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January 17, 2023
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Sleep and COVID: Sleep-related symptoms, ‘transient’ vaccine-related side effects and more

Sleep and COVID: Sleep-related symptoms, ‘transient’ vaccine-related side effects and more

Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at Penn Medicine, spoke with Healio about the relationship between COVID-19 and sleep.

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January 13, 2023
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Modakafusp alfa exhibits ‘clear evidence of activity’ in advanced multiple myeloma

Modakafusp alfa exhibits ‘clear evidence of activity’ in advanced multiple myeloma

NEW ORLEANS — Modakafusp alfa exhibited encouraging activity as treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

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January 11, 2023
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Q&A: New investments will support implementation of genomic information in practice

Q&A: New investments will support implementation of genomic information in practice

Penn Medicine announced that it has received a $9.7 million grant that will be used to fund continuing education and training for genetic counselors.

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January 11, 2023
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VIDEO: Technology allows for better care of patients with periprosthetic fractures

VIDEO: Technology allows for better care of patients with periprosthetic fractures

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Derek J. Donegan, MD, MBA, spoke about periprosthetic fractures around total knee arthroplasty implants on the femoral side.

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January 05, 2023
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Fourth-generation autologous CAR-T product shows efficacy for pretreated lymphoma

Fourth-generation autologous CAR-T product shows efficacy for pretreated lymphoma

NEW ORLEANS — A novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy showed encouraging early efficacy among heavily pretreated patients with CD19-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to study results.

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December 28, 2022
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Recent exposure to chemotherapy drug linked to worse outcomes among CAR-T recipients

Recent exposure to chemotherapy drug linked to worse outcomes among CAR-T recipients

NEW ORLEANS — Patients recently treated with bendamustine had significantly lower response rates to subsequent chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, data presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition showed.

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December 20, 2022
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Study of CAR-T for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, HIV yields 'reassuring' results

Study of CAR-T for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, HIV yields 'reassuring' results

NEW ORLEANS — Chimeric antigen receptor T cells demonstrated acceptable efficacy with no additional safety concerns when administered to patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and HIV, retrospective study results showed.

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December 02, 2022
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Four-year palliative care curriculum focuses on support for patients with serious illness

Four-year palliative care curriculum focuses on support for patients with serious illness

The medical profession has increasingly embraced palliative care as a key component of patient-centered therapy.

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November 28, 2022
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Survival rate after in-hospital cardiac arrest improving for children

Survival rate after in-hospital cardiac arrest improving for children

CHICAGO — Survival rates have almost doubled for children who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest during the last 20 years, with the greatest gains in children who experienced cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery, researchers reported.

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November 04, 2022
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Exercise linked to better mental, physical health among those with kidney cancer

Exercise linked to better mental, physical health among those with kidney cancer

Physical activity or exercise appeared associated with improved mental and physical health among people with kidney cancer, according to study results.

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