In this Oncology Brothers podcast episode, Naval Daver, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, discusses treatment strategies for both therapy‑related and de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML), focusing on cases…
Tara Lin, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, discusses how she approaches choosing induction therapy for patients with treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia, emphasizing that fitness…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with non-castrate metastatic prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy fare no better with the addition of docetaxel chemotherapy, a French and Belgian…
Hanne Mintz, co-chair of the Meso Foundation Board of Directors, discusses the foundation’s goals to find effective treatment and ultimately a cure for mesothelioma. She recommends both physicians…
Ian H. Robertson, PhD, Chair in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and author of The Winner Effect, discusses the biochemistry and neuroscience behind money. Robertson points out how receiving money can activate parts…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Aggressive CT or PET/CT surveillance protocols confer significant risk of radiation-induced cancer in patients being monitored for metastasis from primary choroidal melanoma, California-based…
Rebecca Woodcock, Founder, Cake Health, discusses what inspired her to create Cake Health, a web based tool that helps people manage their health insurance issues. Filmed at FutureMed, in…
Robert Komitor, an attorney at Levy Philips & Konigsberg, LLP, discusses the best way for mesothelioma patients to receive compensation. Asbestos exposure is the only known and well…
David Hale, Project Manager, Pillbox, National Library of Medicine, describes the government’s efforts to centralize health-related data and put it at the disposal of software developers. Videotaped at…
Nick Soloway, Founder & CEO, Hayes Soloway PC, talks about what makes physician-inventors unique, and the challenges involved in getting an invention to market. Filmed at FutureMed, in February, 2012,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In HIV patients with anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN), infrared coagulation (IRC) helps avoid progression to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), Spanish doctors say. “High-grade…
Donald Jones, MD, Vice President, Global Strategy & Market Development, Qualcomm Life, discusses the emergence of wireless technology in healthcare and describes two examples, the AirStrip remote ICU monitoring device…
