Women With Aggressive HER2 Positive Breast Cancer May Miss Out On Chemotherapy And Trastuzumab (Herceptin®) Women with a particularly aggressive form of early stage (primary) breast cancer may miss out on optimal treatment which may include chemotherapy and trastuzumab (Herceptin) as a result of untimely or missing HER2-status test results, according to doctors responding to the results from a North of England Cancer Network audit of HER2-testing today.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAdvanced Dysplasia And Early Cancer Of Esophagus Cured With Combined Endoscopic Resection And Radiofrequency Ablation With HALO Ablation System Advanced Dysplasia and Early Cancer of Esophagus Cured With Combined Endoscopic Resection and Radiofrequency Ablation With HALO Ablation System BARRX Medical, Inc. today announced clinical trial results presented at the United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) in Vienna, Austria, October 18-22, 2008.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIllinois County Judge Renews Ruling To Block Gov. Blagojevich's FamilyCare Expansion Initiative Cook County, Ill., Judge James Epstein on Wednesday renewed an order prohibiting the state from making payments under a
health coverage expansion enacted under an emergency order by Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and said the state must outline how it will comply with the ruling, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports (Robinson, AP/Chicago Tribune, 10/15).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDanish Study Supports Efficacy Of Endeavor Stent Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced today the target lesion revascularization (TLR) rate for the company's Endeavor drug-eluting stent in the real-world Danish trial, SORT OUT III, was 4.0 percent. This result at nine months is consistent with the ENDEAVOR-Five real-world study, which reported an overall TLR of 4.5 percent at 12 months.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comImportance Of E-health Application At The Point Of Care As the Ministry of
Health announced last week, with the implementation of Wareed, the new
health information system, hospitals and clinics in the UAE will be connected via an online network by 2011 to improve medical care and ensure patient safety.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedicare Prescription Drug Benefit 'Doughnut Hole' Prompts Many Beneficiaries To End Treatment With Medications BusinessWeek on Wednesday examined how many Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the
prescription drug benefit do not take necessary medications after they reach the "doughnut hole" coverage gap, in which they must cover the full cost of their treatments.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSeveral Newspapers Examine Health Care Proposals Of Major Presidential Candidates Several newspapers recently examined the
health care proposals of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.). Summaries appear below.The Honolulu Star-Bulletin on Thursday examined the views of three University of Hawaii professors on the Obama and McCain
health care proposals.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHypertension Disparity Linked To Environment Social environment may play a greater role in the disparity between the numbers of African Americans living with hypertension compared to non-Hispanic whites with the disease.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBaltimore Sun Publishes Series On Breast Cancer Vaccine Trial The Baltimore Sun recently published a six-part series that examines the lives of four women living with terminal breast cancer who enrolled in an experimental vaccine trial run by Leisha Emens, an oncologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Headlines appear below.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOpinion Pieces Address McCain's Derisive Comments On Health Exception During Wednesday's Presidential Debate Two opinion pieces recently responded to Wednesday's presidential debate between Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.). During the debate, McCain and Obama discussed abortion rights, including bans on later abortions.
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