An article published in The Lancet finds that
cancer patients who received a care package called "Depression Care for
People with Cancer" (DCPC) had lower levels of depression than those
who received the usual care (antidepressants and mental health services
recommended by the cancer team). Professor Read the rest of this entry »
Men’s Health News
A simple blood test may help doctors better predict whether prostate cancer will recur or spread in patients who have undergone surgery for the disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.
In a study published in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, UT Southwestern scientists identified a panel of seven biomarkers that can predict with 86 percent accuracy which prostate cancer patients Read the rest of this entry »
The Buyers Health Care Action Group, a health care purchasing coalition in Minnesota for large employers, on Wednesday announced a pay-for-performance pilot program that will reward physicians who effectively treat depressed patients, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The program will start in 2009 (Forster, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 5/28). The program is modeled after similar pay-for-performance initiatives Read the rest of this entry »
Interim results from the ACCOMPLISH
(Avoiding Cardiovascular Events through COMbination Therapy in Patients
LIving with Systolic Hypertension) trial demonstrate that high-risk, high
blood pressure patients treated with Lotrel(R) (amlodipine besylate and
benazepril HCl) had 20% fewer cardiovascular events than those Read the rest of this entry »
Cytos Biotechnology Ltd (SWX:CYTN) announced
results from two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled,
multicentre phase II studies
with CYT003-QbG10 monotherapy for the treatment of house dust mite and cat
allergy, and with
CYT005-AllQbG10 combination therapy for the treatment of house dust mite
allergy. The studies were
conducted in order to determine whether QbG10 acts through an
allergen-independent or allergendependent
mechanism Read the rest of this entry »