Janice Ense never actually got to talk to her doctor, or anyone else for that matter. While she was out on Monday, an assistant left Ense a voicemail message announcing that the unfolding COVID-19 crisis had forced the postponement of her kidney cancer surgery. The operation was supposed to take place next Thursday at Toronto’s… Read More »
THERE may have been no confirmed coronavirus cases in the Central West, but GPs are reporting that people are concerned about the impending pandemic. Globally there have been more than 81,300 confirmed cases of the virus which has caused 2770 deaths. In Australia, 22 people have coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, including four in NSW.… Read More »
In 1992, a University of Rochester pharmacologist named Michael Weintraub published a study on a drug combination that appeared to produce never-before-seen weight loss. By week 34, his subjects — 121 volunteers — lost, on average, 30 pounds. What’s more, they rated the fenfluramine-plus-phentermine regimen not only more helpful than placebo, but also not terribly “bothersome.” The tiny study… Read More »
Patients with complex needs — serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders — flock to emergency rooms costing the health care system billions every year. A new study suggests a nontraditional approach to these patients can significantly improve their daily functioning and health outcomes. In crisis and with nowhere else to turn,… Read More »
Johnson & Johnson and Bayer’s Xarelto, once king of the warfarin alternative market, is now chasing chasing Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Eliquis. But with a new approved indication in the books—its eighth—it’s not backing down. The FDA on Monday approved Xarelto to help prevent blood clots for acutely ill patients without a high risk of bleeding during… Read More »
At 30, Amanda Johnson learned that she had about 16 months to live after her on-again-off-again headaches lead to a glioblastoma diagnosis. In fact, the tumor in her brain was so large that it was threatening even the short time frame that she was given. Amanda Johnson, pictured with dad Larry, started getting headaches, which… Read More »