Fact check: Health benefits of bay leaves need more study Jason Clayworth, USA TODAY
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The claim: Bay leaves eliminate the need for a pharmacy as the plant cures or alleviates everything from digestive disorders to kidney stones.
Claims about the attributes of bay leaves have been popular on social media in recent months. One widely shared post touts the health benefits of bay leaves, an herb from the laurel tree.
Bay leaves, according to the post, help regulate bowel movements, lower blood sugar, eliminate bad cholesterol, insomnia and anxiety, treat digestive disorders, break up kidney stones and contain substances that prevent the formation of cancer cells.
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Genmab Achieves USD 40 Million Milestone in Collaboration with AbbVie
Genmab A/SJanuary 13, 2021 GMT
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Milestone triggered by progress in Phase 3 study of epcoritamab in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Copenhagen, Denmark; January 13, 2021 – Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) announced today that it has reached the first milestone in its collaboration with AbbVie. A USD 40 million milestone payment was triggered by the first patient dosed in the Phase 3 study of subcutaneous epcoritamab versus investigator’s choice of chemotherapy in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
In the midst of the terribly distressing news cycle that s kicked off 2021, Jeff Bridges has a piece of good news to share with the world: The actor, who announced he was diagnosed with lymphoma in October 2020, says his cancer is responding positively to treatment.
“I go in for a CAT scan to see if my new protocol is shrinking my tumor,” Bridges writes in a diary-style entry dated January 6 (and published January 13) on his website. “Turns out it’s working beautifully. The thing has drastically shrunk.
Bridges hasn t specified what type of lymphoma he has (such as Hodgkin s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin s lymphoma), but all forms of the cancer attack the body s lymph system, the U.S. National Library of Medicine explains. The lymph (or lymphatic) system is a part of the immune system that includes the lymph nodes, lymph channels, spleen, thymus gland, tonsils, and adenoids, according to the Mayo Clinic. Lymphoma can spread to other parts of the body, though.
The iPhone 12 is made with a different type of magnet technology than previous iPhones, which generates a stronger magnetic field to help the phone connect to wireless chargers and charge faster, the study authors explain. But this strong magnetic field could also interfere with ICDs, small electronic chest implants that deliver shocks to help people manage a serious problem with the rate or rhythm of their heartbeat (called an arrhythmia), per the U.S. National Library of Medicine especially when the phone is kept in a shirt pocket.
The study authors, three doctors of cardiac electrophysiology from the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute at Henry Ford Hospital, conducted a simple experiment to test for such an interaction: They placed an iPhone 12 in different spots on the chest of a patient wearing an ICD. The results were clear: “Once the iPhone was brought close to the ICD over the left chest area, immediate suspension of ICD therapies was noted which persisted for the d
There is particular interest in monoclonal antibody agents to determine whether their immune suppressive effects can reduce the immediate and long-term impact of COVID-19.