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Preparation for caring for a child with a cleft palate or cleft lip begins before a baby is born, when ultrasound reveals there is a problem.
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When needlesticks began to level off at BJC Healthcare in St. Louis, it was time to jump-start the sharps safety program. Injuries occurred despite the health system's use of safety devices.
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As part of its commitment to eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield has launched a diabetes disease management program in collaboration with a Washington, DC, clinic that serves a mostly Latino population.
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In a trial in elderly women with breast cancer, primary systemic (neoadjuvant) therapy with letrozole with or without low dose daily oral cyclophosphamide was shown to increase overall clinical response.
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The role of primary tumor resection for those who present with disseminated breast cancer has not been established.
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Core binding factor (CBF) AML (eg, inversion 16 and translocation 8;21) has generally been considered favorable risk although the 50% long-term survival demonstrates the need for better delineating high-risk subsets.
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A team from UCSF recently reviewed company documents that were entered into the public record as a result of litigation over the promotion of gabapentin (Neurontin) between 1994 and 1998.
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Patients with HIV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have been successfully treated with chemotherapy since the advent of more effective anti-retroviral combinations.
