by Stacey Hawkins | Apr 27, 2020 | Metabolic & Cardiovascular Disease
Osteoporosis is the loss of bone density which causes bones to become weak, brittle, and easily broken. In healthy people, bone is constantly being broken down and replaced. When bone is broken down more quickly than it is replaced, osteoporosis occurs. As the disease... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Feb 26, 2019 | Oncology
PARP1 INHIBITORs PARP1 inhibitors are back in the headlines this week, as Astra Zeneca’s (Cambridge, England) and Merck’s (Kenilworth, New Jersey) Lynparza posted positive Phase III results from a trial with pancreatic cancer patients—a notoriously difficult... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Sep 14, 2017 | Oncology
BLOOD CANCER: MULTIPLE MYELOMA Plasma cells are the antibody-producing cells of our immune system which happen to play a critical role in our defense against infections. In multiple myeloma, plasma cells begin to grow and divide in an uncontrolled manner, forming a... 
by Stacey Hawkins | May 12, 2016 | Oncology
Pushing the Self-Destruct Button Breakthrough drug Venclexta charged onto the marketplace three months early to battle chronic lymphocytic leukemia. AbbVie’s (North Chicago, IL) and Roche’s (Basel, Switzerland) new therapy gained a quick approval after 80% of... 
by Stacey Hawkins | Apr 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Subtypes of Breast Cancer Hearing your doctor utter the words HER2-positive, HR-positive, triple-negative, or BRCA mutation can be devastating—even for the most resilient person. Simply put, all are linked to breast cancer. Breast cancer is complex and a diagnosis...
