Isabel Wang, MD/PhD, Author at Up and Better

All posts by Isabel Wang, MD/PhD

DASH for Better Blood Pressure Control

October 30, 2019
/ Tips to Wellness
/ By Isabel Wang, MD/PhD

In today’s US, 46% of adults have hypertension (high blood pressure based on current diagnostic criterion)1. Everyday at our primary care clinic, we give hypertension patients advice on healthy diet and lifestyle. However, so often I see the puzzled expression in a patient’s face or I get asked directly: but where shall I start? This […]

Daratumumab for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma – a Mini-Review

October 29, 2019
/ Science and Medicine
/ By Isabel Wang, MD/PhD

Abstract Almost all patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who respond to initial therapy will relapse, while some patients do not respond to initial treatment (refractory). This is a brief review of three seminal studies from 2016 that established foundation for daratumumab-based combination therapy regimens in MM. These studies have shown that daratumumab, an IgG1 monoclonal […]

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