Archive: 04/04/2016

New immune-stimulating drug, with chemo, shrinks pancreas tumors

The results of an early-stage (phase 1b) clinical trial for pancreatic cancer show that an experimental therapy can control tumors well enough to make some patients eligible for surgery, according to data published in The ...

Apr 4, 2016

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Modest payment increase for Medicare Advantage in 2017

Medicare says private insurance plans serving as an alternative for 17 million beneficiaries will get a modest payment increase next year.

Apr 4, 2016

Penn Nursing editorial: Deeper insight needed into nurse-industry relationships

Nurses' daily responsibilities are broad, including interacting with patients, families and communities; gatekeeping between their patients and the industries and healthcare institutions that serve them; and collaborating ...

Apr 4, 2016

Increasing radiation dose ups freedom from biochemical fail

(HealthDay)—For patients with prostate cancer (PCa), increasing biologically equivalent dose (BED) of external radiation therapy (RT) is associated with freedom from biochemical failure (FFBF), but not with improvement ...

Apr 4, 2016

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Intraarterial chemo + radiation may up cerebral infarctions

(HealthDay)—Intraarterial chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for head and neck cancer is tied to a higher incidence of cerebral infarction, compared to intravenous CRT, according to a study published online March 25 in Head & Neck.

Apr 4, 2016

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Discovery of CTLA-4 in dendritic cells opens new possibilities to fight cancer

T cells are the 'foot soldiers' that fight cancer inside the body. Cancer cells can fight the foot soldiers back by pushing a brake on the T cells that will turn them off. This 'brake' is a molecule on the surface of T cells ...

Apr 4, 2016

Long-term weight loss cuts diabetes-related brain changes

(HealthDay)—A long-term weight loss intervention may reduce the impact of diabetes on brain structure, according to a study published online March 29 in Diabetes Care.

Apr 4, 2016

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Medical and drug device companies target nurses to influence hospital purchasing decisions

Hospital based nurses have high levels of contact with pharmaceutical and medical device industry sales personnel but have little corporate or professional guidance about managing purchasing decisions in the context of these ...

Apr 4, 2016