Rose became acquainted with Patient Worthy after her husband was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) six years ago. During this period of partial remission, Rose researched investigational drugs to be prepared in the event of a relapse. Her husband died February 12, 2021 with a rare and unexplained occurrence of liver cancer possibly unrelated to AML.
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Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
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Compassion Corner: Healthcare Workers Made Daily Visits to Cheer Lonely Patients, But Lawyers Questioned the Legality
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A recent article in Science Daily reports that researchers at the Copenhagen and Lund Universities, using animal models, killed bacterial meningitis without the use of antibiotics. Estimates from the WHO…
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Researchers Discover a Potential Treatment For Meningitis Without Using Antibiotics
According to a recent article published in Science Daily, twenty years of research is being challenged by a team of Cambridge University scientists. The new findings of the team of…
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The First Human Data Were Used to Identify Processes Leading to Alzheimer’s Disease
When we are injured, new cells flow to the injury site and replace the body’s damaged cells. This process is called “cell migration.” According to a recent article in Science…
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Researchers Trap Cells to Stop the Spread of Glioblastoma
A recent article in Medical Life Sciences alerts physicians to be aware of a deadly skin cancer. It is called cytotoxic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). According to an article in…
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Unique Mutations Identify A Deadly Subtype of T-Cell Lymphoma
Jon Aquino, a thirty-seven-year-old nurse, and his family were on vacation in New Jersey last August when he became seriously ill. Jon was immediately rushed to a Camden, New Jersey…
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A Nurse Became a Quadriplegic Due to a Sepsis Infection
A new approach to evaluating the value and efficacy of treatment was developed by associate professor Meredith Regan ScD of Harvard’s Medical School and Dana Farber Institute. A recent article…
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Combination Immunotherapy Outperforms Standard Monotherapy in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
Kaelyn Franco was an experienced athlete by the time she entered college, and a friend recommended taking a spin class. According to an article in Yahoo, 23-year-old Kaelyn took her…
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Her First Spin Class Turned Into a Near Death Experience From Rhabdomyolysis
CRISPR Cas9 gene editing is still looked upon as a new phenomenon in medicine. Yet it appears in the news almost every week. This week Neurology Today shines a light…
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CRISPR/Cas9 Technology May Be the First Treatment to Cure ATTR Amyloidosis
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According to a recent study by the investigative staff at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, there is a direct correlation between the ethnicity or race of the site personnel and…
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A New Study by Tufts University Highlights the Lack of Diversity in Clinical Trials
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare type of cancer with its origin (pathogenesis) found in white blood cells (T lymphocytes). The disease is incurable and debilitating. A recent article…
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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Takes a Hit from Brentuximab Vedotin
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Jeffrey Miner, Ph.D., Director of Basic Research in Washington University’s Division of Nephrology, has received a $2.25M five-year grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney…
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A Five Year $2.25M Grant Has Been Awarded for the Study of Alport Syndrome
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When you are looking for new treatments that will either stop or slow the development of Alzheimer’s disease, where would you look? According to a recent article in Gladstone…
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Alzheimer’s: A 50-year-old FDA Approved Diuretic Restored Normal Brain Activity in Mice; Will It Work On Humans?
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CRISPR is a gene-editing technique that has revolutionized the medical world with its approach to making precise changes in DNA. CRISPR found its match in 35-year-old Victoria Gray of…
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Patient Worthy’s One-Year-Checkup on Victoria Gray, the First Sickle Cell Disease Patient to Receive CRISPR in the US
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Dr. Farah Naz Khan’s recent article for GoodRx Health attempts to explain the difference between Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism. The terms are used interchangeably but Dr. Khan’s article explains…
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Hypothyroidism: Is Hashimoto’s Disease the Same as Hypothyroidism?
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The Times Now News recently featured an article that highlighted a study by a group of NYU Langone scientists. The study paper was published October 6th, 2021 in the…
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Scientists Announce Breakthrough Discovery for Alzheimer’s and Other Neurological Diseases
Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
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Compassion Corner: Clinical Trial Participants Give Doctors Lower Scores Based on Delivery of Unfavorable Diagnoses
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According to a recent article in Biospace, Eisai Pharmaceutical and Biogen Biotechnology recently announced updates to their Phase IIB study 201 and a five-year open-label extension (OLE) studies using lecanemab…
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A Drug Shows Amyloid Reduction in Early Alzheimer’s
Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for patients with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma for over ten years. According to a recent article in Healio, the median survival is about nine…
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Will Nivolumab Combined with Chemotherapy be the New Star in Controlling Advanced Gastric Cancer?
On October 27, 2021, PR Newswire highlighted an article about a unique patient-led analysis that was conducted in Atlanta, Georgia, and Brussels, Belgium by people living with myasthenia gravis (MG).…
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An Unprecedented Patient-Led Report on Myasthenia Gravis
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Casey Martin is well known as the golfer who sued the PGA in 2001 and won a landmark 7-2 Supreme Court decision. According to a report by ESPN, with the…
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Golfer Casey Martin Has His Leg Amputated
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A recent article in NewScientist describes Borrelia burgdorferi as a bacterium that is the cause of Lyme disease (borreliosis). The trail of infection begins with wild mice that harbor the…
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Scientists Target Lyme Disease With New A Drug
A recent article in Science Alert reports on early but positive results from a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial of ProTide NUC-7738. About the Drug Researchers at Oxford University partnered…
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Molecule From Himalayan Caterpillar Fungus May be the Next Option for Cancer Patients
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Compassion [kuhm-pash-uhn] noun A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion Corner is a…
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Compassion: The Staff at Cardinal Glennon’s Hospital Supported Joey and His Nephew’s Fight Against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
An October 2021 report published in the Globe and Newswire carried an announcement by Fabio Chianelli, CEO of the biotech company PharmaTher Holdings. The FDA approved orphan drug status for…
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Newly FDA Approved Ketamine Has the Potential to Slow ALS Progression