Dietary modification ups glaucoma risk in women
04 Jun 2023
Dietary modification (DM) among individuals in the lowest quartile for percentage calories from total fat at baseline is associated with a higher risk of incident primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) among women, irrespective of age or race, suggests a recent study.
CAR T-cell therapy enables chemo-free treatment of R/R follicular lymphoma
30 May 2023;
While most patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) can expect to live for another 20 years after diagnosis, a significant minority relapse within 2 years and have considerably worse prognosis. At a symposium organized by the Hong Kong Society of Haematology, Professor Catherine Thieblemont of the Haemato-Oncology Department, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, a key investigator on the ELARA trial, reviewed chemotherapy-free options for relapsed/refractory (R/R) FL and shared her experience of using a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, tisagenlecleucel, in a heavily pretreated patient.
Indications/Uses : Delays progressive decline of kidney function in adults w/ CKD associated w/ type 2 diabetes (w/ albuminuria), in addition to standard of care.