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Anchor lead: A look at the development of resistance in cancer cells has already borne fruit, Elizabeth Tracey reports Sophisticated mathematical modeling along with analysis of head and neck cancer cells as they acquired resistance over time has produced at …
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Anchor lead: Why should a promising treatment for sepsis be studied more? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis is a killer. This overwhelming infection is implicated in one in three deaths in the hospital, CDC data indicate, with one recent study touting …
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Anchor lead: Why would vitamin C be important in treating sepsis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis, an overwhelming infection and inflammation that is the third leading cause of death, may respond to use of three drugs: vitamin C, thiamine, and steroids. …
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Anchor lead: Can a three drug combination treat sepsis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sepsis, where an infection spreads throughout the bloodstream, is the third leading cause of death. Now two new studies are examining whether a combination of vitamin C, a …
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Anchor lead: Can a physician see anyone via telemedicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has just released a proposed funding change that would help expand physician services delivered by telemedicine. Advocates hail this as a …
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Anchor lead: Remote visits to doctors may soon be coming to you, Elizabeth Tracey reports Telemedicine may soon get a big boost with proposed funding changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Redonda Miller, president of the Johns …
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Anchor lead: Can nurses help surrogate decision makers for people in the intensive care unit? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who are making medical decisions for loved ones in the intensive care unit are called surrogates, and their task can be …
