“Step therapy” effective for diabetic macular edema

Researchers report that a therapeutic “step strategy,” in which patients with diabetic macular edema begin their treatment with a less expensive drug and, if vision fails to improve, switch to a more expensive medicine, produces similar results to beginning with the more expensive drug. The findings were published on July 14, 2022 in the NEJM/New England Journal of Medicine. “Our […]

People with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma face a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than from cancer

Treatment advances have improved the survival of individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)—a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system—but therapies can increase patients’ risk of developing heart problems. A recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, reveals that people with early-stage HL are now at higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than […]

‘Shamshera’ fails So should Bollywood be Worried?

“Same old nepotism. Same old Bollywood.” With the hype surrounding Ranbir Kapoor’s return to the big screen after a four-year hiatus, fans were expecting a magnanimous response to his latest offering, Shamshera. The Karan Malhotra directorial starred Ranbir in a double role, Shamshera and Balli, with Vaani Kapoor as his love interest and Sanjay Dutt as the antagonist. However, it […]