By ANNA YUKHANANOV A bill that would loosen conflict of interest rules for advisers to the Food and Drug Administration has been proposed by three U.S. senators seeking to speed up review times for medical devices. The measure would reverse 2007 legislation that barred experts who had financial ties to a company or its competitor from…
By GARDINER HARRIS Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided. The draft recommendation, by…
By GARDINER HARRIS Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided. The draft recommendation, by…
By KATE KELLAND An explosion of new technologies and treatments for cancer coupled with a rapid rise in cases of the disease worldwide mean cancer care is rapidly becoming unaffordable in many developed countries, oncology experts said on Monday. With costs ballooning, a radical shift in thinking is needed to ensure fairer access to medicines and…
By KATE KELLAND An explosion of new technologies and treatments for cancer coupled with a rapid rise in cases of the disease worldwide mean cancer care is rapidly becoming unaffordable in many developed countries, oncology experts said on Monday. With costs ballooning, a radical shift in thinking is needed to ensure fairer access to medicines and…
CLICK HERE to Download Full Report This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971, which dramatically focused the country’s attention on the vital need to conquer cancer at the earliest possible time. The AACR believes this to be a fitting time not only to commemorate the advances in cancer research…
CLICK HERE to Download Full Report This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971, which dramatically focused the country’s attention on the vital need to conquer cancer at the earliest possible time. The AACR believes this to be a fitting time not only to commemorate the advances in cancer research…
By JOHN REICHARD and JANE NORMAN The deficit reduction plan President Obama announced Monday morning includes $320 billion in health cuts over a decade; $248 billion of the reductions would come from Medicare and $73 billion from Medicaid. What Obama did not recommend was an increase in the Medicare eligibility age, something that up until…
By JOHN REICHARD and JANE NORMAN The deficit reduction plan President Obama announced Monday morning includes $320 billion in health cuts over a decade; $248 billion of the reductions would come from Medicare and $73 billion from Medicaid. What Obama did not recommend was an increase in the Medicare eligibility age, something that up until…
By MAGGIE FOX Cancer researchers made a plea for more money Tuesday in a report that said flat funding for the National Institutes of Health is scaring off promising scientists. The 85-page report paints a picture of success that could be jeopardized if the momentum isn’t maintained, and outlines many of the advances made since…
