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Jeff Minerd

Jeff Minerd

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Jeff Minerd

Jeff Minerd has been a medical and science writer for more than two decades, for organizations and publications including the National Institutes of Health (NIAID), The Infectious Diseases Society of America, The Cardiometabolic Health Congress, The Futurist Magazine, and The Scientist magazine. He received an Outstanding Contribution Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the booklet Understanding Vaccines. He is also winner of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Prize.

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A photo of a surgeon opening a plastic bag containing a donor liver.

Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites

Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse"

John Boyages, MD, PhD, on Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

Data from PREVENT allowed more precise risk assessment

A computer rendering of a diseased liver.

Undiagnosed Liver Disease May Be Common in Patients With Dementia

Hepatic encephalopathy could be contributing to cognitive symptoms, study suggested

SCCM over a photo of Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ

Effective Treatments Identified for Pediatric Complication of COVID

RECOVERY trial evaluated immunomodulatory therapy and corticosteroids

Matthew Galsky, MD, on PARP Inhibitors in Urothelial Cancer

Researchers seek to identify patients with targetable DDR mutations

Mark Levine, MD, on PET-CT Staging of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

More accurate staging allowed patients to avoid toxicity of chemo

A photo of a boy sitting doubled over with abdominal pain

Linaclotide Doubled Bowel Movements in Children With Functional Constipation

Pivotal phase III data also showed improvements in other symptoms

Joseph Vento, MD, on Treatment Trends in Metastatic RCC From CancerLinQ

Uptake of immunotherapy-based regimens and real-world outcomes for renal cell carcinoma

Issam Makhoul on Reducing Inappropriate Use of Staging Imaging of Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Practice decreased significantly, although still modestly, following ASCO's Choosing Wisely recommendations

Dario Trapani, MD, on the Age Cap for OncotypeDX Testing Reimbursement

Policy changes needed to eliminate arbitrary age cutoff, researchers say

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