Marina Kopf

New York

Associate Producer, Health and Medical Unit at NBC News

Med Unit @NBCNews l formerly @WFUVNews

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For some cancer patients, immunotherapy may be way to skip surgery and chemo

2 weeks ago | today.com | Kaitlin Sullivan |John Torres |Marina Kopf

By , and Maureen Sideris was driving to Maine for a wedding when she realized she couldn’t swallow the sandwich she was having for lunch. The 71-year-old was soon diagnosed with gastroesophageal cancer. It was August 2022. The tumor, she said, blocked off a portion of her esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach, making it difficult to swallow food.
For some cancer patients, immunotherapy may be way to skip surgery and chemo

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Kaitlin Sullivan |John Torres |Marina Kopf

By , and Maureen Sideris was driving to Maine for a wedding when she realized she couldn’t swallow the sandwich she was having for lunch. The 71-year-old was soon diagnosed with gastroesophageal cancer. It was August 2022. The tumor, she said, blocked off a portion of her esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach, making it difficult to swallow food.
For some cancer patients, immunotherapy may be way to skip surgery and chemo

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Kaitlin Sullivan |John Torres |Marina Kopf

2 hours agoWoman runs London marathon topless after her double mastectomyA London Marathon runner who had a double mastectomy ran the race in nothing but her running shorts and trainers. Mother-of-two Louise Butcher ran topless to raise awareness of breast cancer after being diagnosed with lobular breast cancer in April 2022 and undergoing a double mastectomy.
Babies under 1 typically don’t get the measles vaccine. Can they get a dose early?

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Mustafa Fattah |Marina Kopf |Emilie Ikeda

More measles cases have been reported in the first three months of 2025 than in all of 2024. Most of the 420-plus cases have been centered around the West Texas outbreak, which has spilled over to neighboring New Mexico and Oklahoma. Other cases in people returning from travel abroad have been reported in a handful of states.
New treatments are needed for alcohol addiction. Are drugs like Ozempic the answer?

Feb 10, 2025 | msn.com | Marina Kopf

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New treatments are needed for alcohol addiction. Are drugs like Ozempic the answer?

Feb 10, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Marina Kopf |Stephanie Gosk

Kara Stainbrook depended on alcohol to get through the day fortwo years. The 45-year-old from Mercer, Pennsylvania, was going through a bottle of vodka a week, sometimes two, and hiding it from her family and friends. “I needed that feeling of not being able to feel life for a little bit,” she said. That changed in June 2023 after she took her first dose of Mounjaro. “From day one, it has literally changed me in every aspect of my life,” she said.
Just one drink a day may put your health at risk, federal report finds

Jan 15, 2025 | yahoo.com | Marina Kopf

Just one alcoholic drink a day is linked to a wide range of negative health effects, according to a federal report released Tuesday. The findings, which apply to both men and women, tied a daily drink to an increased risk of liver cirrhosis, several cancers and injuries but a lower risk of ischemic stroke. That apparent protection is canceled out, however, by occasional binge drinking.
Just one drink a day may put your health at risk, federal report finds

Jan 15, 2025 | nbcchicago.com | Marina Kopf |Mustafa Fattah

Just one alcoholic drink a day is linked to a wide range of negative health effects, according to a federal report released Tuesday. The findings, which apply to both men and women, tied a daily drink to an increased risk of liver cirrhosis, several cancers and injuries but a lower risk of ischemic stroke. That apparent protection is canceled out, however, by occasional binge drinking.
Just one drink a day may put your health at risk, federal report finds

Jan 14, 2025 | msn.com | Marina Kopf

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Just one drink a day may put your health at risk, federal report finds

Jan 14, 2025 | nbcnews.com | Marina Kopf |Mustafa Fattah

Just one alcoholic drink a day is linked to a wide range of negative health effects, according to a federal report released Tuesday. The findings, which apply to both men and women, tied a daily drink to an increased risk of liver cirrhosis, several cancers, and injuries, but a lower risk of ischemic stroke. That apparent protection is canceled out, however, by occasional binge drinking.