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Part of the cure for his cancer involves hormones and, yes he is getting a taste of what females deal with all our lives, but if it offers a cure for him, it is worth every minute. Good article to read if this therapy would be applicable to you or someone you know as it offers a lot of information...
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One of the big changes just like everywhere else in healthcare is integration. It is all open source software and using some nice Web 2.0 applications and now includes a dashboard for easy management and locating program modules and relative information. BD The National Cancer Institute for...
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The software receives demographics, lab results, medication and allergy lists, and height and weight data and sends detailed prescribing and nurse note information, as well as individual drug administrations. The software can also maintain complete medical charts. All the the software requires...
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10 genetic mutations were found in the patient's tumor and virtually every cell in the tumor sample had nine of the mutations. “What's striking about the new research is that the scientists were able to sift through the 3 billion pairs of chemical bases that make up the human genome to...
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Even folks with money and in high positions have problems getting access to cancer drugs, as you can read below, and this was not an issue of not being able to afford the medication. When you read items as such, it makes you stop and think how precious life and healthcare really is. BD ...
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Being this is breast cancer awareness month, nice feature on Elizabeth Edwards and how she not only is battling breast cancer, but the public display of her marriage, which she has pretty much kept under wrap. Cancer is tough enough to battle as it is, but add on the other side of what happened...
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This interview from Charlie Roses touches on many items and Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus adds what he has been able to accomplish in his part of the world in Bangladesh and how some of those principles can be applied here, coming together of both sides, different minds, different ideas that can...
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As the article states, you don’t need marketing for cancer drugs, as the need is unfortunately already there, thus marketing for cancer drugs does not necessarily carry the same sales expense as do other drugs. We have all seen the “tiered plans” on what level drugs are listed with insurance coverage...
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This is a touchy subject as you don’t want to diminish any funds that are coming in, yet some type of umbrella where perhaps all are connected may not be a bad idea. As mentioned too, the groups are able to help gain research funds to innovators that may not otherwise be able to get a traditional...
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The new vaccine, Lucanix, is genetically engineered to also trick the cancer into turning off its immune system-suppressing activities, this is a turn in a different direction here where vaccines are normally increase the immune system capabilities. The project is enrolling 700 patients at 90 centers...
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Robin Roberts, describes her journey with breast cancer, and October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Good story and information. Nice that she decided to go public and describe, losing your hair and other things that go along with the treatment. There’s a video on on site. ...
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The guidelines were recently set for psa tests for men at the same age as well, 50 to 75 is now the 25 time frame. BD The utility of cancer screening over the course of a lifetime follows a sort of bell curve. Now federal guidelines suggest that most people can stop getting colonoscopies...
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There is a full web page dedicated with several links to obtain the basic information; FAQs can be found here. Get the facts is another site that may be of interest as well. BD Helpful Clinical Trial Information. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) will...
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In other words, this is called Business Intelligence. Lots of it out there to choose from and one from Microsoft specifically related to hospital management and budgets. Before the demise of Wall Street it wasn’t too long ago that I posted about the All Nighter they pulled to mine and try...
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The tool is designed for use by doctors and will still need to go through clinical trials to determine accuracy and effectiveness. This is a joint effort and will be tested at Harvard Medical School and the Cleveland Clinic. Radiation oncologists and urologists are the targeted physicians...