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Rheumatoid arthritis drug shows improvements over methotrexate and Humira in quality of life and physical function.

Improved response rates and extended periods of disease remission found with precision medicine.

Nivolumab blocks the activation of the protein PD-1 to prompt an attack by the immune system.

Rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T) is an antibody-drug conjugate that binds to a protein highly expressed in about two-thirds of SCLC tumors.

Providers need to better inform patients about the risks of heart disease compared with breast cancer.

Patients who underwent surgery and then standard treatment lived 9 months longer than patients who just had the standard treatment.

The compound 2-bromo-palmitate has the ability to inhibit EGFR.

Pembrolizumab found to prevent disease progression in 54.5% of patients with advanced thyroid cancer.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis taking glucocorticoids in certain doses may have an increased risk of developing diabetes.

Recent advances and updates in oncology and cancer drug development.

Gel nano-capsules with 2 shells keep drug molecules safe in transit.

Currently, no consensus exists about whether chemotherapy or radiation should be used to treat early stage 2 testicular cancer.

Unbalance chloride levels be restored to stop cancer-related neuropathic pain.

Baricitinib shows statistically significant improvements in quality of life and physical function.

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Elderly African American multiple myeloma patients had lower rates of access to autologous stem cell transplant.

Treatment nearly doubled the risk of severe hypoglycemia that required medical attention in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Increased fat deposits consistent with obesity experienced disease relapse.

An increasing number of patients with HIV are 50 or older, which comes with new challenges for health care providers.

FDA seeks to halt the sale and distribution of counterfeit or illegal drugs online.

Approximately half of all cancer deaths may be preventable by behavior modifications.

Tofacitinib citrate (Xeljanz) treats adults with active psoriatic arthritis.

APR-246 was seen to successfully target mutated p53 genes in patients with cancer.

Acute infection screening program for HIV shows promise.

Breast cancer treatments that are similar in effectiveness are priced very differently, researchers discovered.

High rates of foster and Medicaid-insured children are receiving antipsychotics, but providers are not following the recommended guidelines.

Gut bacteria found to influence the activity of cells in the brain that control inflammation and neurodegeneration.