Johnson signs order to establish nutrition standards for food, beverages sold on Chicago-owned properties
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Thursday to establish nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold or served on city-owned property.
CDPH, UIC to collaborate on air monitoring network
The Chicago Department of Public Health will collaborate with the University of Illinois Chicago on a new network to monitor the city’s air quality.
Chicago announces $40 million investment in homeless shelters
Chicago leaders said Wednesday they will invest $40 million to improve seven shelters for those experiencing homelessness, a mission they said will improve health outcomes and create safer settings for a vulnerable population.
Lurie Children’s partners with ISBE on online platform to support student mental health
The Center for Childhood Resilience at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago said Thursday they have rolled out a new statewide online platform to provide schools with tools to strengthen student mental health.
ADC-Pertuzumab Promising as New Standard in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
CHICAGO — First-line trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) combined with pertuzumab (Perjeta) improved progression-free survival (PFS) in HER2-positive locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, according to the DESTINY-Breast09 trial. In the phase III study after a median of follow-up of 29 months, patients randomized to T-DXd plus pertuzumab had a median PFS by blinded independent central review […]
Alternative Endpoints in Phase III Trials Don’t Always Mean Boosts to OS, QOL
CHICAGO — Late-phase trials that showed superiority for an experimental intervention on a surrogate endpoint did not necessarily lead to improvements in overall survival (OS) or quality of life (QOL), according to a meta-epidemiologic analysis. Alexander Dean Sherry, MD of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues evaluated 791 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) […]
A Chicago Hospital Bows to Federal Pressure on Trans Care for Teens
He’s 17 and lives in the Chicago suburbs. He loves theater and recently helped direct a play at his high school. He takes competitive AP courses and is working on his Eagle Scout project. And he’s been on a journey for 4 years. Once a week, the transgender teen injects testosterone into his body. He’s […]
Potent Benzodiazepine Masquerading as Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago
Three young adults in Chicago who thought they were taking alprazolam (Xanax) actually ingested the unapproved and far more potent bromazolam, requiring an intensive care unit stay, public health officials warned. The “designer” benzodiazepine derivative that was synthesized in 1976 but never approved for therapeutic use has been on the rise across the world and […]
Common Headaches May Be Pains in the Neck
CHICAGO — Inflammation and edema of the trapezius muscles appeared linked to tension and migraine headaches, a small prospective cohort study found. Patients with mixed-type tension and migraine headaches demonstrated the highest muscle T2 MRI values (31.4 ms on the right and left sides), and the average value was significantly higher compared to those with […]
Wide Variation in CGM Settings for Kids With Diabetes Signals Education Gaps
CHICAGO — Kids using continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to manage their diabetes often do not have settings in place to alert them and their caregivers about out-of-range sugar levels, suggesting possible gaps in education and onboarding, real-world data showed. In a study that included 150 children and teenagers using CGMs for their type 1 or […]