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Every Cancer Patient In Remission After Miraculous Memorial Sloan Kettering Drug Trial Every Cancer Patient In Remission After Miraculous Memorial Sloan Kettering Drug Trial
Every Cancer Patient In Remission After Miraculous Memorial Sloan Kettering Drug Trial More than 15 rectal cancer patients who participated in a drug trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center are in remission. The first patient to try the drug was Washington DC's Sascha Roth, who got the good news on a Friday evening just four weeks before she was scheduled to undergo weeks of radiation therapy. More than a dozen others would soon receive the good news. The MSK clinical trial was investigating if immunotherapy alone could beat rectal cancer that had not spread to other tissues, in a subset of patients whose tumor contained a specific genetic mutation, the hospital sai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: CDC Releases Results Of Study On Pfizer, Moderna Vaccine Use By Pregnant Women COVID-19: CDC Releases Results Of Study On Pfizer, Moderna Vaccine Use By Pregnant Women
Covid-19: CDC Releases Results Of Study On Pfizer, Moderna Vaccine Use By Pregnant Women Results of the largest study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the use of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines by pregnant women have been released. The new study, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that out of more than 35,000 people who were pregnant or soon to become pregnant, there is no evidence to suggest that the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines pose risk during pregnancy. Little data has been released on the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine, which had run into production issues before distribution was paused following rep…

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by Zak Failla
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54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice 54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice
54-Year-Old Man Dies From Eating Too Much Licorice A 54-year-old man has died due to overconsumption of a candy - black licorice. The man, a Massachusetts resident, ate a bag and a half of the candies every day for two weeks prior to his death, the New York Post is reporting. Licorice contains the sweetener glycyyhizic acid, which can deplete a person’s potassium levels and contribute to heart problems, high blood pressure, edema, and lethargy, doctors said in a New England Journal of Medicine article that came out Wednesday, Sept. 23. When the man died - he collapsed inside a fast food restaurant - doctors said he had extremely low …

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by Kristin Palpini
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Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find
Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Amid the misinformation spread during the pandemic has been a belief that people with certain blood types are at higher or lower risk than others of contracting the coronavirus. Two recent studies from reputable sources, however, found that Type A blood doesn't increase the odds that you'll be infected. Earlier during the pandemic, researchers said preliminary evidence suggested that blood type was a key factor for possibly contracting COVID or getting dangerously ill. A study published more than a month ago in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed a 45% higher risk of COVID infectio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Biggest Danger On Roads Is Now Distracted Driving, AAA Says Biggest Danger On Roads Is Now Distracted Driving, AAA Says
Biggest Danger On Roads Is Now Distracted Driving, AAA Says Distracted, not drunk, drugged or aggressive drivers are the biggest cause of concern for motorists, according to a survey conducted by AAA. According to a study released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety this week, distracted driving has reached the top of the list of growing dangers on local roadways, surpassing aggressive or impaired drivers. The study states that 88 percent of drivers contend that distracted driving is on the rise, a 30 percent increase in just five years. The release of the report comes as several local law enforcement agencies announce their intentions to ramp …

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by Zak Failla