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Johnson & Johnson announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorization for BALVERSA®▼ (erdafitinib) as monotherapy for the treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC), the most common form of bladder cancer. Specifically, the indication covers eligible patients who carry sensitive fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) genetic alterations, who have previously received at least one line of therapy containing a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitor or a programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor in unresectable or metastatic therapy. Around 10,500 people in the UK are diagnosed with bladder cancer each…
Do you ever feel like you can’t figure out what’s going on? One moment everything seems normal, then suddenly the context shifts to reveal a world on fire, struggling with war, climate change and political violence and unrest. This is the “zozombra,” the strange form of anxiety that comes from an inability to settle on a single perspective, leaving you with questions like: Is it a beautiful fall day or an unsettling moment of converging historical catastrophes? On the eve of a general election in which the outcome – and the aftermath – is unknown, it’s a situation many Americans…
ED in Men: A Closer Look Erectile dysfunction (ED) can feel isolating, frustrating and confusing for men of all ages. The truth is, ED is much more common than people thinkand it can come from many different causes—both physical and emotional. In my practice as a men’s therapist specializing in relationships and stress, I see many men struggling with ED who often feel alone or ashamed of it. But addressing ED doesn’t have to be a solo journey. Treatment, combined with other lifestyle changes or medical interventions, can make a substantial difference. Let’s look at seven common reasons why ED…
It must be that time of the month again…or is it? Wait, didn’t I get my period a few weeks ago? So why am I so bloated? While most of us expect to feel bloated during our period, we are confused and annoyed when an unexpected case of mid-cycle bloating occurs. So what causes bloating before your period? And what can you do about it? Let’s take a look…What exactly is bloating?We all know the feeling – and look – of bloating. It sucks. Your midsection looks and feels plump. Your pants are tighter than usual and you feel like…
Wendy Ouriel Chicken is by far the worst thing you can put in your body. A chicken today does not look like what a chicken looked like 50 years ago. Through selective breeding, injections of pharmaceutical chemicals, and hormone manipulation, chickens are engineered to grow bigger and faster, producing more meat to meet consumer demand. These changes have altered the genetic makeup of chickens to the point where they look nothing like what they once were, even just a century ago. The reason why chickens look different is because of artificial breeding and injection of medicinal chemical. Research published in…
I have a bunch of posts about budgeting that talk about how great a budget is, how it can free you from financial guilt. I even posted my actual family budget. But that’s me and it’s not you. It’s so hard to do stare at a bank note and then try to make a budget out of it – one you can live off of. Living from it is what you should emphasize. There is no REASON to make a budget that you literally cannot make. Check out my post on tips for this. At first, I thought this post…
In addition to serving and protecting their country, there are two things that many military veterans are passionate about: taking on new challenges and helping their fellow heroes. A group of people who meet these qualifications will have the opportunity to do both by entering a very intense physical challenge: the 2024 Monster Mash. THE 2024 Monster Mash it is not for the weak. His race could be considered Iron Man for tactical athletes. The first race was held in Montana in 2023 and included a HALO jump from a helicopter, a 10-mile swim and 200 miles of rock climbing.…
A unique study has shed exciting new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The findings of researchers from the University of Manchester are published in the journal Child Development. Children start saying words around their first birthday and for a while they only say one word at a time, although they build their vocabulary rapidly in their second year. But the researchers found that they don’t do that by adding a full form of new words to their own personal lexicon. Instead, they put a new word into their lexicon that has some, but…
In interviews I did for the Prostate Cancer Foundation website, Weill Cornell Medicine urologist Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH (whose expert opinion was also featured in ours book)discusses what a rising or persistent PSA means after treatment for localized prostate cancer and what to do next. Remember the first lesson from Part 1: Don’t Panic! If the PSA does not go down after prostatectomy, this is called “PSA persistence,” and there are three things that could be causing it, says Jim Hu. There may be some normal prostate tissue left. “This was more common when we first started doing robotic…
If you’re reading this right now, blue light is shining on your face. This is the nature of life today. The average person spends approx one and a half hours online every day, on some kind of device. Of course, this varies by age: younger people (we’re looking at you, Gen Z!), spend an extra two hours on top of it on screens with that hypnotic blue light sinking into their skin cells. And while we could say a lot about the effects spending so much time on screens, we’ll focus on just this one question: How does blue light…