Archive: 04/12/2015
Breast screening program effective in preventing some invasive cancers
Screening for and treatment of an early form of breast cancer has been found to prevent subsequent invasive cancer, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Dec 4, 2015
FDA OKs first generic for Gleevec leukemia pill
U.S. regulators have approved the first generic version of one of the first very effective—and expensive—cancer drugs, Gleevec, which costs about $10,000 a month.
Dec 4, 2015
New leads in the struggle against a formidable leukemia
A coordinated push to decrypt a complex form of leukemia is delivering a trove of new drug candidates and treatment ideas, a dozen of which will be presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Orlando, ...
Dec 4, 2015
Nursing community on path to transformation since IOM future of nursing report five years ago
Since the 2010 Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health was issued, significant progress has been made related to many of the report's recommendations, which were geared toward ...
Dec 4, 2015
Important details revealed in the search for the causes of face blindness
As part of a cooperation with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin and the University of Bamberg, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying a probably congenital dysfunction that ...
Dec 4, 2015