Last November, Vito Schnabel was happy after finishing the New York City Marathon in three hours and 15 minutes — more than 10 minutes faster than his 2016 time. Then the art dealer looked on Instagram and discovered that his friend, Eleven Madison Park chef and co-owner Daniel Humm, had finished the race in three… Read More »
Here’s a medical news story that combines a common habit (drinking coffee) with a common skin condition (rosacea) — and it even has a happy ending. What is rosacea? Rosacea is probably something you’ve seen plenty of times and didn’t know what it was — or perhaps you have it yourself. It’s that pink or… Read More »
Ashley Quigley of Portland, left, takes the blood pressure of Samsam Dahir of Portland. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Do you have an idea of what is in these blood pressure medications? Take away the “I” from an idea and you’ve got a NDEA. That’s the chemical that seems… Read More »
A treatment regimen containing ibalizumab (Trogarzo), a monoclonal antibody designed to block HIV, led to substantial viral load reductions in a majority of highly treatment-experienced people with few treatment options left, Dr Zvi Cohen of Theratechnologies reported at the International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV Glasgow) on Wednesday. Fifteen out of 40… Read More »
Though all eyes are on Congress as Election Day looms, U.S. health care may look more like a local issue when the polls close on Tuesday, experts say. That’s because new leaders in states that skipped Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion could extend health insurance to millions of Americans. John McDonough, a professor of the practice of… Read More »