Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
...gs and treatments expected to be introduced in the coming years. Countries need to address urgently how they are going to accommodate newer drugs into health care systems and pay for them." Economic evaluation of new drugs and their cost effectiveness were becoming increasingly important, the authors said...VA should revise its methods for evaluating and rating PTSD in veterans
...bulk of claims for PTSD compensation currently are coming from Vietnam War veterans who comprise the majority of living veterans, but claims also are being made by former service personnel of earlier conflicts as well as personnel who served in the first Gulf War and in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afg...Honor for University of Nottingham professor
... will all have an impact on medical science in the coming years. "For the promise of our Fellows' work to be fulfilled it is vital that appropriate policies and regulations are in place to ensure research is not unduly hindered, but at the same time progresses in harmony with society." The Academy Regis...Interventional cardiologists assemble in Orlando, Fla., for SCAI Annual Scientific Sessions
...shed physician-researchers on techniques and tools coming down the medical pipeline, including percutaneous aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, stem cell therapy, and treatment of migraine headache; New analyses on the causes of blood clots (thrombosis) in patients with drug-eluting stents, and...Girls born with HIV infection at higher risk for cervical problems
A generation of children born with HIV are now coming of age and reaching sexual maturity. Girls in this group who are sexually active are experiencing a higher number than expected of cervical abnormalities, a new study finds. Researchers monitored the rate of first-time pregnancies, genital health a...NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery
...therland. "It's no accident a project like this is coming out of Calgary. Our community believes in innovation and supporting challenging projects." "This is truly a flagship program for the University of Calgary and all the partner agencies involved," says Weingarten. "Visioning and building neuroArm req...Study suggests use of stem cell transplantation is beneficial treatment of type 1 diabetes
...results of Voltarelli et al-the time may indeed be coming for starting to reverse and prevent type 1 DM." (JAMA. 2007;297:1599-1600. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: Please see the editorial for additional information, including financial disclosures, funding and...IceSAR campaign provides glimpse of future Sentinel-1 images over ice
...mber of other airborne flights over sea ice in the coming days....US businesses not prepared for aging workforce
...faces a shortage of millions of workers within the coming decade as baby boomers retiretaking with them years of experience, talent and expertise and leaving fewer new workers available to take their placeThe National Study of Business Strategy and Workforce Development, conducted by the Boston College Cent...Health disparities in prostate cancer stem from lack of care, not lack of knowledge
...urce of health care," Godley said. "This wasn't coming from some historical distrust from previous abuses but was coming from people's own experience with the health-care system," Godley said. "If you don't have a doctor ...Study questions 'cancer stem cell' hypothesis in breast cancer
...tem cell. "If the breast cancer cells were all coming from a single cancer stem cell, you might be able to cure the disease with just one drug," said Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber, senior author of the paper. "But our findings suggest that the tumor cells come from a stem-like progenitor cell...Nevada scientist authors influential AIDS/HIV paper
... developing nations that will be devastated in the coming years by the AIDS epidemic. "Because of the novel mechanism of the action, there is a chance that this could be used not just to treat AIDS patients because it does decrease the replication of the virus and the symptoms of the virus go away but als...Should NICE evaluate complementary medicine?
... there is no need for NICE to spend time and money coming to that conclusion when it has more important things to do, he concludes....Conference honoring UH professor attracts researchers from United States, abroad
...will make a presentation on behalf of NSM. Since coming to UH in 1985, Glowinski has amassed numerous honors, including election as a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2005. Other honors are membership in the French National Academy of Technology, the Academia Europaea and the Morningside Group,...Taking the wraps off drug safety data from clinical trials
...f drugs found to have dangerous side effects after coming to market, such as the anti-inflammatory drug rofecoxib (Vioxx), have raised concerns about safety data being treated as confidential. A new analysis by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...Residents in disaster areas face medication adherence dilemmas
... facilities," Krousel-Wood said. "We saw patients coming to the clinic who were having issues with their medications, particularly patients with chronic diseases like high blood pressure. Access to health care, pharmacies and communications systems was distorted in the period immediately after the hurrica...Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials
...drug companies, then the limited amount of funding coming from other sources may need to be directed to address other questions, Peppercorn said. The researchers reviewed all breast cancer clinical trials published in 10 English-language medical journals in the years 1993, 1998 and 2003. They focused the...Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room
Imagine coming to the hospital with crushing chest pain, only to find that emergency room doctors are uncertain whether youre having a heart attack. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is inconclusive and the blood tests that detect heart damage are normal. The only thing ...Older adults face double whammy when it comes to body fat
...nesses in the elderly and could be dramatic in the coming years. It points out the great public health importance of developing appropriate interventions that target fat loss while preserving skeletal muscle to prevent disability and other obesity-related illnesses."...30+ AIDS vaccine clinical trials in 24 countries, research occurring on every continent
...e, they will provide critical information over the coming years that will help drive the field's R&D agenda. We hope to begin to see even more novel vectors, as well as approaches that target neutralizing antibodies in the next few years," said CEO and President of IAVI, Dr. Seth Berkley. IAVI and its co...