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- 7/10/2012
Combination therapies could be the future of cancer treatment
NEW YORK _ In the ongoing battle against cancer, the medical community is looking to promising multi-targeted therapies for more effective and enduring treatments, says a report by pharmaceutical industry observer GBI Research. - 7/10/2012
P.E.I. generic policy kicks in without payment for new services
Cost of generic drugs lowered to 35 per cent of brand name without pharmacists being offered payment for new services. - 7/10/2012
Organ donation after cardiac death still divides
Guidelines are in place, but some physicians remain troubled by ethical conundrums - 7/10/2012
Genomic testing found to change chemotherapy treatment decisions
A study has shown that after receiving Oncotype DX Recurrence Score results, physicians changed their chemotherapy recommendation in 30% of invasive, estrogen-receptor-positive, early-stage breast cancer patients with no lymph node involvement. - 7/10/2012
Identifying how muscles are paralyzed during sleep may suggest new treatments for sleep disorders
Finding reversed earlier beliefs that glycine was a lone inhibitor of these motor neurons - 7/9/2012
Lower pay hampers nurse practitioner recruitment in primary care
A continuing gap in pay and benefits for nurse practitioners who choose to work in primary care compared to those who work in hospitals, limits recruitment and retention to community settings.