If you go to the doctor with complaints of pain, don’t be surprised if your doctor prescribes anti-seizure medication, or an antidepressant, or even old-fashioned Tylenol or ibuprofen. As healthcare providers move away from addictive opioid painkillers, other types of drugs with pain-relieving properties are filling the gap. A Buffalo News overview of nearly 10 … Read more
Moderna’s cancer vaccine, used in combination with Merck’s Keytruda, reduced the risk of melanoma spreading to other parts of the body or death by 65% compared to Keytruda alone. According to the American Cancer Society, melanoma accounts for the vast majority of skin cancer deaths. The FDA has given Moderna and Merck breakthrough therapy status … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops made a major effort to smash through Russian defense lines in southeastern Ukraine for the second day, a Moscow-installed official said Monday as Russia’s defense ministry declared it had thwarted an attack in Ukraine. an illegally annexed region of the invaded country. Kiev authorities suggested the attack reports were … Read more
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BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. military released video Monday of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend in which a Chinese naval vessel sharply cut the path of a U.S. destroyer and forced the U.S. ship to slow down to avoid a collision. The incident occurred Saturday when … Read more
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BEYOND BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Watching footage from an overhead drone camera, Ukrainian battalion commander Oleg Shiryaev warned his men in nearby trenches that Russian troops were advancing across a field toward a patch of trees outside the town of Bakhmut. The leader of the 225th Battalion of the 127th Kharkiv Territorial Defense Brigade then ordered … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and Britain’s Royal Navy came to the rescue of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “harassed” it. Three fast attack guard ships with armed troops on board approached the merchant ship at close range Sunday afternoon, … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense ministry announced Monday morning that it had thwarted a major Ukrainian attack in eastern Donetsk province, though it’s unclear whether this was the start of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. The ministry said in a rare early morning video that its forces on Sunday beat back a “large-scale” Ukrainian attack on … Read more
Health Servier’s drug vorasidenib helped glioma patients stave off cancer growth
