When thalidomide is taken in that window ... We're pretty sure it's causing this epidemic of phocomelia. Katie Hafner: And he made an urgent plea–right there in public–that the unnamed ...

Thalidomide-based maintenance therapy following autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in multiple myeloma is the focus of an important study by Spencer and colleagues. 1 The use of ...

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Thalidomide was the first immunomodulatory agent approved for use in myeloma. Although highly active, it is associated with considerable toxicity, particularly in older patients. Lenalidomide ...

In June 1832, two events stirred up political conflict in Lower Canada: the Place d'Armes by-election, which turned into a tragedy costing several lives, and the cholera epidemic. At the beginning ...

One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, ...

The U.S. is battling an "epidemic of loneliness that affects both our emotional well-being and our physical health," the U.S. Surgeon General has warned. Dr. Vivek Murthy, who previously declared ...

More than two millennia later, health officials are paying new attention to this old condition for a startling reason: myopia has reached epidemic levels worldwide. Myopia’s prevalence has ...

Except for a small decline during the pandemic, the number of suicides in the United States has risen steadily the past 20 years. Today, nearly 50,000 Americans die by suicide annually.[1] That ...