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Jason W. Smith, MD, and Amy Fiedler, MD, have joined the University of California, San Francisco, Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center, according to a press release from the institution.“We welcome the addition of our new colleagues and see this as an important step in the growth of our multidisciplinary program. Their expertise allows us to provide expanded patient access

ATLANTA — Parabens, a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals widely found in hair and personal care products, promote viability and gene expression of a breast cancer cell line in Black women, according to data presented at ENDO 2022. Researchers evaluated the effects of three types of parabens in the HCC1500 breast cancer cell line, which is typically found in Black women of West African

Acupuncture benefitted patients with head and neck cancer who had radiation-induced xerostomia, according to study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.The randomized phase 3 WF-97115 trial included 258 patients.

A recent study showed that restrictive diets were more effective than optimized medical treatment alone in reducing symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

Experts from across the field of endocrinology will gather in Atlanta beginning Saturday for the first in-person Endocrine Society annual meeting in 3 years. ENDO 2022 will kick off Saturday and continue through Tuesday at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. This year’s meeting will have a hybrid format, with more than 100 sessions livestreamed to a virtual platform for attendees

CHICAGO —Adding relatlimab to nivolumab improved PFS, OS and objective response rates across key subgroups of patients with previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma, according to a study presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.The results showed superiority of nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw (Opdualag, Bristol Myers Squibb) over single-agent nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol Myers Squibb),

We have long known that our diets affect our health, but many questions remain about diet’s impact on conditions like cancer and its potential value in treating a wide variety of health conditions. Two studies presented recently at Digestive Disease Week 2022 shed further light on these connections. Although they examine two different conditions — irritable bowel syndrome and

The Environmental Working Group reported that about 75% of evaluated products rated poorly for skin protection from the sun and include potentially harmful ingredients, according to a press release.The statistic was released as a part of the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 16th annual Guide to Sunscreens, which assessed the effectiveness of more than 1,850 products advertising sun

Peer worker–facilitated psychiatric advance directives proved effective in decreasing compulsory hospital admissions and increasing certain positive outcomes for those with mental illness, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry. “In the last 20 years, several randomized clinical trials have assessed the effectiveness of interventions in reducing compulsory psychiatric

SAN DIEGO — Gastroenterology societies should refrain from incorporating race and ethnicity into clinical guidelines as doing so may exacerbate health inequities, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022. “Race is a social construct, yet health care workers still use race and ethnicity to guide clinical decision-making,” Shazia M. Siddique, MD, MSHP,