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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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AUG 11, 2016Cardiology
Although its name might suggest otherwise, the intensive care unit (ICU) in hospitals is actually not the best place for ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2016Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2016Cardiology
"We set out on a mission to show if you treat patients with the doses that were used in the clinical trials, they w ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 22, 2016Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve ...JUL 20, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be devastating, to those who have it, and to those that care for them. The progress o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2016Videos
In the United States, prescription drugs, for any illness, can be advertised on television directly to patients. While t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
In 2010, researchers began to establish a link between diseases of the central nervous system and bacteria. It became mo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Immunology
Researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-relea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 12, 2016Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, one of the newest areas of research is in transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier this year, scientists made history when they discovered evidence of gravitational waves. Now researchers in the ...JUN 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing tissues in lab petri dishes has been one of science’s most fascinating and ambitious endeavors. The abilit ...JUN 28, 2016Cancer
If you don’t love and eat broccoli already, you might want to seriously reconsider! This is the sentiment of a new ...JUN 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Computed tomography (CT) scans can often be life-saving medical procedures, but do we really understand the risks i ...JUN 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new line of treatment for obese patients who struggle with the con ...JUN 15, 2016Health & Medicine
Migraines aren't only suffered by adults. A significant percentage of children, teens and young adults suffer f ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 15, 2016Cardiology
Doctors often advise late-stage renal disease patients to stop taking blood pressure medications before they reach the s ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Immunology
When you think about how cancer cells continue to develop ways grow and spread despite both the body’s and medicin ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 15, 2016Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of cancer. To add more cause for alarm, a recent study found that d ...JUN 15, 2016Neuroscience
The expression “Seeing is believing” is one that most would agree with. The problem in neuroscience is that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet it’s an illness that’s still highly stigmatized. As wit ...JUN 13, 2016Neuroscience
Stem cells are sometimes seen as either controversial or lifesaving, depending on what they are being used for, but a ne ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2016Cancer
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden recently announced the discovery of two new types of childhood blood cancers. T ...MAY 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The health effects of fasting has become an intriguing new subject of study. Besides the obvious benefit of weight loss ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2016
Cardiology
Although its name might suggest otherwise, the intensive care unit (ICU) in hospitals is actually not the best place for
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2016
Microbiology
The gut microbiome, the complex community of bacteria carried in the gastrointestinal tract, is increasingly linked to h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
"We set out on a mission to show if you treat patients with the doses that were used in the clinical trials, they w
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 22, 2016
Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve
...
JUL 20, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be devastating, to those who have it, and to those that care for them. The progress o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 14, 2016
Videos
In the United States, prescription drugs, for any illness, can be advertised on television directly to patients. While t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
In 2010, researchers began to establish a link between diseases of the central nervous system and bacteria. It became mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Immunology
Researchers developing temporary implants for facial reconstruction are incorporating a unique way to deliver time-relea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 12, 2016
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, one of the newest areas of research is in transcranial direct current stimulation or tDCS.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier this year, scientists made history when they discovered evidence of gravitational waves. Now researchers in the
...
JUN 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing tissues in lab petri dishes has been one of science’s most fascinating and ambitious endeavors. The abilit
...
JUN 28, 2016
Cancer
If you don’t love and eat broccoli already, you might want to seriously reconsider! This is the sentiment of a new
...
JUN 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Computed tomography (CT) scans can often be life-saving medical procedures, but do we really understand the risks i
...
JUN 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new line of treatment for obese patients who struggle with the con
...
JUN 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
Migraines aren't only suffered by adults. A significant percentage of children, teens and young adults suffer f
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 15, 2016
Cardiology
Doctors often advise late-stage renal disease patients to stop taking blood pressure medications before they reach the s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Immunology
When you think about how cancer cells continue to develop ways grow and spread despite both the body’s and medicin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 15, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of cancer. To add more cause for alarm, a recent study found that d
...
JUN 15, 2016
Neuroscience
The expression “Seeing is believing” is one that most would agree with. The problem in neuroscience is that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Depression affects millions of people worldwide, yet it’s an illness that’s still highly stigmatized. As wit
...
JUN 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Stem cells are sometimes seen as either controversial or lifesaving, depending on what they are being used for, but a ne
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2016
Cancer
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden recently announced the discovery of two new types of childhood blood cancers. T
...
MAY 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The health effects of fasting has become an intriguing new subject of study. Besides the obvious benefit of weight loss
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch