Results of randomized clinical trials are the preferred "Evidence" for establishing the benefits and safety of medical treatments. This paper presents evidence suggesting that the conventional approach to reporting clinical trials has fundamental flaws that can result in overlooking identifiable subgroups harmed by a treatment while underestimating benefits to others....
Two disputed cases about withholding life support Terri Schiavo and Son Hudson call for greater public discussion. Confusion arises from intermixing three kinds of cases: those in which demanded treatment is physiologically futile, involving competition for scarce resources, and in which the treatment would likely achieve the patient's goals although...
This white paper uses detailed data on prescription drug and other services from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey MEPS to examine recent trends in mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) treatment between 1996 and 2001. While use of ambulatory services remained constant, prescription drug use increased rapidly, with the result...
At the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, dozens of researchers are working on projects to develop a better understanding of cancer and treatments for the disease. Rheal Towner and Robert Floyd have developed an experimental drug at OMRF that offers the first real hope against the deadly brain...
Byline: By HELEN RAE Health Reporter HOPE has emerged with new research into childhood brain tumours. Rugby ace Jonny Wilkinson today launched a national study into the condition at Newcastle University. The research aims to improve understanding of a tumour called medulloblas-toma, the most...
NEW YORK -- A conservative think tank hopes to help the Food and Drug Administration develop what it calls 21st century technologies and regulations to accelerate medical innovation and get safer and more effective treatments to patients faster and cheaper. The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's Center for...
Wedding and portrait photographer Coleen Swanson has built her 19- year career capturing some of the best moments in people's lives, but her latest project turns to some of the darkest ones. The Colorado Springs woman has published "Life's Inventory: Strength, Faith & Family," a photo book...
THE family of a Huddersfield businessman have raised pounds 5,000 for charity by tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge in his memory. Tim Sugden, 55, died in February this year from a malignant brain tumour. The former managing director of the Sellers Engineering Group was diagnosed...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- A project to advance research and improve treatments for fragile X syndrome will be funded by a new $1.6 million, three-year cooperative agreement with the Center for Disease Control CDC and others. The agreement, intended to bring better care to...
TWO dance music events will be staged to help teenage cancer victims. The Dance for Cancer raves, run by the NRG Project, in Newcastle, give hundreds of youngsters an alternative to hanging around streets, but also offer budding MCs their chance to step into the spotlight. ...
UK SAICA has announced that it has submitted a planning application to build a new recycled Containerboard mill in Greater Manchester, northern England. If approved, the plant will house a 400,000 tonne/yr machine producing lightweight corrugating materials in the 75-125 g/m^sup 2^ basis weight range. The...
We all know the statistics: 20% HIV/Aids infection rate in most of Southern Africa, including Namibia, with little change in numbers despite billions of dollars for education and treatment from organisations like PEPFAR, Project Hope, and the Millennium Challenge. Less known is the gender distribution for HIV/Aids: 62% for women...
Renovation of the Bay Point Family Health Center is forcing patients to travel a few miles east for treatment -- easier said than done for some who use the clinic. The project will bring state-of-the-art children's dental services to the clinic on Pacifica Avenue, along with more...
GOLDEN HOPE MINES LTD. (TSX VENTURE: GNH)(PINK SHEETS: GOLHF) has contracted Major Kennebec Drilling of Quebec a subsidiary of Major Drilling Group International to conduct a diamond drilling program on several promising targets within its wholly-owned Bellechasse-Chaudiere Gold project. Company President Louis Hoel said, "We are excited about launching this...
To the Editor: This letter reports preliminary results of the HOPE Cape Town Sangoma Project. (1) A first for Western Cape Province, this project has three main objectives: * to encourage medical collaboration and cross-referrals between Western and traditional medicine * to avoid potential contraindications between...
Byline: ALASTAIR CRAIG and BILL JACOBS YES LABOUR'S Newcastle Central MP Jim Cousins says the project was a "a significant piece of practical research" in the fight to discover better ways of treating serious illnesses. Mr Cousins, who represents the university, said: "I think...
TALIWORKS CORPORATION BHD sees huge opportunities in the water, waste and wastewater sectors in China, which is in the midst of transferring and upgrading its infrastructure. Hence, the company, which is involved in water treatment, waste management and infrastructure, is currently focusing on the Asian juggernaut, which holds much promise...
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 12, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- The Competition Bureau launched today Project False Hope (http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/epic/site/cb-bc.nsf/en/02614e.html), an education and enforcement initiative aimed at targeting cancer-related health fraud online. Project False Hope has already uncovered dozens of Canadian-operated Web sites offering cancer-related products...
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.-Englewood Hospital and Medical Center plans to break ground on a new building on March 13 to house a 35,000-square-foot emergency-care center. Named the Kaplen Pavilion, it will be nearly three times the size of the existing emergency department. Construction is set to begin this...
When a six-story, 120,000-square-foot addition is added to the Huntsman Cancer specialty hospital, it will double capacity. The construction will begin this year, with completion expected in 2011. "Expansion has long been part of our vision for Huntsman Cancer Institute. We have worked hard...
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