Since the vaccines against COVID-19 were in development, physicians and other healthcare experts recognized that the rollout of the vaccines would likely be met with vaccine hesitancy. While the world has contended with a group of people who are opposed to any type of vaccination - the so-called anti-vaxxers - it was immediately clear to behavioral … [Read more...]
Do Financial Incentives Motivate People to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Monitoring mRNA Vaccine Safety
The speed with which the COVID-19 vaccines were developed raised concerns among healthcare professionals and the general public alike regarding both the long-term efficacy and safety of the vaccines. Though certain vaccines were granted emergency use authorization given the gravity of the public health crisis, efficacy and safety data have been … [Read more...]
Can Blood Pressure Control Help With Alzheimer’s Disease?
Given the devastating toll of Alzheimer’s disease and the expectation that cases and deaths from the disease will continue to rise as the elderly population grows in the U.S., researchers focus significant effort toward improving our understanding of the disease and finding new ways for physicians to treat it. Thus far, no disease-modifying therapy … [Read more...]
How Does Alcohol Affect Colorectal Cancer Risk?
Alcohol consumption has been linked to several cancers and other health conditions, leading to medical recommendations to refrain from drinking alcohol or to keep alcohol consumption low. A prospective cohort study on more than 250,000 people that investigates the relationship between alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer has been … [Read more...]
New Data Comparing the Effects of Specific Cancer Therapies in Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Emerging research is demonstrating the power of genetic testing to help us target therapies to the specific needs of subpopulations of patients rather than attempt to deploy one-size-fits-all therapeutics. New research published in BMC Cancer contributes to this growing picture by comparing the … [Read more...]