Study: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients May Benefit from Involvement in Decision Making

Due to varied periods of decline among patients, previous research indicates that it is difficult to develop treatment options for patients who have relapsed DLBCL. This holds true especially when…

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Compassion Corner: Study Examines Ways to Approach Patients When Doctors Deliver ‘Bad News’
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Compassion Corner: Study Examines Ways to Approach Patients When Doctors Deliver ‘Bad News’

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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An Experimental Nasal Spray Could Treat a Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
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An Experimental Nasal Spray Could Treat a Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia

  Although paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) may not be a common household name, it is experienced by five hundred Americans with over fifty thousand patients visiting hospitals for treatment in…

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Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Combination Treatment Superior to Systemic Therapy in Retrospective Study
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Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Combination Treatment Superior to Systemic Therapy in Retrospective Study

According to a story from Cancer Network, the results of a recent retrospective study have found that a two-part combination treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a rare cancer,…

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Study of the Week: Spermidine Could Play a Role in Treating Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
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Study of the Week: Spermidine Could Play a Role in Treating Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…

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Company Halts Development of Hereditary Angioedema Drug Following Safety Issues
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Company Halts Development of Hereditary Angioedema Drug Following Safety Issues

According to a story from BioPharma Dive, KalVista Pharmaceuticals has halted its clinical trial evaluating an investigational therapy in development for hereditary angioedema. The trial had included a total of…

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Study of the Week: Scientists Discover a Potential Therapy for an Aggressive Form of Mitochondrial Disease
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Study of the Week: Scientists Discover a Potential Therapy for an Aggressive Form of Mitochondrial Disease

Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…

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Altered Gut Bacteria in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Are Associated with Disease Progression
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Altered Gut Bacteria in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Are Associated with Disease Progression

   Dr. Sergio Baranzini of UC San Francisco recently led an international consortium of researchers in a new study of multiple sclerosis (MS). In a press release on Multiple Sclerosis…

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Lupus Nephritis: Belimumab Alongside Standard Treatment Improves Outcomes in East Asians
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Lupus Nephritis: Belimumab Alongside Standard Treatment Improves Outcomes in East Asians

According to a story published in Healio, a recent study has concluded that a combination of standard treatment and belimumab produces better outcomes for patients of East Asian descent living with…

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