Michigan Nukes Expensive Cancer-Radiation SitesProton Beam Therapy"Because the technology is shiny and new..."No, it is not. Loma Linda University Medical Center has been treating many types of cancer patients since 1990. "Proton-beam treatment may be more accurate — and thus somewhat safer and more effective — than traditional...
The Occupational Therapist, Registered job description template includes the following job summary: To provide, under the general supervision of the occupational therapy director and according to established policies and procedures of the department, diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients, to help patients reach maximum performance level, and to use...
The Registered Occupational Therapist job description template includes the following job summary: To provide, under the general supervision of the occupational therapy director and according to established policies and procedures of the department, diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients, to help patients reach maximum performance level, and to use...
By Lawrence D. Maloney, Contributing Editor One of medicine's fastest-growing therapies targets diseases and injuries for which drugs and surgery fail to bring relief Millions of people worldwide live active lives, thanks to implanted pa ...
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- In the off-drug follow-up period for patients in the APPROVe study, there was not a statistically significant difference in the risk of confirmed thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients who had previously taken VIOXX compared to those who had previously taken placebo, according to preliminary analyses announced...
It is well-known that the number of physical therapy treatment sessions varies over treatment episodes. Information is lacking, however, on the source and explanation of the variation. The purposes of the current study are: to determine how the variance in the number of physical therapy treatment sessions in patients with...
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy CRT has emerged as an important method to treat patient with symptomatic heart failure with evidence of intraventricular dyssynchrony. Tissue Doppler imaging by echocardiography has been shown to be an excellent tool for the assessment of mechanical left ventricular dyssynchrony and the selection of patients for CRT....
Acute low back pain is a common condition resulting in pain and disability. The primary aim of this study is to investigate if Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs NSAIDs and/or Spinal Manipulative Therapy SMT in addition to general practitioner advice and paracetamol results in shorter recovery times for patients with acute low...
The patient is a 45-year-old woman who underwent surgery and postoperative chemotherapy for sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma, also diagnosed with unresectable synchronous liver metastases. State-of-the-art chemotherapy was delivered but the liver tumors were largely unaffected, and some even grew during treatment. Imaging is critical in all phases of internal radiation therapy....
ORLANDO, Florida, December 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A study undertaken by the University of Bologna, Italy, was presented today at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Haematology ASH in Orlando, USA, that demonstrates an innovative tre ORLANDO, Florida, December 11...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq:AMGN), the world's largest biotechnology company, today announced a significant increase in its funding to foundation-sponsored patient assistance programs for 2005. These programs are designed to ensure access for patients with cancer or kidney disease who cannot afford the co-payments for prescription drug therapies...
TEANECK, N.J. -- The Holy Name Hospital Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Center will be the first hospital in the tri-state region to administer a breakthrough infusion therapy for MS patients that was licensed by the FDA earlier this week. The new biologic approach treats patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis...
This paper empirically tests whether direct-to-consumer advertising induces patients to follow their prescribed therapies more closely. The analysis confirms that patients who start on anti-hyperlipidemic drug therapy following high total category advertising tend to be more compliant possibly because they initiate the process and thus are more motivated. There is...
HealthSonix, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HSXI) (FRANKFURT: H7S) announced today that the joint marketing program with Abbott Laboratories has commenced in Southern Ontario, Canada. The program is the first of its kind and offers Rheumatologists the option of prescribing "combination therapy" for patients with advanced rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.
Pharmaco-genetic investigation seeks to identify genetic factors that contribute to interpatient and interdrug variation in responses to antihypertensive drug therapy. Classical studies have characterized single gene polymorphisms of drug metabolizing enzymes that are responsible for large inter-individual differences in pharmacokinetic responses to several antihypertensive drugs. Progress is being made using...
Byline: gale scott Lying inside a pressurized cylindrical vessel at North General Hospital, Delores Ross smiles and by phone tells a visitor she feels like she's flying. A diabetic with a deep, two-inch ulcer on her right heel, Ms. Ross was...
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