Archive: 01/06/2016

FDA approves 'game changer' immunotherapy drug for bladder cancer

A new immunotherapy drug, atezolizumab, has been approved for patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma, a type of bladder cancer. The drug represents the first new treatment for this form of the disease in more than ...

Jun 1, 2016

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How do we prevent suicide? Listen up

Jacob Gerner Lawaetz and Chloé Pedersen-Arseneau from NCDFREE's Copenhagen team share highlights from the recent NCDFREE Copenhagen Long Lunch on Suicide Prevention. NCDFREE's Long Lunch series bring emerging and established ...

Jun 1, 2016

ACA boosts coverage for blacks, Hispanics

The Affordable Care Act has reduced racial and ethnic disparities in health insurance coverage, although substantial disparities remain, a new study shows.

Jun 1, 2016

Five things you may not know about smoking, explained by an expert

May 31 is World No-Tobacco day. Dr. Barry Finegan, a professor from the FoMD's Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and a leading expert in research on smoking cessation, tells us some facts about smoking that everyone ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Empowering pediatric pain medicine

Canada stands at the verge of a new standard of pediatric pain management, thanks to the dedicated leadership of Samina Ali. Over the last few years, she has been making headlines for leading several research projects revealing ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Persons with diabetes face financial stress, often sacrifice health care and food

Some of the current fixes aimed at reducing the financial burden of chronic illness—including the ability to enroll in a health care plan under the Affordable Care Act—are not enough to save those with diabetes from the ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Low-income, rural mothers express need for family time outdoors

Low-income mothers in rural communities say participating in outdoor activities as a family is a primary need for their physical and emotional well-being. But a new paper co-authored by Iowa State University's Kimberly Greder ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Rush of wild nature lowers PTSD in veterans, at-risk teens

When Jet Garner socializes with fellow combat veterans who are studying at UC Berkeley, the conversation often turns to battlefield memories he'd rather forget.

Jun 1, 2016

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Monoclonal antibodies could become additional migraine therapy option

Preventing or shortening the duration of migraine attacks – established drug treatment options and those that could shape future therapies were discussed at the Congress of European Academy of Neurology in Copenhagen.

Jun 1, 2016

Roadmap for biomarker research on Alzheimer's disease should lead to better results

Biomarkers could revolutionise the early detection of and therapy for Alzheimer's disease. However, experts attending the Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Copenhagen criticized that the big breakthroughs ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Archive: 01/06/2016

FDA approves 'game changer' immunotherapy drug for bladder cancer

How do we prevent suicide? Listen up

ACA boosts coverage for blacks, Hispanics

Five things you may not know about smoking, explained by an expert

Empowering pediatric pain medicine

Persons with diabetes face financial stress, often sacrifice health care and food

Low-income, rural mothers express need for family time outdoors

Rush of wild nature lowers PTSD in veterans, at-risk teens

Monoclonal antibodies could become additional migraine therapy option

Roadmap for biomarker research on Alzheimer's disease should lead to better results

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