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The New York Times has recently published a series of 3 articles, written by Amy Harmon, that follow an experimental drug’s effect on shrinking advanced melanoma.
The articles specifically write about the human side of drug trials by following five patients …
California’s Anthem Blue Cross, one of the largest health insurers in that state, announced a 39% increase in premiums and signaled that it will likely allow rate increases to occur more than once a year. …
A simple test that measures reaction time in athletes may help diagnose concussion on the field. Although this test is not meant to replace computerized testing and medical treatment, delayed reaction time is one indicator of mild …
As hard as this is to believe, a nurse who worked as the corportate compliance officer and quality improvement officer at WinklerCounty Memorial Hospital in Texas, has been arrested and charged with “misuse of official …
In the novel, “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein, Enzo the main character in the story who just happens to be a dog, detects cancer on the breath of his mistress, well …
Go figure. . . Some state legislatures are now gearing up to ban governmental mandatory health insurance mandates. This will do nothing to curb the costs to hospitals for treating the uninsured. Case in point: …
Surveillance records released recently by Massachusetts health authorities showed an overwhelming link between hospitalization and underlying asthma – more so than other chronic illnesses like cardiac, kidney and endocrine disorders.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. …
Stem cells, the precursors to all differentiated cells, can now be modified to improve healing rates. Daniel Anderson at MIT engineered stem cells with a gene that promotes blood vessel growth. Because tissue repair requires …
Medical researchers at University College London have come up with a way to produce regulatory T-cells, highly specialized immune cells that regulate the body’s immune response. Normally making up less than 1% of the body’s …
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) refers to short periods of non-breathing that occurs during sleep, as a result of a collapse or obstruction of the airway. It is almost always accompanied by snoring.
Sleep apnea is significant because if …
