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Ribociclib
Ribociclib (Kisqali, LEE011), a Novartis oral CDK4/6 inhibitor, treats HR+/HER2- breast cancer with endocrine therapy; FDA approved 2017 for metastatic disease (MONALEESA-2) and 2024 for adjuvant early breast cancer (NATALEE).
Riboflavin
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is a water-soluble B vitamin and precursor of the FAD and FMN coenzymes; RDA 1.3 mg men, 1.1 mg women; found in eggs, liver, milk; no UL set; used at 400 mg/day for migraine prevention.
RIBS VI trial
RIBS VI (NCT02672878) was a Spanish multicenter study of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for coronary in-stent restenosis; BVS matched drug-coated balloons at 1 year but showed higher 3-year revascularization and thrombosis, inferior to drug-eluting stents.
RIBS VII study
RIBS VII (Restenosis Intrastent: Treatment of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Restenosis, NCT03167424) is a Spanish prospective multicenter registry of 117 patients treated for bioresorbable scaffold restenosis, showing one-year outcomes comparable to metallic-stent restenosis cohorts RIBS IV and V.
Ricardo Martinez (emergency physician)
Ricardo Martinez is an American emergency physician and injury-prevention researcher who served as NHTSA Administrator from 1994 to 1999 and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2004.
RICCADSA trial
RICCADSA (Randomized Intervention with CPAP in Coronary Artery Disease and Sleep Apnea) was a Swedish randomized trial of 244 revascularized CAD patients with nonsleepy OSA; CPAP showed no significant intention-to-treat cardiovascular benefit (HR 0.80) but benefit with ≥4 h/night use.
RICE (medicine)
RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) is a first-aid mnemonic for acute soft-tissue injuries coined by Gabe Mirkin in 1978; evidence reviews find little support, and successors POLICE and PEACE & LOVE have largely replaced it.
Rice pudding
Rice pudding, also kheer, fereni, or muhallebi, is a sweet dessert of rice cooked in milk and sugar, with Roman-era medicinal pottage origins, medieval Lenten forms, and modern baked, boiled, and vegan variants.
Rich Piana
Rich Piana (1971–2017), American bodybuilder and fitness influencer, founder of 5% Nutrition, known for open steroid disclosure, NPC contests 1999–2010, and an undetermined cause of death after collapsing in 2017.
Richard A. Berman
Richard A. Berman is an American academic executive and health-policy administrator at the University of South Florida and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Richard Arvin Overton
Richard Arvin Overton (1906–2018) was an American supercentenarian and World War II veteran who was the oldest US man and oldest American WWII veteran at his death at 112.
Richard D. Krugman
Richard D. Krugman is an American pediatrician in child abuse and neglect medicine who served as dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine from 1992 to 2015.
Richard E. Behrman
Richard E. Behrman was an American pediatrician and neonatologist who earned the first US board certification in neonatology and edited the Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.
Richard G. Farmer
Richard G. Farmer (Richard Gilbert Farmer, 1931–2025) was an American gastroenterologist who spent 30 years at the Cleveland Clinic and specialized in inflammatory bowel disease, publishing over 250 articles.
Richard H. Egdahl
Richard H. Egdahl (1926–2016) was an American endocrine surgeon and health-policy entrepreneur who chaired surgery at Boston University and, in 1962, became the first surgeon to win the Endocrine Society's CIBA Award.
Richard H. Gelberman
Richard H. Gelberman is an American hand and orthopedic surgeon-scientist who built Washington University's orthopedic surgery department into one of the most NIH-funded in the United States.
Richard Horton (medical journal editor)
Richard Charles Horton, born in 1961, is a British physician and Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet since 1995, known as an activist editor and recipient of the 2019 Roux Prize.
Richard J. Kitz
Richard J. Kitz (1929–2017) was an American anesthesiologist who served 25 years as Anesthetist-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital and helped found the anesthesia patient safety movement.
Richard Rockefeller
Richard Gilder Rockefeller (1949-2014), American family physician and philanthropist, son of David Rockefeller; founded Health Commons Institute, chaired MSF-USA advisory board and Rockefeller Brothers Fund; died piloting a plane in Westchester County, NY.
Richard S. Legro
Richard S. Legro is an American reproductive endocrinologist and University Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State, known for research on polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility trials.
Richard Sackler
Richard Sackler, son of Purdue co-founder Raymond Sackler, was Purdue Pharma's president and board co-chairman who directed OxyContin marketing, backed concealing the drug's strength from doctors, and faced decades of opioid litigation and settlements.
Richard Sandrak
Richard Sandrak, "Little Hercules," born 1992 in Ukraine, was a child bodybuilding star famed as the World's Strongest Boy, later a Universal Studios stuntman, whose abusive father Pavel was imprisoned in 2003 and deported.
Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons (Milton Teagle Simmons, 1948-2024), American aerobics instructor and TV personality; founder of SLIMMONS, creator of Sweatin' to the Oldies and Deal-A-Meal; Emmy-winning show, 20M+ videos sold, withdrew in 2014, died July 2024 after a fall.
Richard T. Miyamoto
Richard T. Miyamoto is an American pediatric otolaryngologist and cochlear implant researcher who chaired otolaryngology at Indiana University for 27 years and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Richards-Rundle syndrome
Richards-Rundle syndrome, also called ketoaciduria-intellectual disability-ataxia-deafness syndrome, is an extremely rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder with ataxia, hearing loss, hypogonadism, and ketoaciduria, described in only one family.
Richter's transformation
Richter's transformation, or Richter syndrome, is the aggressive lymphoma (usually DLBCL) that develops in 2–10% of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/SLL patients, with poor survival and clonal relationship as key prognostic factor.
Rickets
Rickets (rachitis) is a childhood bone-softening disease from vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate deficiency; described by Whistler (1645) and Glisson (1650), it drove vitamin D's discovery and is treated with supplementation.
Rickettsialpox
Rickettsialpox, caused by Rickettsia akari, is a mild mite-borne spotted fever rickettsiosis transmitted by Liponyssoides sanguineus from house mice; first recognized in New York City in 1946, marked by eschar, fever, and papulovesicular rash, treated with doxycycline.
Ridaforolimus
Ridaforolimus (deforolimus, AP23573, MK-8669), a non-prodrug rapamycin analogue inhibiting mTOR via FKBP12, was trialed in sarcoma and other cancers but never approved after the 2012 FDA rejection.
RIDDLE syndrome
RIDDLE syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive primary immunodeficiency caused by RNF168 mutations on 3q29, combining radiosensitivity, IgG/IgA deficiency with high IgM, dysmorphic features, and learning difficulties.