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In a review of nine Phase 3 trials enrolling 6,284 patients, data from 793 who were younger than 50 years old were compared to the remainder who were older than 50 years, with attention given to progression-free survival, response rates, and overall survival.
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A 78-year-old man was referred for evaluation and treatment of recently discovered glioblastoma. While dining with his children he collapsed from his chair and was observed to have a grand mal seizure. He had transiently lost consciousness and when he awoke he had weakness in both upper and lower extremities on the right side.
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The way investigators, research institutions, and IRBs handle incidental findings has evolved in recent years, with a consensus now forming around the belief that research sites have an ethical responsibility when it comes to reporting certain incidental findings to research subjects.
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Many research institutions now have quality assurance/improvement projects that include research site audits or quality checks. But how many have thought about performing such a quality check on the IRB's work?
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Declining rates of hospitalization have discouraged primary care doctors from seeing their patients in the hospital and encouraged the growing use of hospitalists.
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Seniors who are at risk for readmission to the hospital are getting support that helps them stay healthy at home by Care Transitions coaches at SCAN Health Plan, a Long Beach, CA based health plan that provides coverage for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
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In response to an increasing demand for Spanish-language resources to educate Hispanic Americans about all aspects of chronic pain, the Baltimore, MD-based American Pain Foundation has produced a free brochure available in Spanish and English titled "Explain Your Pain."
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When it's typical for patients to wait four hours or more to see an emergency physician, and your leave-without-being-seen (LWBS) rate is pushing 10%, you know it's time to rethink the whole process.