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What we do and don’t know about Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis
Cancer Men’s health Joe Biden See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The announcement Sunday that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer has some people wondering how the disease wasn’t spotted sooner. As president, Biden had access to VIP care, which goes above …
What are your questions about prostate cancer?
Cancer Men’s health Joe Biden See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his personal office announced Sunday. Biden, 82, and his family are reviewing treatment options with his …
After delay, FDA approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, but only for older people and those at high risk
Vaccines Respiratory viruses New in medicine Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow After a six-week delay, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to a letter from the agency, but only for people 65 and older and those 12 …
Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On …
The gift of life: A visual history of organ transplantation
Animal stories Genetics New in medicine See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past few years, transplants almost …
FDA greenlights first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in the US
Federal agencies Chronic diseases Dementia Getting older See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance to a blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, making the test the first to get signoff to aid in the early detection …