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Consolidation therapy with oregovomab did not significantly improve TTR overall. A set of confirmatory phase III studies has been initiated to determine whether the successful front-line therapy population derives benefit from oregovomab treatment.
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A Crackdown on Importation of Drugs; FDA Actions.
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In a single case report of young woman with cervical cancer, an autologous transplant of one ovary to an area outside of proposed radiation therapy was demonstrated to be effective at maintaining ovarian function. The procedure was done at the time of radical hysterectomy by a second surgical team. Thus, a novel approach may ultimately be available for preserving hormonal and reproductive ovarian function and quality of life for premenopausal patients requiring pelvic radiation.
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Everyone who works in health care has a list of ideas for what needs to be done to improve client satisfaction, but one theme appears to be a common thread throughout: communication.
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Flu activity has risen steadily in the United States since mid-December and does not appear to have peaked, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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This is the first of a two-part article that looks at care of chronically ill patients. This month we discuss the programs implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to address high-cost and chronically ill patients. Next month, we examine strategies used by some agencies to provide more efficient, improved care to patients with chronic illnesses.
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The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 authorized development and testing of voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Programs to improve the quality of care and quality of life for people living with multiple chronic illnesses.
