American Society of Hematology, Dec. 3-6
The 58th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition The annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology was held from Dec....
Even Moderate, Regular Alcohol Consumption Could Cause A-Fib
Risk of atrial fibrillation up by 8 percent for each daily alcoholic drink
Personalized Vaccine Effective Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Made by combining immune cells, cancer cells, it's kept some patients in remission for nearly five years
Heart Rate Recovery Could Predict Mortality in Older Adults
In study, people with slower heart rate recovery had higher odds of dying within four years
Timely Epinephrine Increases Cardiac Arrest Survival
Dose within five minutes of cardiac arrest increases chances by 20 percent
Nusinersen Shows Promise in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Study results are promising but do not represent a cure
ASH: Single Dose of Gene Therapy Effective in Hemophilia B
Small, preliminary trial suggests it may free hemophilia B patients from transfusions
Osimertinib Bests Platinum-Pemetrexed in T790M+ NSCLC
Significantly longer duration of progression-free survival with osimertinib vs platinum-pemetrexed
Frequency of Multiple Molecular Diagnoses About 5 Percent
Phenotypic similarity score lower for patients with phenotype resulting from two distinct disorders
Higher NT-proBNP Tied to Lower Brain Volume in Older Adults
Higher NT-proBNP levels linked to volumetric and microstructural markers of subclinical brain damage