Randy Dotinga

2 weeks ago | espanol.medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

Los parásitos de la malaria pueden ocultarse en el organismo durante años o incluso décadas sin causar síntomas, desactivando los genes que los hacen visibles para el sistema inmunitario, según un nuevo estudio publicado en Nature Microbiology.[1] Este descubrimiento explica cómo las personas pueden permanecer infectadas años después de contraer la malaria y propagar la enfermedad a través de los mosquitos que las pican, dijo Kirk W.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

Chinese American physician researcher Min Chiu Li, MD, liked breaking barriers and busting chops. At a time when virtually every cancer researcher in the US was White, he landed a job at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the 1950s. As colleagues got along to get along, he made enemies galore. Then he went rogue, insisting on treating patients with chemotherapy beyond the point when their tumors had disappeared.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

Faced with an uproar from outraged community leaders, the Cleveland Clinic has pulled back on its plan to refuse outpatient treatment to privately insured patients unless they pay copays before appointments. Now, patients with commercial insurance or Medicare Advantage coverage will be offered a new 0% interest payment plan if they can’t pay their outpatient copays, the health system announced 3 days before the new requirement was set to go into effect on June 1.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

Malaria parasites can hide in people’s bodies for years or even decades without causing symptoms by shutting down the genes that make them visible to the immune system, a new report found. This discovery explains how people can remain infected years after developing malaria and spread the disease through mosquitos that bite them, said Kirk W.

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Randy Dotinga

A medical resident in the South Pacific will soon make history. After he graduates in 2026, he’s slated to become the first dermatologist to serve the Solomon Islands, a nation of 800,000 people. His training is both a breakthrough and the product of an international effort to improve access to skin care.