A new melanoma drug that tricks the body into destroying cancer cells is keeping patients alive for years longer than expected, with some researchers calling the breakthrough in immunotherapy a “penicillin moment” in cancer treatments.
Category: HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL
Altered pain processing in patients with cognitive impairment
People with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment (CI) have altered responses to pain, with many conditions associated with increased pain sensitivity, concludes a new research review.
5 recent data breaches
The IRS was hacked, Anthem was hacked, even little old Beacon Health System was recently hacked. What was taken in these data breaches?
Disconnected connectors
So much for the idea that public exchanges would reduce health insurance distribution costs….
Queensland, Victoria and NSW announce joint medicinal cannabis trials
The Queensland and Victorian state governments join forces with New South Wales to take part in medicinal cannabis clinical trials.
Godwits are flexible, when they get the chance
Black-tailed godwits are able to cope with unpredictable weather, a thorough analysis finds, following the extraordinary spring of 2013 in Belgium. That year, godwits were surprised by an exceptionally cold spring upon their return to the Netherlands. Nevertheless the godwits had a particularly productive breeding season that year, authors noted.
Short Week in D.C. Produces Medicaid Changes, ‘Cures’ Bill Progress, and FDA Action
(MedPage Today) — Medicaid gets overdue makeover; House makes cuts to 21st Century Cures bill.
New bowel cancer screening ‘could save 90,000 lives over 40 years’
A new bowel cancer screening program has the potential to save the lives of 90,000 Australians over the next four decades, new research shows.
Higher protein intake in infancy, possibly through formula, linked to obesity
Excessive protein intake in the first two years of an infant’s life, possibly through baby formula, could be contributing to childhood obesity, new research finds.
Using carbon nanotubes to improve bio-oil refining
New catalyst structures based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes are set to make the refining of commodity chemicals and fuels from bio-oil more competitive.
Colorado health-insurance industry group loses its top official
Executive director Ben Price is leaving the Colorado Association of Health Plans after seven years at the helm when he and industry leaders had to deal with a seismic shift in the American health care scene, CAHP announced on Friday. After his mid-June departure, Price will take over as CEO of the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, the Littleton-based certification group for those professionals.