Oncology & Cancer

Enhancing quality of life for brain tumor survivors

Every day in Australia, six people are diagnosed with a brain tumor and four will die, making services to enhance quality of life for individuals and their families imperative.

Medical economics

Hospital IT systems can facilitate price collusion, study finds

Multihospital health systems with a uniform IT platform across member hospitals have an easier time tacitly colluding with rival systems to keep service prices above competitive levels, according to a new study from a researcher ...

Oncology & Cancer

Expert panel updates cancer and aging guidelines

In an effort to improve treatment outcomes and quality of life for older adults with cancer, researchers from City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, and colleagues ...

Medical economics

Report estimates costs of birth defect-associated hospitalizations

The total estimated cost of birth defect-associated hospitalizations was $22.2 billion in the United States in 2019, according to research published in the July 7 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Medications

Q&A: Experts discuss pros, cons of new Alzheimer's drug

Patient care teams are preparing to offer lecanemab, a new Alzheimer's disease treatment expected to soon receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to patients in the coming months.

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