BTS 2012 Report – Assessing the true cost of transplantation
by Maria Dalby – Introduction – Recent advances in transplant medicine and surgery mean more lives can be saved or prolonged with an organ transplantation, but also that… read more.
by Maria Dalby – Introduction – Recent advances in transplant medicine and surgery mean more lives can be saved or prolonged with an organ transplantation, but also that… read more.
FDA Highlights – by Bruce Sylvester – Patients who received standard therapy for cystic fibrosis plus adjunctive inhaled dry powder mannitol have achieved sustained improvement in lung function… read more.
FDA Highlights – by Bruce Sylvester – The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can help prevent anal cancer in men, researchers reported in the October 27, 2011, issue… read more.
Taken from The Lancet – by Bruce Sylvester – A new evaluation of data from three trials of antiviral therapy to treat genital herpes (herpes simplex virus type… read more.
Taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – by Bruce Sylvester – Systolic hypertension patients treated in a clinical trial with the diuretic chlorthalidone for… read more.
Taken from the The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by Bruce Sylvester – Among patients with a history of high cholesterol well-controlled by long-term statin therapy, adding… read more.
World Health Matters – Norway – by Gary Finnegan – Researchers in Norway have shown that physical therapy can have a significant impact on recovery times for patients… read more.
World Health Matters – South Korea – by Gary Finnegan – A new study by researchers in South Korea has found lower rates of alcohol use disorders (AUDs),… read more.
World Health Matters – Australia – by Gary Finnegan – Over the past quarter century in Australia, cancer incidence rates have increased while deaths from cancer have steadily… read more.
EMA Highlights by Gary Finnegan – The EMA has launched a public consultation on its revised guidelines covering how potential cancer drugs are assessed. The document provides guidance… read more.
A study long used to establish causal links between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer is severely flawed, a group of epidemiologists have charged.
Scientists have identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of this very debilitating neurological disease. Many of the genes –… read more.