NPPA Times

02/04/2014

Cancer will become a significantly larger global health care burden in the next 2 decades, with incidence expected to rise by 57% and deaths projected to increase by 63%, according to WHO.

Hematology Oncology | Cancer will become a significantly larger global health care burden in the next 2 decades, with incidence expected to rise by 57% and deaths projected to increase by 63%, according to WHO’s World Cancer Report 2014. “Despite exciting advances, this report shows that...

01/09/2014

WARNING: The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed that a resident of Alberta has died of influenza A( ).

Infectious Disease | The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed that a resident of Alberta has died of influenza A(H5N1). The case is North America’s first human case of H5N1. The individual had recently returned from a trip to China, Canada Health Minister Rona Ambrose said in...

10/23/2013

An outbreak of among injectable drug users was linked with a transition from he**in to a cathinone derivative — also known as — injected in combination with the opioid substitute buprenorphine.

Healio› Infectious Disease› Highlights from EACS 2013› HIV outbreak linked to change in injectable drug use pattern

01/22/2013

Update: The addition of oral temsirolimus to letrozole as a first-line treatment did not improve PFS in patients with aromatase inhibitor-naive metastatic breast cancer, according to results from a phase 3 study.

Hematology Oncology | The addition of oral temsirolimus to letrozole as a first-line treatment did not improve PFS in patients with aromatase inhibitor-naive metastatic breast cancer, according to results from a phase 3 study. Tamoxifen is widely considered the primary treatment option for patients...

12/28/2012

Daily multivitamin supplementation reduced the risk of total cancer, according to results of the Physicians’ Health Study II.

Hematology Oncology | Daily multivitamin supplementation reduced the risk of total cancer, according to results of the Physicians’ Health Study II. The Physicians’ Health Study is a large-scale, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that involved 14,641 U.S. physicians. Res...

11/20/2012

“We have previously found that breast cancers typically exhibit lower apparent diffusion coefficient values than benign lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging,” Partridge told HemOnc Today. “We defined a useful diagnostic apparent diffusion coefficient threshold or cut-off to best differentiate benign and malignant lesions without missing any cancers.”

Hematology Oncology | Diffusion-weighted imaging successfully identified as negative/benign nearly half of nonmalignant breast lesions that had been incorrectly identified as positive by MRI, according to results of a retrospective study. Savannah C. Partridge, PhD, research associate professor in ...

10/12/2012

The CDC has estimated that nearly 14,000 people have been exposed to the three affected lots of methylprednisolone acetate that have been linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that, so far, has affected 170 people and caused 14 deaths in 11 states.

Infectious Disease | The CDC has estimated that nearly 14,000 people have been exposed to the three affected lots of methylprednisolone acetate that have been linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that, so far, has affected 170 people and caused 14 deaths in 11 states.In addition, they have also st...

08/26/2012

ESC 2012: Check this link frequently for breaking news from around the world!

Healio › Cardiology › News › Meeting News Coverage

08/11/2011

August 11, 2011 U.S. physicians spend nearly $61,000 more than their Canadian counterparts each year on administrative expenses related to health insurance, according to a new study by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Toronto.

08/02/2011

Changing the face of eating disorders By starving their bodies of vital nutrients, patients with eating disorders increase their risk for a variety of medical complications, which may land them in the intensive care unit. Learn why an alarmingly escalating number of these patients are young men stri

07/28/2011

July 27, 2011 The nation's supply of physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants can't keep pace with growing demand as the country expands insurance coverage under the health system reform law, says a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

07/21/2011

How will you present yourself when a job is on the line? The job interview is a proving ground for most applicants. Questions are posed and, depending on the answers, candidates could soon find themselves in a new position or wondering why they didn't get the job. Today's PAs and NPs have to appear