Reaction from healthcare practitioners to the U.S. Surgeon General's recent report on fractures related to osteoporosis has been swift and generally supportive of the report's conclusions. The landmark report stated that, by 2020, one-half of all Americans older than 50 will be at increased risk for fractures from osteoporosis and low bone mass if greater measures aren't taken to improve overall bone health.
Targeted Drug Combination Reveals New Activity in Brain Tumors
December 28th 2021A combination of two targeted cancer drugs showed unprecedented, “clinically meaningful” activity in patients with highly malignant brain tumors that carried a rare genetic mutation, according to a clinical trial report by investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.