Posted on April 29th, 2011 by Health News
What Medicare would pay for and where a radiation oncologist practiced were two factors that strongly influenced the choice of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for treating breast cancer, according to an article published April 29 online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The use of IMRT and the cost of radiation therapy increased [...]
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is launching an emergency food and nutrition operation to respond to urgent hunger needs among 3.5 million vulnerable people identified in a multi-agency food security survey that was completed in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) last month…
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Neural tube defects in neonates are common in Germany compared with the rest of Europe. Extensive folic acid fortification of foods in Germany might prevent these in 85-100% of cases, Wolfgang Herrmann and Rima Obeid argue in this issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108[15]; 249-54)…
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The new regulations will have implications for the close to 700,000 prescribers of long-acting and extended-release opioids. Medscape Medical News
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A controversial study suggests that surgical masks are adequate protection against influenza, but are they? Medscape Infectious Diseases
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What is the connection between a person’s level of education and their subsequent risk for cardiovascular disease? BMC Public Health
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Cost-effectiveness models offer a way to objectively examine ovarian cancer management options and give perspective to difficult therapeutic decisions. Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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This new report takes a close look at a recent outbreak of poliomyelitis in the Congo. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
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(MedPage Today) — SILVER SPRING, Md. — Hepatitis C patients will likely have two new treatment options after an FDA advisory committee unanimously endorsed a second new HCV drug in as many days.
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(MedPage Today) — The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has petitioned the FDA to ban latex and powdered gloves in an attempt to protect healthcare workers and patients who are allergic to the material.
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