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Capital BlueCross members who have been diagnosed with cancer are getting support during all phases of treatment through a new oncology case management program launched in the spring of 2010 by the Harrisburg, PA-based health plan.
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To determine the state of survivorship across the United States and Canada, the Cancer Patient Education Network Survivorship Committee (CPEN) conducted an environmental scan in 2009 looking at the status of best practices at the institutions at which its members work.
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Health care institutions do not always have the resources with which to provide special services for cancer survivors. However, all can provide direction about how to obtain support and information beyond the walls of the medical center, whether out in the community or from national resources.
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Clinical survivorship service is a new model of continuing care for cancer patients. The completion of treatment is not the end, and structured services are necessary to help a burgeoning population of cancer survivors deal with a multitude of issues that often are not addressed, says Marci Campbell, PhD, co-director of the Carolina Well Survivorship Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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People who experience depression have more than a 50% increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer's disease later in life, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical Journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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Research conducted by Nurse-Family Partnership shows positive results for the evidence-based community health program focused on high-risk mothers in the first two trimesters of pregnancy.
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Prenatal and infancy home visitations to high-risk mothers do produce positive results that decrease government spending, improve the lives of the mothers, and improve academic achievement of children according to studies published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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In addition to its efficacy as an antiepileptic, and its lack of P-450 enzyme induction, levetiracetam also may enhance the chemotherapeutic effects of temozolomide in the treatment of glioblastoma.
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Ten years after the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was signed into law, the mandate for safer sharps devices is under review both legally and academically.
