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I always said “this is the best year so far in human history to get cancer” and John retorted, “yeah, but next year would have been better.” Truly ridiculous how right he was…

Two years after starting treatment, about 92% of trial participants randomly assigned to the nivolumab–AVD group were alive without their cancer starting to grow again—a measure known as progression-free survival—compared with 83% in the brentuximab–AVD group. People in the nivolumab–AVD group also had fewer side effects overall and fewer serious side effects, according to findings reported October 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine.The immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) should be part of the initial treatment of teens and adults with advanced forms of classic Hodgkin lymphoma, according to updated results from a large NCI-funded clinical trial. 

In the nearly 1,000-patient trial, treatment with nivolumab and a three-drug chemotherapy regimen called AVD was better at eliminating cancer and keeping it at bay than the current standard initial treatment for the disease, AVD combined with the targeted therapy brentuximab (Adcetris).

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024. This isn't due to luck or skill. Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you. Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.

Dozens of lawmakers beat stock market in 2024: Report

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen lawmakers once again outperformed the market as bans on congressional stock trading stalled, according to a new report from the trading trackers at Unusu…

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Thank you all very much for the kind words and messages, Artemy was more loved than he could have ever known. Streams will be back soon, there’s a lot to cover. Here’s Artemy helping me assemble an end table

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Two weeks ago, Artemy fell ill to sudden and severe kidney issues. He fought very hard, and for a time seemed to make a miraculous recovery, but yesterday his condition worsened, and continued to worsen after hospitalization. He passed an hour ago. I’ll always love you, you fat idiot.

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I’m sorry I’ve started raiding my old tweets (2018) because I hosted a 6 year old birthday party today for many, many, loud, really I cannot convey quite how loud, children, in our own surprisingly acoustically-amplifying house, which has just been decorated; and my brain shut down several hours ago