Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Tailored treatments to fight superbugs

New research from Monash University and the University of Queensland could change the way critically ill patients across the world are treated.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO approves new, faster treatment for drug-resistant TB

The World Health Organization approved a new treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) on Thursday, a crucial step towards replacing an old, costly therapy that is brutal on patients and only 50-percent effective.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Mind and molecules—Fingerprinting psychiatric illness

Diagnosis of mood and psychotic disorders depend solely on relatively subjective assessment of symptoms and psychometric evaluations, upon which a decision is made to prescribe one or more standardised treatment regimen. ...

Oncology & Cancer

FDA approves new pancreatic cancer drug

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug called Onivyde as part of a treatment regimen for advanced pancreatic cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

Disparities in breast cancer persist across all subtypes and stages

It has been consistently observed that minority women, especially African Americans, Hispanic whites and American Indians, are more likely to be diagnosed at advanced stages of breast cancer, less likely to receive recommended ...

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