutated while they were infected — it’s a concerning development in a virus that officials have reassured the public is not an immediate threat. “By no means is this Day 1...
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First U.S. case of new mpox strain detected in California
California has detected the country’s first case of a new mpox strain that is spreading from person to person, STAT’s Helen Branswell reports . The infected individual had recently traveled from Eastern Africa, where multiple countries are battling transmission of this virus. The version of the virus the person is infected with is known as clade...
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A sad girl
According to new research out of the Boston health system Mass General Brigham, the number of people with long Covid could be three times as high as previous studies have found. The researchers estimate nearly 23 percent of people have endured long-term symptoms, lasting at least two months, from a Covid-19 infection. That compares to a...
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1 big thing: Dad jokes
Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios Chip Leighton and I have three things in common: We both love Maine (he lives there; I wish I did), both wrote books, and both love laughing at the dumb-ass things our kids say, Jim writes.We have one big difference: He makes enough money making fun of his kids to quit his corporate job...
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World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials. The transparent cornea is the outermost layer of the eye. Credit: Patrick Landmann/SPL Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial improvements in their sight that have persisted for more than...
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Neuroimmune communication pathway reveals interactions that may drive endometriosis-associated pain
by Justin Jackson , Medical XpressImage of a mouse endometriosis lesion stained for nerves (red) and a peptide released by nerves (CGRP, green) that helps endometriosis lesions grow. Credit: Dr. Victor Fattori and Dr. Michael RogersBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers have discovered a neuroimmune communication pathway that may drive endometriosis-associated pain and...