Category: Health Topics
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How will making federal regulations permanent change managing people with opioid use disorder? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Making federal guidelines for treatment of people with opioid use disorder that were crafted in response to the pandemic permanent will have both upsides and downsides, though mostly up. That’s according to Eric Strain, a substance use disorders expert at …
Some changes to helping people with opioid use disorder during Covid will become permanent, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Reducing barriers to treatment of opioid use disorder was just one initiative undertaken by the federal government as the Covid-19 pandemic began that aimed to protect the health and lives of many. Eric Strain, a substance use disorders expert at …
How can we improve clinical trial participation for people with cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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If you have recently been diagnosed with cancer, your best bet for treatment may include enrolling in a clinical trial, where new treatments are being assessed, usually by comparing them with standard treatment. Yet a new study finds that under …
Why don’t more people with cancer enroll in clinical trials? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A very low percentage of people who receive Medicare benefits in the US and have cancer enroll in clinical trials, a new study finds. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson reviews the data. Nelson: If you look at …
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Newer therapies are seeing benefits when it comes to cancer survival, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Research and development have very much improved treatments for many cancers, and that’s reflected in the nation’s latest report on cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says these improvements are especially seen in lung cancer and the …