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COVID-19 Update: Why the New Booster is Important

COVID-19 Update: Why the New Booster is Important

Posted by on Oct 17, 2022 in Blog, Coronavirus / COVID-19 |

Are you up-to-date on what the latest advice is on getting a COVID-19 vaccine or booster?  If you’re not, you are not alone.   Public awareness of a new booster is “modest,” according to the results of a non-profit organization’s survey called the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, published September 30th. Their survey found that fully half of...

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Predicting the Risk of Getting Type 2 Diabetes: How do they know?

Predicting the Risk of Getting Type 2 Diabetes: How do they know?

Posted by on Sep 30, 2022 in Blog, Diabetes mellitus |

Are you ever skeptical when you see drug claims? One of my first questions when I read about a new drug or a statistic of some kind is: How do they know that? When I read about two new weight loss drugs presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 Sept), my antennae went up. Here’s the story. Drug...

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Air Pollution Links to Lung Cancer

Air Pollution Links to Lung Cancer

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in Blog, Lung cancer |

While smoking remains the primary cause of lung cancer, 10 – 20% of people who develop non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) never smoked. NSCLC in non-smokers happens more often to women, and at an earlier age, than it does in smokers.  What would cause cancer to develop without smoking? [1] One theory is that environmental factors,...

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Biomarkers, Combination Therapy, and Lung Cancer

Biomarkers, Combination Therapy, and Lung Cancer

Posted by on Aug 31, 2022 in Blog, Lung cancer |

KRAS, one gene present in some cancers, was considered “undruggable” for years.[1] Mutated KRAS is an important target for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) because it’s present in 20-25% of cases.[2]  Finally, one drug, sotorasib (Lumakras), is approved to treat one mutant form of KRAS gene, KRAS G12C.[3] This mutation appears in...

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Coffee: The upside and the precautions

Coffee: The upside and the precautions

Posted by on Aug 18, 2022 in Blog |

Recent studies contribute to the evidence that there are benefits to drinking coffee.  Here’s the current scientific thinking on the subject. Recently published research: One study, published in 2022, examines data from a 16,000 person study called Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC). ARIC’s study goal is to see if there’s any...

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