Healthcare systems around the globe are facing societal challenges that are pushing the delivery and structure of patient care toward a defining moment. A moment that will require significant changes, shifts towards meaningful efficiencies and individuals actively engaged in the management of their own health. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘treatment’
Home Is Where the Health Is, November 16th, 2010
Finally – Awareness Month Action For Realists, October 28th, 2010
I believe in disease awareness months. I do. They raise a lot of attention and a lot of money. They may even save lives by encouraging screening and early detection. (more…)
Searching for the Holy Grail of Prostate Cancer, October 19th, 2010
Earlier this month, a study was released for Abiraterone, a new drug from J&J that it is one of four drugs to ever demonstrate a survival benefit for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The study claimed that in a sample of 1,195 patients given the drug plus a low-dose steroid lived 14.8 months while those given a low-dose steroid plus a placebo survived 10.9 months. (more…)