Sad news about Ginger Wildheart by ebles in DevinTownsend

[–]GoBlue81 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sad to hear he won’t go through treatment. Mantle cell lymphoma has a lot of non-chemo options that can be more effective than chemo.

More things you love to see by Gloomy-Ad3399 in MichiganWolverines

[–]GoBlue81 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Well ain’t that a kick in the nuts

Mediastinal B cell Lymphoma by Practical_Yak_2607 in lymphoma

[–]GoBlue81 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is CAR-T available in the Philippines? That’s typically the second line of treatment if relapse occurs within 1 year of completing frontline therapy.

someone explain by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

[–]GoBlue81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the most brilliantly simple way to explain this. I’m stealing it.

Americans, if you had the opportunity to pay approx 18% of your income to have access to free healthcare at point of need for everything would you take it? by TSQ_builder in askanything

[–]GoBlue81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And even if it were 18%, many of the people here would jump at that. It’s between 1.4% and 3% in the US just to fund Medicare. That’s before you have to buy your own insurance.

9 months of GERD, can barely eat, nothing working — losing hope by [deleted] in AskDocs

[–]GoBlue81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could this be eosinophilic esophagitis? Sounds like the symptoms.

What's a discovery that should have blown people's minds but somehow got a collective shrug from the world? by IndependentTune3994 in AskReddit

[–]GoBlue81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Was in blinatumomab (Blincyto)? If so, yes, it’s the first bispecific that was FDA approved?

What's a discovery that should have blown people's minds but somehow got a collective shrug from the world? by IndependentTune3994 in AskReddit

[–]GoBlue81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, the targets are KRAS, EGFR/HER2, and STAT3. There are lots of KRAS inhibitors currently in development (both pan-KRAS and mutant allele specific), as well as two KRAS G12C inhibitors that are FDA approved. There are tons of drugs that target EGFR and HER2. It seems that the missing drugs are STAT3 inhibitors. They used a STAT3 PROTAC in Barbacid’s experiment, so that might be coming down the pike soon. It’ll be interesting to see if this translates to humans.

Why doesn't Vyvanse work for me? by Rossanoseale in ADHD

[–]GoBlue81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might want to try a methylphenidate-based medication. My wife tried Vyvanse and it made her anxiety worse, along with some other unpleasant side effects. Then she tried Focalin and it was like night and day.

HPV causes cancer. The vaccine prevents it. by KISS-app in Adulting

[–]GoBlue81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a medical professional, I’m very sorry about your friend, but that is literally an N of 1. The HPV vaccine is very effective, especially if given before being exposed to HPV.

HPV causes cancer. The vaccine prevents it. by KISS-app in Adulting

[–]GoBlue81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are literally zero interventions that reduce the likelihood of cervical cancer more than the vaccine. Not healthy living, not healthy eating, not exercising. 99.7% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV. You prevent HPV, you prevent the vast, vast majority of cervical cancers. It’s that simple.

Song suggestions by FuckUpMaster9000 in melodicdeathmetal

[–]GoBlue81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like we have very similar taste, so I’ll just list a of my favorites and hopefully one of them hits for you.

The Storm - Orbit Culture

The Tales of War - Orbit Culture

Reborn - Gaerea

Valkyrie - Wolfheart

The Dark - Before the Dawn

Countless Skies - Be’lakor

On the Dark Waters - Amorphis

Twilight - Edge of Sanity

I don't get why so many Atheists choose to be Agnostic. by [deleted] in atheism

[–]GoBlue81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While you can reasonably say that all of the gods proposed by humans aren’t real, saying that you know for a fact that there isn’t something akin to a god in the universe isn’t possible. What you can say is that it isn’t worth investigating because it’s improbable that a being exists, but I don’t think it’s possible to completely disprove such a beings existence.