A multi-center team, led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators, has discovered a ?signature? of proteins in the blood that predicts which non-small-cell lung cancer patients will live longer when they are treated with certain targeted cancer therapies.
CIGNA HealthCare President David Cordani to lead CIGNA employees in Cancer Challenge Ride; CIGNA to sponsor CIGNA-Calhoun Rider Zone
Since successful antiretroviral therapies have made HIV a treatable condition, more HIV patients who are also infected with hepatitis B or C are experiencing the progression of their liver disease. In the face of this novel challenge, experts in the field convened to share information and opinions on the management of such patients.
Epilepsy and seizures affect 2.5 million Americans, 181,000 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed every year, and the disorder incurs an estimated $12.5 billion in annual direct and indirect costs.
Two new products designed to speed the adoption of science-based interventions into clinical practice are now available from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
In one of the three most common back conditions for which patients seek treatment, surgery proved to have substantially better results than non-surgical remedies, according to Dartmouth-led research published in the May 31 New England Journal of Medicine.
The quality of life for older people in care homes across England will benefit from a ?67m refurbishment fund from the Department of Health, care services Minister Ivan Lewis announced today.
Demand for cosmetic genitoplasty or vaginoplasty is increasing. Lih Mei Liao, consultant clinical psychologist, and Sarah M Creighton, consultant gynaecologist, argue that surgery carries risks and that alternative solutions to women’s concerns about the appearance of their genitals should be developed.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest AIDS healthcare, prevention and education provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia unveiled a public awareness campaign targeting negative direct-to-consumer advertising of HIV/AIDS drugs by pharmaceutical companies.
Ohio University researchers conduct two-year intervention feasibility study to test the effectiveness of a combination of exercise and talk therapy as a treatment for depression in patients with type 2 diabetes.