First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
...el, according to Express Scripts Drug Trend Report forecast of prescription drug spending. Prescription Drug Spending ConcentratedLast year also saw a concentration of prescription drug spending in a limited number of therapeutic categories. Slightly more than 50 cents of every dollar spent on prescription d...Bangladesh flood and drought forecasting could bring farmers, cholera victims relief
...ing into Bangladesh should help researchers better forecast floods and the associated spread of cholera in the... and cholera outbreaks, the team should be able to forecast local and regional droughts, further aiding Bangladesh farmers. The project had its beginnings in 19...Jefferson Scientists Show Tumor Characteristics May Help Explain Tumor Biology And Prognosis
...cs of hereditary colorectal cancer tumors may help forecast apatient's prognosis, and in turn help doctors better understand tumor biology. Bruce M. Boman, M.D., Ph.D., Robert L. Capizzi Professor of Medicine atThomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and his colleagues there and atJefferson's Kim......ttendees. The survey covered three areas: forecast methodology, factors affectingmortality improvemen...future mortality improvements. Section I, forecast methodology, showed that stochastic methods -- whichallow for chance occurrences (such as catastroph...