Anchor lead: As unique therapies are developed, how do we allocate resources to pay for them? Elizabeth Tracey reports Genetic techniques may soon enable many with sickle cell disease to be cured, but these treatments are very expensive. Jeffrey Kahn, …
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Anchor lead: How often are women with breast cancer offered genetic testing? Elizabeth Tracey reports Only about a third of women with breast cancer were offered genetic screening, a recent study found, but such testing is cost effective. William Nelson, …
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Anchor lead: A combination therapy improves survival for ovarian cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Ovarian cancer survival is improved using a combination treatment developed in a partnership between two pharmaceutical giants, their recent study showed. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel …
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Anchor lead: Nighttime use of blood pressure medicines reduces cardiovascular risk, Elizabeth Tracey reports People with high blood pressure who took their medicines before bed rather than in the morning experienced 40 to 50% fewer strokes and heart attacks than …
