Tipoffs for Maine (New England)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: For Older Patients With Blood Cancer Taking Multiple Medications, Tool Links Use of Certain Medications to Risk of Frailty
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022:
A new tool developed by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital outperforms conventional methods for predicting whether certain medications are likely to lead to frailty in older patients with blood cancers who are taking multiple medications, a study being published online today indicates.
The tool, called the Geriatric Oncology P
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National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases: Monoclonal Antibody Reduces Asthma Attacks in Urban Youth
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022:
A monoclonal antibody, mepolizumab, decreased asthma attacks by 27% in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents who have a form of severe asthma, are prone to asthma attacks and live in low-income urban neighborhoods, a National Institutes of Health clinical trial has found. This population has been underre
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Rep. Pingree, Maine, New Hampshire Delegations Raise Alarm Over DoD Plans to Restructure PNSY Health Clinic
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 10, 2022:
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined members of the Maine and New Hampshire congressional delegations--Representatives Jared Golden (D-Maine), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), and Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)--in requesting a briefing from the Department of Defense (DoD) rega
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Sen. Shaheen, New Hampshire, Maine Congressional Delegations Raise Alarm in Response to DOD Plans to Restructure Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Health Clinic
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release and an Aug. 9, 2022, letter:
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined members of the New Hampshire and Maine congressional delegations in requesting a briefing from the Department of Defense regarding its restructuring plans for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's Naval Branch Health Clinic. U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Angus King (I-ME), an
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University of Maine-Presque Isle Alum Working for Boston Red Sox
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Aug. 11 -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release:
When Carlos Villoria was playing baseball for the University of Maine at Presque Isle, he didn't know he'd someday work in Major League Baseball, he just knew he always wanted the sport to be part of his life.
Villoria, 33, works for the Boston Red Sox organization in the Media Relations department, and one of his main responsibilities is to translate for Spanish-speaking players li
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Burn Pit Legislation Hailed as Victory by Physician Who Became Veterans' Advocate
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
By Jill Clendening
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law a broad expansion of health care benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, and for Robert Miller, MD, professor of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and his Vanderbilt University Medical Center colleagues, the action is a long-awaited victory.
For the past 17 years, Miller has gathered evi
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