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Patient benefit
Patient benefit is used to assess the efficacy and feasibility of medical treatments. To assess patient benefit, a clear understanding of the patient's health prior to and after a procedure, treatment, or intervention is compared. Treatments which generate a patient benefit, with minimal or acceptable risks, may be approved for further clinical use.
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SEP 23, 2016Videos
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer it's critical for their health care providers to know exactly what stage of dise ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2016Cardiology
Scientists from the Joslin Diabetes Center are wondering if the benefits of intensive glycemic control for people with t ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 20, 2016Cardiology
The window of safety and efficacy for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only FDA-approved medication ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 20, 2016Cancer
Brain cancer surgery is an especially dicey operation when it involves removing a piece of the skull and exposing the br ...SEP 20, 2016Neuroscience
Can we train our brains? While there has been some controversy over pay-to-play brain training games and programs that p ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2016Cardiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the 20 million adults in the United States with chr ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 07, 2016Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap ...SEP 06, 2016Videos
Marijuana has now been legalized in half of the states and in the District of Columbia. With this unprecedented legaliza ...SEP 06, 2016Cardiology
Having sex frequently—and enjoying it—may put older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovas ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 06, 2016Neuroscience
There is ample evidence in neurological research about the benefits of music. It’s been shown that music can help ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington ...SEP 05, 2016Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ ...SEP 02, 2016Cardiology
Hydrogen sulfide gas, commonly referred to “rotten egg gas,” may be stinky, but researchers are finding that ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 01, 2016Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 01, 2016Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a ...SEP 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the ...AUG 31, 2016Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Cardiology
Diagnoses based on genetic testing results from the past ten years may be misdiagnosing some groups of people with a ser ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh ...AUG 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Recent studies estimate that nearly 70 percent of Americans have experienced some type of post-traumatic stress disorder ...AUG 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Virtual reality is not just for gamers anymore – in the medical world, virtual technologies are transforming many ...AUG 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When science experiments work as planned, researchers are overjoyed. And in the rare instances when the results actually ...
SEP 23, 2016
Videos
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer it's critical for their health care providers to know exactly what stage of dise
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists from the Joslin Diabetes Center are wondering if the benefits of intensive glycemic control for people with t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 20, 2016
Cardiology
The window of safety and efficacy for administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only FDA-approved medication
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 20, 2016
Cancer
Brain cancer surgery is an especially dicey operation when it involves removing a piece of the skull and exposing the br
...
SEP 20, 2016
Neuroscience
Can we train our brains? While there has been some controversy over pay-to-play brain training games and programs that p
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2016
Cardiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most of the 20 million adults in the United States with chr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Many cancer patients with leukemia will undergo stem cell transplants as part of their treatment plan. The problem is th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
For years, the standard of care for people whose lung cancer has spread to the brain was to administer brain radiotherap
...
SEP 06, 2016
Videos
Marijuana has now been legalized in half of the states and in the District of Columbia. With this unprecedented legaliza
...
SEP 06, 2016
Cardiology
Having sex frequently—and enjoying it—may put older men at higher risk for heart attacks and other cardiovas
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 06, 2016
Neuroscience
There is ample evidence in neurological research about the benefits of music. It’s been shown that music can help
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oxygen is a pretty amazing chemical element, without which life would not be possible. Now researchers at the Washington
...
SEP 05, 2016
Cancer
Bone marrow transplant patients face many challenges. Even after the success of the transplant procedure, doctors observ
...
SEP 02, 2016
Cardiology
Hydrogen sulfide gas, commonly referred to “rotten egg gas,” may be stinky, but researchers are finding that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 01, 2016
Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a
...
SEP 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The beloved actor Gene Wilder died earlier this week from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was one of the
...
AUG 31, 2016
Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Cardiology
Diagnoses based on genetic testing results from the past ten years may be misdiagnosing some groups of people with a ser
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Cancer
Just because a chemotherapeutic drug exist does not mean it will work for every patient. There has been no other time wh
...
AUG 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Recent studies estimate that nearly 70 percent of Americans have experienced some type of post-traumatic stress disorder
...
AUG 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Virtual reality is not just for gamers anymore – in the medical world, virtual technologies are transforming many
...
AUG 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
3D printing technology has incredible potential and there seems to be very few limits to its application as scientists r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When science experiments work as planned, researchers are overjoyed. And in the rare instances when the results actually
...