When to stop blood thinners before surgeries?

Clinical Brief — August 15th

The Brief

Blood thinners and surgeries don’t mix. For those on certain blood thinners, stopping treatment for 3 days before a surgery may give…

Coca-Cola neutralizes drug interaction with cancer medication: Study

• Drug interactions happen when other drugs…

Partial do-not-resuscitate order, and a man in a coma

• Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are designed to alleviate undue…

Taking Zytiga with breakfast may allow a dose reduction (read: discount) of 75%

• Zytiga (abiraterone) is…

A better way to take Xeloda for breast cancer?

Clinical Brief — July 31st

The Brief

Using a math model, physicians from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) tried to find a better way to take capecitabine…

Praluent and Repatha: Controlling cholesterol, but at what price?

• Praluent (alirocumab) and Repatha (evolocumab)…

Cases: Neurological complications linked to anti-PD-1 immunotherapies

Clinical Brief — September 12th

The Brief

Last week, researchers at the Mayo Clinic published a report on how they managed 10…

Risky jobs?

Clinical Brief — August 14th

The Brief

A new study finds that being exposed to “noxious airborne agents” on the job were linked to a higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis (aka RA) for men.

Benefit of statins ‘100 times the harm’, but non-statins may be just as effective

• Statins are arguably…

Notes on ESMO17: Breast cancer

Clinical Brief — October 9th

ESMO, or the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress, is an annual gathering of cancer experts and patient advocates. This is the last bit of my notes on some of the studies presented at this…