Kathryn Klein
Are Scientists Developing Treatments for the Most Hard-To-Treat Cancers?
Most people know that cancer treatment works by making tumors in the body smaller. Unfortunately, most of the time, it is impossible for cancer...
IBM Watson Health Reports Significant Progress with AI in Oncology
Watson Health is a business division of IBM that uses technology to analyze data and improve public health. One way they are trying to...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Most Common STD
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that nearly 80 million Americans are currently infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), and about 14 million...
60 Doctors and Pharmacists Charged in Massive Opioid Prescription Bust
Sixty doctors and pharmacists have been charged by federal prosecutors for illegally giving patients opioid prescriptions, The prosecutors say this is the biggest bust...
How the Gut Microbiome Directs Immune System to Fight Cancer
The U.S. has recently seen a major breakthrough in cancer treatment called immune checkpoint inhibitors. These inhibitors basically tell the immune system which cells...
Cancer Patient’s 10-Centimeter Mass Gone After 2 Months at CHIPSA Hospital...
John D. was diagnosed with terminal, stage 4 cancer after a fluid-filled sac on his neck grew into hard, 10cm lump. His doctors suggested...
Digital Maps Can Predict the Success of Immunotherapy in Cancer Patients
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are developing a new method called ImmunoMap, a digital map that compares different types of T-cell receptors, the “antennas” found...
Could This New Vaccine Help Patients Fight Colorectal Cancer?
A study published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer showed that a new colorectal cancer vaccine could help patients to fight...
Insulin Potentiation Therapy: How Targeted Chemotherapy Creates Better Results
Over the past few years, research has shown that many cancers respond remarkably well to integrative therapies, or a combination of conventional...
How Researchers Will Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes
A recent study published in Nature Medicine reported that researchers are working hard to find new ways to predict immunotherapy outcomes in cancer patients. Checkpoint...
