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I have the privilege of serving as 2021-2022 president of Association of Community Cancer Centers, a community of more than 30,000 multidisciplinary health care professionals engaged in the delivery of quality cancer care across the U.S.As an oncology social worker and as ACCC president, I am awed and humbled by the oncology community — providers, patients, caregivers and others—and
In a new statement, the American Heart Association presented scientific evidence that challenges the belief that marijuana is harmless and highlights uncertainty about the drug’s effect on brain health. The statement was published in the Association’s journal, Stroke, and presented and discussed during a symposium at the AHA International Stroke Conference in New Orleans.
Placement of an atrial shunt device failed to reduce the rate of HF events or improve health status vs. sham in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction, according to results of the REDUCE LAP-HF II trial published in The Lancet.“Dyspnea due to left atrial pressure overload during exercise is a hallmark of heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction,”
The COVID-19 pandemic had significant repercussions on the health care system. As lockdowns went into effect, patients postponed, canceled or simply did not make needed medical appointments. These lapses in care included missed breast cancer screenings, which have the potential to save lives. As the pandemic continued, though, health care providers adapted. We spoke with Meghan E. Musser, DO,
Virologically suppressed adults can now receive HIV treatment as few as six times per year.The FDA this week approved a 2-month dosing regimen for Cabenuva — which includes shots of cabotegravir (ViiV Healthcare) and rilpivirine (Janssen Pharmaceuticals) — for virologically suppressed adults on a stable regimen with no history of prior treatment failure or resistance to either drug.