cli Pemigatinib Is Active in Some FGFR2-Altered Cholangiocarcinomas [Clinical Trials] By cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:05:26-07:00 Pemigatinib was effective in patients with cholangiocarcinomas with FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements. Full Article
cli Bemarituzumab Is Active in FGFR2b-High Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma [Clinical Trials] By cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:05:26-07:00 The FGFR2b inhibitor bemarituzumab was effective in high-FGFR2b gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma. Full Article
cli Strong HPV Vaccine Response Predicts Better Survival with Chemotherapy [Clinical Trials] By cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:05:26-07:00 Patients with HPV16+ cervical cancer and high T-cell responses to an HPV16 vaccine survived longer. Full Article
cli Clinical Research Slows as COVID-19 Surges [News in Brief] By cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:05:26-07:00 As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, the clinical cancer community is grappling with how to continue providing access to experimental but potentially lifesaving therapies while keeping immunocompromised patients safe. To that end, cancer centers are making changes to their clinical trial programs, while pharmaceutical companies are deciding how—or whether—trials should continue. Full Article
cli Study Finds Underreporting of Clinical Data [News in Brief] By cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org Published On :: 2020-05-01T00:05:26-07:00 Since 2018, the FDA has required that U.S. clinical trial results be reported to clinicaltrials.gov within a year of trial completion, but this mandate is often ignored. A recent study found that less than half of U.S. trials submitted results to the site by the deadline. Industry-led trials were the most likely to be reported on time. Full Article
cli The diagnostic challenges and clinical course of a myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm with eosinophilia and ZBTB20-JAK2 gene fusion presenting as B-lymphoblastic leukemia [RESEARCH REPORT] By molecularcasestudies.cshlp.org Published On :: 2020-04-01T06:30:17-07:00 We report the diagnostic challenges and the clinical course of a patient with an extraordinary presentation of B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) with eosinophilia. We identified a novel ZBTB20-JAK2 gene fusion as a chimeric RNA transcript using the Archer platform. This gene fusion from the same patient was recently identified by Peterson et al. (2019) at the genomic level using a different sequencing technology platform. The configuration of this gene fusion predicts the production of a kinase-activating JAK2 fusion protein, which would normally lead to a diagnosis of Philadelphia chromosome–like B-ALL (Ph-like B-ALL). However, the unusual presentation of eosinophilia led us to demonstrate the presence of this gene fusion in nonlymphoid hematopoietic cells by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) studies with morphologic correlation. Therefore, we believe this disease, in fact, represents blast crisis arising from an underlying myeloid neoplasm with JAK2 rearrangements. This case illustrates the difficulty in differentiating Ph-like B-ALL and myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm with eosinophilia and gene rearrangements (MLN-EGR) in blast crisis. As currently defined, the diagnosis of MLN-EGR relies on the hematologic presentations and the identification of marker gene fusions (including PCM1-JAK2, ETV6-JAK2, and BCR-JAK2). However, these same gene fusions, when limited to B-lymphoblasts, also define Ph-like B-ALL. Yet, our case does not conform to either condition. Therefore, the assessment for lineage restriction of gene rearrangements to reflect the pathophysiologic difference between B-ALL and MLN-EGR in blast crisis is likely a more robust diagnostic approach and allows the inclusion of MLN-EGR with novel gene fusions. Full Article
cli Erratum. Therapeutic Inertia Is a Problem for All of Us. Clinical Diabetes 2019;37:105-106 (DOI: 10.2337/cd19-0009) By clinical.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-04-15T12:00:21-07:00 Full Article
cli Erratum. Diabetes Is Primary: Timely News and Notes for Primary Care Providers. Clinical Diabetes 2020;38:4-8 (DOI: 10.2337/cd20-dp01) By clinical.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-04-15T12:00:21-07:00 Full Article
cli Cleveland Clinic Foundation Internal Medicine Residency Program By clinical.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-04-15T12:00:21-07:00 Quality Improvement Success Stories are published by the American Diabetes Association in collaboration with the American College of Physicians, Inc. (ACP), and the National Diabetes Education Program. This series is intended to highlight best practices and strategies from programs and clinics that have successfully improved the quality of care for people with diabetes or related conditions. Each article in the series is reviewed and follows a standard format developed by the editors of Clinical Diabetes. The following article describes an initiative of the Cleveland Clinic’s internal medicine residents to improve diabetes care and outcomes within an underserved patient population at an East Cleveland, OH, health center. Full Article
cli “What’s the Point?”: Understanding Why People With Type 2 Diabetes Decline Structured Education By clinical.diabetesjournals.org Published On :: 2020-04-15T12:00:21-07:00 Structured diabetes education (SDE) is an evidence-based intervention that supports self-management in people with type 2 diabetes. In the United Kingdom, health care providers working in primary care settings are responsible for referring people with type 2 diabetes to SDE programs. However, national audits record a high percentage of nonattenders. We explored the personal experience of living with type 2 diabetes that led to individuals declining invitations to attend SDE programs. The themes suggested that emotional, cognitive, and social issues related to diagnosis and living with diabetes may be responsible for declining to attend SDE and that these factors may be masked by explanations of practical barriers. A person-centered approach to understanding the personal meaning of being diagnosed and living with type 2 diabetes may help to identify individuals’ psychosocial barriers to attending SDE. Full Article
cli CT Angiography in Evaluating Large-Vessel Occlusion in Acute Anterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke: Factors Associated with Diagnostic Error in Clinical Practice [INTERVENTIONAL] By www.ajnr.org Published On :: 2020-04-09T06:30:48-07:00 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It is currently not completely clear how well radiologists perform in evaluating large-vessel occlusion on CTA in acute ischemic stroke. The purpose of this study was to investigate potential factors associated with diagnostic error. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Five hundred twenty consecutive patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke (49.4% men; mean age, 72 years) who underwent CTA to evaluate large-vessel occlusion of the proximal anterior circulation were included. CTA scans were retrospectively reviewed by a consensus panel of 2 neuroradiologists. Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between several variables and missed large-vessel occlusion at the initial CTA interpretation. RESULTS: The prevalence of large-vessel occlusion was 16% (84/520 patients); 20% (17/84) of large-vessel occlusions were missed at the initial CTA evaluation. In multivariate analysis, non-neuroradiologists were more likely to miss large-vessel occlusion compared with neuroradiologists (OR = 5.62; 95% CI, 1.06–29.85; P = .04), and occlusions of the M2 segment were more likely to be missed compared with occlusions of the distal internal carotid artery and/or M1 segment (OR = 5.69; 95% CI, 1.44–22.57; P = .01). There were no calcified emboli in initially correctly identified large-vessel occlusions. However, calcified emboli were present in 4 of 17 (24%) initially missed or misinterpreted large-vessel occlusions. CONCLUSIONS: Several factors may have an association with missing a large-vessel occlusion on CTA, including the CTA interpreter (non-neuroradiologists versus neuroradiologists), large-vessel occlusion location (M2 segment versus the distal internal carotid artery and/or M1 segment), and large-vessel occlusion caused by calcified emboli. Awareness of these factors may improve the accuracy in interpreting CTA and eventually improve stroke outcome. Full Article
cli Green buildings are crucial to addressing climate change, but why aren’t we seeing more of them? By batdongsan.com.vn Published On :: 09:56 05/05/2020 We spoke with industry experts to identify what’s preventing developers from fully going green – and it all boils down to lack of finances. Full Article
cli After the COVID-19 pandemic, older generations should reflect on the need for climate action By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:58:28 +0000 EnvironmentThe COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a cornucopia of reflections about what is to be learned from it. One of the issues around which this has been the case is climate change. There are a few ways in which climate change is linked to reflections on the pandemic. One of these links is seeing the pandemic and where there has been relative success in dealing with it as a good case study in the value of scientific advice over politics. The wish is that as a result science might regain a more secure foothold in the debate around climate change. This is generally coupled with a reflection on the extent to which the pandemic might have been even better prepared for and dealt with had early generic warnings about the likelihood of a pandemic been heeded, and also if warnings about the actual pandemic had been acted on earlier than they were at the beginning of 2020. The hope is that this lesson in the consequences of not heeding warnings will rub off on the climate change debate, if not on the most committed climate change deniers. Another link between the pandemic and climate change is one less reflected on, although I did see at least one article on it, and that is the whole issue of inter-generational ethics that arises. The lock downs associated with COVID-19 tended to be justified on two grounds: One was containing the spread in such a way as to prevent health-care systems from being overwhelmed, and the other had to do with containing the spread of the virus for the sake of the those who were most likely to die from it, namely the elderly, an argument certainly borne out by the statistics even if it is the case that some younger people seem, for reasons yet to be determined, very vulnerable. And so it was that multitudes of young people have had to put their lives and dreams on hold in order to safeguard the lives of many who are much older than them. Young people have mostly willingly and without complaint acceded to the moral imperative and practical wisdom of sacrificing things like their personal, educational, athletic, travel, financial and/or employment hopes for the greater good, specifically for the older generation in their society. Other groups, like frontline health-care workers, and those newly classified as working in essential jobs, like grocery store workers, have also been asked to make a disproportionate sacrifice. But that is for another article on how their real value has been revealed -- and how that value should be recognized in the post-pandemic world (better wages for one thing). Unfortunately, the link between the demands on the young in the pandemic containment strategy and the debate on climate change manifests itself in observing, so far, the unwillingness of populations, and their governments, to demand a reverse moral imperative from older citizens when it comes to sacrifices they might make for the sake of younger and future generations. What are older citizens prepared to sacrifice to safeguard the quality of the lives younger citizens will lead in the coming decades, by substantially reducing our carbon footprint, and seriously dealing with other environmental challenges? One could argue that, in the case of Canadians, the population has done its part by electing a majority of MPs committed to action on climate change, only to be let down by a government that wants to have its cake and eat it too on climate change by imposing a carbon tax and buying a pipeline. Nevertheless, as we emerge on the other side of the pandemic, hopefully sooner rather than later, it seems to me that there will be a new opportunity for moral reflection on what the generations owe each other. Of course right-wing politicians are always claiming to be worried about passing on fiscal debt to the next generation. But passing on an environmental deficit is a much more real and serious issue. Part of the moral logic of pandemic containment has been asking one generation to sacrifice for another. It seems only fair then that the political debate about climate change should at some point soon become much more focused on what the older generation can do for the younger generation. Demanding real action from their political leaders, even if it means locking down or at the very least winding down lifestyles that have become ingrained would be a good start. And for those who can afford it, showing a willingness to pay higher taxes to build the infrastructure of a sustainable and livable future would also be in order. Bill Blaikie, former MP and MLA, writes on Canadian politics, political parties and Parliament. Image: John Englart/Flickr COVID-19Climate Hope 2020Bill BlaikieMay 8, 2020Will there be a silver lining to this pandemic?During this pandemic, the planet is getting a deserved rest. But once lockdowns are lifted, we must restore biodiversity, reduce emissions and shift from an economy that promotes endless growth.Bailing out on the old normalWith grim economic prospects forecast as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, campaigns have launched to rebuild the economy differently.After this Earth Day, let's never go back to normalWith the same solidarity and collective action that we used to fight this virus, we can build a better future for everyone, and for the planet on which we all depend. Full Article
cli Quadruped Robots Can Climb Ladders Now By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:10:00 GMT This robot dog can scale ladders that a real dog would struggle with Full Article robotics robotics/robotics-hardware
cli Selah and the Spades review – teen cliques drama balances satire and surrealism By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-16T06:00:36Z This uncanny story of preppy drug dealers has a touch of Heathers and a bit of Bret Easton Ellis, and an intriguing take on what high school is really likeTayarisha Poe, like her partial namesake, has a gift for the uncanny. She is the photographer and film-maker behind this feature debut, which began as an online multimedia project and was developed as a conventional movie through the Sundance screenwriters and directors labs. What has emerged is an intriguing, opaque, tonally elusive story that seems weirdly unfinished. It is set in a privileged high school – a world of ivy-covered stone buildings and shady quadrangles where rich kids are separated into malign and mutually hostile cliques. It has a touch of Donna Tartt and Bret Easton Ellis, a hint of Heathers and a bit of the elegant, disdainful satire of Dear White People.Somehow, though, it is odder, more stylised and contrived, always holding out the possibility that it is set in the future, or in an alternative present on some other planet, or inside the head of one of its characters who is having a disturbing dream – the kind that ends just as it is about to give up its meaning. Right until the closing credits, I half-expected the face of each person on screen to flip upwards, revealing a Stepford-like set of dials. Continue reading... Full Article Drama films Young people Film Culture
cli J-K witnesses decline in infant mortality rate By in.news.yahoo.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:39:20 -0500 Full Article
cli Greta: We must fight the climate crisis and pandemic simultaneously By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:00:13 +0000 In an exclusive interview, climate activist Greta Thunberg has told New Scientist that the coronavirus pandemic shows we can act quickly in an emergency Full Article
cli Our approach to covid-19 can also help tackle climate change By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:00:00 +0000 We can't lose sight of the climate emergency when dealing with the covid-19 pandemic, say Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac Full Article
cli Giro d'Italia pays tribute to cycling fans By uk.sports.yahoo.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:11:00 -0500 Full Article
cli Slovenian cyclists stage anti-government coronavirus protest By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:04:49 -0400 Thousands of cyclists took over streets in the centre of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Friday evening to protest against the government of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and the restrictions it has imposed to fight the coronavirus. Full Article worldNews
cli Grant Shapps details £2billion package as he urges Britons to keep walking and cycling By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:16:00 +0100 GRANT SHAPPS announced the Government is introducing a £2 billion travel scheme to encourage Britons to use alternative transport as the UK slowly relaxes lockdown measures. Full Article
cli Hillary Clinton to endorse Biden during women's virtual town hall By www.nbcnews.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:46:23 GMT Hillary Clinton, the first woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination, teased an expected endorsement of Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a tweet. Full Article
cli Australia listened to the experts on coronavirus. It's time we heard them on climate change | Lenore Taylor By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T20:00:03Z Economic reconstruction is a chance to speed up decarbonisation, and the pandemic has shown a different kind of politics is possible We’re already being swamped with ideas about “reforms” needed to recover from the pandemic crisis. But the word reform is like gift wrap – a handy cover for any offering, thought-through or otherwise.Perhaps we should ditch the word entirely, and with it the forest of feelpinions about what governments “must” do to advance an author’s previously-held ideological positioning in the post-corona world. Continue reading... Full Article Greenhouse gas emissions Coronavirus outbreak Energy Climate change Australian politics Australia news Renewable energy
cli Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-02-19T11:00:00Z Utah aims to reduce emissions over air quality concerns as other red states are also starting to tackle global heatingIn a move to protect its ski slopes and growing economy, Utah – one of the reddest states in the nation – has just created a long-term plan to address the climate crisis. Related: Washington state takes bold step to restrict companies from bottling local water Continue reading... Full Article Environment Utah US news Climate change
cli Spring arrives earlier than ever recorded in southern US – adding to climate trend By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-03-06T11:00:35Z Warming springs can cause plants to bloom earlier, alter hibernation times and locations for migrating animals, and increase insect populationsAcross the south-eastern US, trees are unfurling their clouds of leaves after winter. Yet this picturesque and usually welcome development is this year cause for consternation.New data from the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) shows that in parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Florida, spring has arrived more than three weeks earlier than average, and earlier than at any point in the last 39 years it has been tracked. Continue reading... Full Article Spring Environment United States North Carolina US news
cli Firms ignoring climate crisis will go bankrupt, says Mark Carney By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2019-10-13T11:00:06Z Bank of England governor warns of financial collapse linked to climate emergencyTop asset managers oversee $300bn fossil fuel investmentsWhy are asset managers investing in fossil fuel companies?Companies and industries that are not moving towards zero-carbon emissions will be punished by investors and go bankrupt, the governor of the Bank of England has warned.Mark Carney also told the Guardian it was possible that the global transition needed to tackle the climate crisis could result in an abrupt financial collapse. He said the longer action to reverse emissions was delayed, the more the risk of collapse would grow. Continue reading... Full Article Climate change Environment Mark Carney Business Bank of England Banks and building societies Money Economics Economic policy Politics Greenhouse gas emissions UK news Coal Energy Fossil fuels Oil Oil and gas companies Oil Gas Gas Commodities Energy industry
cli Why the MOSAiC Expedition's Research Is So Vital to Climate Change Research By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:58:17 +0000 On a ship frozen in the Arctic, scientists have spent all winter to shed light on exactly how the world is changing Full Article
cli CNN's Bill Weir Offers Solutions for How to Talk Climate Change in a Contentious World By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:06:10 +0000 Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit features CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir Full Article
cli Global trade in soy has major implications for climate By www.sciencedaily.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:44:46 EDT The extent to which Brazilian soy production and trade contribute to climate change depends largely on the location where soybeans are grown, according to a new study. In some municipalities, carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the export of soybean and derivatives are more than 200 times higher than in others. Full Article
cli Benthos in the Antarctic Weddell Sea in decline By www.sciencedaily.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:07:17 EDT Over the past quarter-century, changes in Antarctic sea-ice cover have had profound impacts on life on the ocean floor. Full Article
cli Planting trees is no panacea for climate change By www.sciencedaily.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:30:08 EDT A restoration ecologist has a simple message for anyone who thinks planting 1 trillion trees will reverse the damage of climate change: 'We can't plant our way out of climate change.' Full Article
cli To climb like a gecko, robots need toes By www.sciencedaily.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:53:21 EDT Researchers know the secret to geckos' ability to walk on the ceiling: their hairy toes. But how do they use their five toes per foot to adjust to gravity when running horizontally along walls. Biologists have now used high-speed cameras to record how geckos orient their toes with shifting weight, especially when encountering slippery or rough patches, and found a remarkable ability to adjust toe orientation to stick and peel while running full speed. Full Article
cli Compton crash: Cyclist in his 40s killed in collision with van By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-10T11:49:00Z A cyclist has died after being involved in a collision with a van. Full Article
cli Climate activists referred to anti-terror programme by Home Office By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-13T13:45:26Z Dozens of climate activists have been referred to the Home Office's anti-terror Prevent programme amid fears they may become radicalised, it has emerged. Full Article
cli Police tributes to 'cherished' key worker killed while cycling to work By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-15T18:44:00Z Her friend Ahmed Hassan said she was a keen rower who will be remembered as "an amazing person and an amazing analyst" who left an "immense impact" on everyone she met. Full Article
cli Pensioner, 90, attempting to climb height of Suilven mountain on stairs raises £100,000 after being inspired by Captain Tom Moore By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-17T12:17:00Z Read our coronavirus live updates HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms Full Article
cli Lower Clapton crash: Motorcyclist dies after crash on busy road in north-east London By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-17T14:44:00Z A motorcyclist has died after a crash on a busy road in north-east London. Full Article
cli Motorcyclist, 35, dies after crash in Hackney By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-17T19:51:00Z A 35-year-old motorcyclist has died after a crash in east London. Full Article
cli Highlands pensioner, 90, raises more than £200,000 with 'mountain climb' on her stairs By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-18T09:23:20Z A 90-year-old woman has raised more than £200,000 by attempting to climb the height of a mountain on her stairs to garner funds for the NHS. Full Article
cli Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe set for update on prison return in Iran after short-term release amid coronavirus pandemic By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-18T11:31:00Z Full Article
cli Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe forced to wait another day for prison release verdict By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-18T18:23:00Z Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family must continue their excruciating wait to find out if her temporary release from prison in Iran has been extended. Full Article
cli Food For London Now: Meet the heroic volunteer cyclists delivering meals to the vulnerable By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-19T11:20:00Z Donate at virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW Full Article
cli Woman, 90, raises more than £250,000 in bid to climb height of Highland mountain on her staircase By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-20T12:36:00Z Donations flood in for Margaret Payne's NHS money-raiser as she attempts to mimick a summit of Suilven by making 282 trips upstairs Full Article
cli Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 'temporary release from prison in Iran extended', her MP says By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-21T07:42:00Z Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release from prison in Iran has been extended during the coronavirus pandemic, her MP has said. Full Article
cli Teenage cyclist 'wipes spits on three-year-old girl after claiming he had Covid-19' By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-21T08:23:22Z Police in Barnsley have launched an investigation after a three-year-old girl had spit wiped on her face by a teenage cyclist. Full Article
cli Police motorcyclist dies after collision with a car while on duty By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-21T18:38:00Z A police motorcyclist has died after a collision with a car while responding to an incident in Sheffield, South Yorkshire Police said. Full Article
cli Greta Thunberg posts House on Fire video to call for more climate action on World Earth Day By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-22T10:43:00Z Greta Thunberg has released a video showing a family calmly getting ready for the day while their house burns down around them as a symbol of the threat of climate change. Full Article
cli Brent crash: Motorcyclist dies after collision in north London By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-24T14:50:47Z A man has died after his motorbike crashed into the central reservation of a major London road. Full Article
cli The Londoner: Rebellion in the ranks? XR activist ups climate ante By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-29T08:30:00Z In today's Diary: XR activist says politicians aren't scared enough of the movement / Avgeeks make plane food at home / Sara Britcliffe's slight omission / Ellie Reeves on a positive of remote working Full Article