LA ETEROGENEITA’ DISTURBA LA ANALISI DELLA EFFICACIA DEI VACCINI NEL COVID-19. UN GRANDE EDITORIALE DAGLI “ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE” (FREE)

Risk Heterogeneity and the Illusion of Waning Vaccine Efficacy Michael P. Fay et al. Critical scientific questions about COVID-19 vaccines are whether the vaccine effect will wane over time, whether they will work on new variants, and whether booster shots are needed. As reports of the durability of vaccine protection become available (1–4), general scientific…

IBS E DISPEPSIA FUNZIONALE: OCCHIO AI FARMACI NEUROMODULATORI. AUMENTANO IL RISCHIO DI EFFETTI COLLATERALI (IL NOCEBO EFFECT)? UNA META-ANALISI DALL'”AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY”.

Examining the Nocebo Effect in Trials of Neuromodulators for Use in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction Jeremy R. Glissen Brown et al. INTRODUCTION: Nocebo effects are believed to influence the rate of reported adverse events (AE) and subject withdrawal in both the treatment and placebo groups of randomized clinical trials (RCT). Neuromodulators are commonly prescribed to…

IL CASO ADUCANUMAB PER L’ALZHEIMER. NON CI INTERESSA? E NO! RAPPORTI ANOMALI TRA AGENZIA REGOLATORIA E PRODUTTORE. ATTENZIONE ALLE MODIFICHE PROPOSTE ALLA NOSTRA AIFA. DA “WIRED” (FREE)

Tutti i problemi del primo farmaco anti-Alzheimer Aducanumab ha un prezzo eccessivo, tempi di approvazione inusuali e rapporti anomali tra agenzia regolatoria e produttore SIMONE VALESINI Un ricercatore TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Per anni, l’anticorpo monoclonale Aducanumab è sembrato un farmaco destinato a fare la storia. Sul piano medico – doveva essere la prima terapia in grado…

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2023 Should Be the Year We Admit the Internet Is a Failure With Hate, Rage, Bigotry, and Ignorance, the Internet’s Destroying Our Ability to Be a Civilization — When We Need it Most umair haque Image Credit: 1, 2 It’s 2023, and there’s something that’s gone badly wrong with human civilization. No, I don’t just mean the…

SOTORASIB PER IL CANCRO PANCREATICO AVANZATO. OTTIMI RISULTATI SE ESISTE LA MUTAZIONE KRAS p.G12C. DA”NEJM” (FREE).

Sotorasib in KRAS p.G12C–Mutated Advanced Pancreatic Cancer John H. Strickler et al. BACKGROUND KRAS p.G12C mutation occurs in approximately 1 to 2% of pancreatic cancers. The safety and efficacy of sotorasib, a KRAS G12C inhibitor, in previously treated patients with KRAS p.G12C–mutated pancreatic cancer are unknown. METHODS We conducted a single-group, phase 1–2 trial to assess the…

EPATITE CRONICA DA VIRUS B. DUSHEIKO E COLL. SUI NUOVI APPROCCI ! DA “NEJM” (FREE).

New Approaches to Chronic Hepatitis B Geoffrey Dusheiko et al. Chronic hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), a hepatotropic DNA virus that can replicate at high levels and cause minimal disease or severe liver injury. The clinical spectrum of chronic hepatitis B ranges from no symptoms to progressive hepatic fibrosis, advanced…