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Hot flashes and night sweats are called vasomotor symptoms, and they’re experienced by many women approaching menopause and those being treated for certain breast cancers. Now a new class of drugs has been developed to help. William Nelson, director of …

Can hot flashes and night sweats be controlled in women having treatment for breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Women whose breast cancer has estrogen receptors are usually treated with estrogen depleting medicines, with the consequence that they have hot flashes and night sweats, so called ‘vasomotor symptoms,’ that many describe as worse than menopause. Now a new medicine …

There’s hope for women with breast cancer who are experiencing menopausal symptoms, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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CAR-T cells, a highly activated immune cell, have been used to treat a solid tumor, stomach cancer, for the first time. Yet the fact remains that CAR-Ts are expensive and time consuming to produce. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director …

CAR-T cells are an expensive form of cancer treatment, but other techniques may soon supplant them, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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For the first time CAR-T cells, a highly activated type of immune cell, have been used with some success to treat stomach cancer, a so-called solid tumor. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says solid …

Why has it been so hard to use CAR-T cells to treat solid tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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You’ve probably heard of CAR-T cells, a type of immune cells taken from someone’s body, grown up in a lab and trained to attack their cancer. CAR-Ts are known to be good for treating blood cancers like leukemia, and for …

Will solid tumors now be treated with CAR-T cells? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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When it comes to managing with the dog days of summer, air conditioning is very helpful, especially for people with chronic lung problems. Johns Hopkins lung health expert William Checkley says clean systems with filters that are regularly changed are …

Humidity may be as important as temperature when it comes to air conditioning, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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People with lung conditions like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, abbreviated COPD, rely on air conditioning in the summer to help keep their symptoms from getting much worse. William Checkley, a lung health expert at Johns Hopkins, says it’s …

If you don’t use AC properly you may make lung problems worse, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »