In Orlando, more than 550 clinical trials are looking for participants to help find better treatments and cures for such chronic diseases as cancer, AIDS and diabetes. Across Florida, nearly 2,500 studies are looking for subjects. “We have a lot of clinical trials going on here, and they are a struggle to fill,” said Dr. Jason Lang, a pediatric pulmonologist …
A psychiatric disorder or a profound lack of discipline in our kids?
by Greg Smith MD I have seen quite a few children in the emergency departments of South Carolina in the past three years, more than I could have imagined just a while ago. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I am not a child psychiatrist by trade. Like any general psychiatrist, my training provided me with didactic and clinical …
Looking up health information online: Do you really trust your doctor?
By James C. Salwitz Physicians are bothered by their patient’s fear. One of the worst parts of actually caring is that when other people suffer and especially when they are frightened, you suffer with them. It is bad when the trepidation is about something real, such as a new disease, but it is particularly disturbing when the source of the …
Scientists ID Gene Linked to Aggressive Liver Cancer
From Drugs.com Researchers have found a gene they say can help identify patients facing aggressive liver cancer, and may prove key to their future treatment. This is good news in a field “that has not had big advances before this and has not been the beneficiary of genomic medicine,” said Dr. Richard Goldberg, a professor of medicine at the Ohio …
Shocking Sleep Deprivation Effects You Need to Know
What is Sleep Deprivation By Harleena Singh It is the condition of being deprived of sleep or not having enough sleep. Usually it is the cumulative deficiency of sleep over a period of time. Everything is alright until the sleep deprivation effects emerge in the form of physical and psychiatric symptoms. Sleep deprivation also affects your emotional behavior and social …
More Bridges, More Options in Cancer Treatment – ASCO 2013 Wrap Up
POSTED IN Blog, Healthcare, Pharma The ASCO 2013 Annual Meeting has come to a close and the over 25,000 attendees have returned home armed with new ideas around the advances in cancer treatment. The conference highlighted immunotherapies, breakthrough drugs and difficult issues facing the oncology community. Immunotherapies were the hottest new topic in oncotherapy development, you expect to hear much …
Bad News For Sugar Lovers
Written by Dr Ann Lovick & Ron Baron I had an eye-opening experience with cancer (over 8 years ago) and learned that sugar was is like filet mignon to cancer cells. If you’ve ever heard of a PET Scan – it’s a process where you are injected with radioactive ‘sugar’ isotopes and then sent through the scanning tunnel. The radio …
Stop blaming patients. Healthcare industry’s take on non-compliance is all wrong
by Deanna Pogorelc Dr. Victor Montori used this image to illustrate what he, as a physician, sees as the biggest problem in healthcare. It depicts a tactic that coal miners used to use to detect when dangerous gases were present in the air. When a canary sent into the mine stopped singing, they knew toxic gases had leaked into the …
CDC: Opening Schools After Hours Improves Community Health
From Heathline.com Written by Brian Krans Los Angeles schools open their grounds for after-hours exercise to improve the health of at-risk populations, while other cities like Oakland are using their campuses as more than just playgrounds. Turning schools into community centers in their off hours can improve neighborhood health and help combat obesity, according to a study by the U.S. …
MD Anderson Researcher Reassesses Avastin’s Function In Treating Brain Cancer
From BioNews TX With the cancer drug Avastin on the ropes after losing FDA support for the treatment of breast cancer two years ago and an increasing chorus of criticism, an MD Anderson researcher has weighed in on where he thinks the drug’s effectiveness lies. In a recent cancer study conducted at MD Anderson for the initial treatment of glioblastoma, one …