5,000 rare diseases need drugs, but Europe only approves a handful each year
...ffectively, so as not to compromise our ability to manage other diseases" he adds. "The tension between equity and affordability is unbearable and pulls in both directions those with rare diseases deserve to be treated but those with common diseases should not be expected to subsidise them."...New Harvard Health Publications book
...ure your doctor is monitoring you properly How to manage your cholesterol through diet and exercise The latest scientific findings on alternative therapies For review copies, please contact Lizz Aviles at McGraw-Hill: 212-904-6006 or lizz_aviles@mcgraw-hill.com ....Study on brain injury in rugby players will enhance safety and recovery
...on which guidelines/policies can be developed that manage a player's return to the sporting field following a concussion. Last year, more than 1200 rugby players from various schools and clubs around Sydney were observed throughout the season. Research staff investigated the rate of mTBI and assessed the ri...Endocrinologist-directed intervention aimed at primary care physicians improves diabetes care
...nd cost it's critical that we find better ways to manage the disease." explains Dr. Phillips. "This researc... Phillips. "These study findings should help us to manage diabetes better in the primary care settings where most patients receive their management."...Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
...etween how patients and physicians think about and manage asthma. As clinicians, we need to find better ways to uncover patients underlying health beliefs as a critical first step in trying to help them understand and treat their asthma as a serious but controllable chronic disease." said Dr. Halm. "We nee...Maintenance therapies offer lasting heart health benefits
...taking therapies like statins and beta-blockers to manage heart-related risks, physicians are evaluating the...der the impact of this therapy on CRP to effective manage their patients' risks." Carvedilol Use at Discharge in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure is A...ACP: Residency match results show need for reforms
...rnists are expert diagnosticians who can treat and manage chronically ill patients with one or multiple complex and interactive illnesses. Internists also are experts in evidence-based disease prevention, early detection of disease, medication management, and health promotion. They serve as consultants when...World Water Day: Space tool aids fight for clean drinking water
...ct, in an effort to track rivers and lakes to help manage water resources. As a result, ESA launched a web-...the TIGER initiative, which uses satellite data to manage water resources in Africa. ESA is currently presenting the TIGER initiative at the World Water Forum...Uniting Africans to save women's lives from postpartum hemorrhage
...o provide emergency obstetric care and effectively manage PPH when it occurs; and applying an innovative, community-based approach to prevent PPH at homebirths without skilled providers. The conference is being organized by the ACCESS Program in full partnership with the Regional Centre for Quality of Heal......atic breast cancer. The general criteria on how to manage metastatic breast cancer need to be defined. Specific guidelines can help the patient and the clinician make the right choice. 5. Increase the number of breast care nurses In most European countries today there are no breast care nurses. Breast care...Lack of specialist training for nurses is failing adolescent cancer patients
...e with cancer and its treatment, and how well they manage psychologically with the difficulties of suffering from and, in many cases, surviving a life-threatening illness," said Miss Smith. "There are more teenagers and young people with cancer than there are children with cancer. However, services for you...Therapy program export treats borderline personality disorder
...f-management. People with the disorder struggle to manage intense emotions, experience frequent suicidal thoughts and can engage in self-damaging, impulsive behaviors. Their relationships with others are often unstable because of inconsistent or intense moods. Borderline personality disorder, characterized ...Takeda submits new drug application for extended-release type 2 diabetes medication, ACTOplus met
... combination to help patients with type 2 diabetes manage their blood glucose levels. The NDA submission represents yet another milestone for Takeda, following the FDA approval of ROZEREM TM (ramelteon). "We are certainly proud of this NDA submission, and the ACTOS portfolio of products," said John Yates...Parents need better education to reduce drug overdoses in feverish children
...parents with the knowledge and skills they need to manage mild to moderate fevers." However the authors stress that although effective parental education will improve knowledge and reduce unnecessary concerns, parents shouldn't hesitate to ask for professional advice if they are worried about a child's feve...Shire's DAYTRANA(TM) transdermal patch approved by FDA for treatment of ADHD
...hing. Because DAYTRANA is a patch, physicians can manage the duration of its effect and potential side effects by having the patient wear the patch for a shorter time period than the recommended 9 hour wear time on a given day. In clinical trials, wearing a DAYTRANA patch for 9 hours provided a duration o...National report identifies Regenstrief Institute as health care information leader
...iding instant access to the patient data needed to manage and study patients' acute (immediate) medical problems," said Regenstrief Institute Director Clement J. McDonald, M.D., Distinguished Professor and professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine. "The next step is to provide the ...Two tests better than one for diabetes control, Johns Hopkins expert tells doctors
...s to better use the blood-testing tools at hand to manage the disease and prevent most of its dire impact on...ntrol of their blood sugar levels and successfully manage their disease. "Used together, self monitoring and A1c do work," says Saudek, along with "consistent...Middle-aged caregivers keep their jobs according to SAGE publications' Research on Aging article
...rprisingly little about whether they help families manage the burden of care work," Pavalko said. "Employers may be interested to find that the relatively inexpensive benefit of unpaid family leave is so effective for reducing employee turnover."...30-year study of type 1 diabetes finds no improvement in heart disease rates
...the effects of insulin. It is most often easier to manage than type 1 diabetes.......07 biopsies, all of which the doctors were able to manage without serious after-affects to the patients. "Kidney mass biopsy is likely to become increasingly important as the therapeutic options for renal cell cancer increase. Kidney biopsy may even guide chemotherapy in the future. The information about ...