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1 week off methotrexate works okay for RA patients receiving flu shot
11 Aug 2022
Temporarily discontinuing methotrexate treatment for 1 week appears to induce satisfactory response to a seasonal influenza vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a similar effect as a 2-week interruption schedule, according to a study.
1 week off methotrexate works okay for RA patients receiving flu shot
11 Aug 2022High vitamin B6 status tied to better survival in stage I–III colorectal cancer
10 Aug 2022
Higher preoperative vitamin B6 status appears to improve the overall survival (OS) of patients with stage I‒III colorectal cancer (CRC), suggests a recent study.
High vitamin B6 status tied to better survival in stage I–III colorectal cancer
10 Aug 2022Coronavirus surrogates may stay on meat, fish in cold storage for up to a month
10 Aug 2022
byAudrey Abella
Surrogates of SARS-CoV-2* – a lipid enveloped RNA bacteriophage (Phi6) and two animal coronaviruses (CoVs; MHV and TGEV**) – survived in cold-storage temperatures for 30 days, a study finds, highlighting the risk of viral survival on food products and potential transmission on humans upon consumption.