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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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MAY 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a medical first, doctors from Houston, Texas reported a simultaneous scalp, skull, kidney, and pancreas transplant fr ...MAY 25, 2016Health & Medicine
Maintaining a regular exercise schedule is commonly known to be the cornerstone of a lifestyle suited to prevent cardiov ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 21, 2016Cancer
For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of the most ...MAY 19, 2016Videos
While most people hear about cancer research and new treatments and think about labs, scientists and doctors working tog ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 17, 2016Neuroscience
The term “practice makes perfect” can apply to learning a sport or a musical instrument but new research sho ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 14, 2016Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def ...MAY 11, 2016Cancer
When it comes to genetic testing, is more always better? According to a new study, more genetic testing, especially conc ...MAY 11, 2016Cardiology
A new 3D virtual heart may help doctors identify which cardiac patients are most at risk for life-threatening arrhythmia ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Women at high-risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are now one step closer to getting timely screening and sam ...APR 30, 2016Cancer
Researchers recently reported that immunotherapy led to remission in 93 percent of patients with advanced leukemia. Thou ...APR 29, 2016Cancer
Delaying radiation therapy too long after breast cancer surgery significantly increases the risk of recurrent tumors in ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Acid, mushrooms, and ecstasy are all examples of psychedelics that researchers claim could help curb domestic violence.& ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the ...APR 26, 2016Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k ...APR 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 10 million people worldwide, yet diagnosis of this devastating disease is often ...APR 22, 2016Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug ...APR 20, 2016Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a ...APR 20, 2016Cannabis Sciences
Hardly a week goes by without some news of new research into concussion injuries. Most of the focus is on the NFL and th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 18, 2016Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati ...APR 16, 2016Cancer
The strict ketogenic diet was used in medicine to treat intractable epilepsy long before it became a popular weight loss ...APR 15, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have designed an algorithm to help physicians make decisions on whether they should treat a patient sufferin ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 14, 2016Health & Medicine
Linoleic acid, the primary component of many vegetable oils, has long been thought to be more heart healthy than butter ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAY 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a medical first, doctors from Houston, Texas reported a simultaneous scalp, skull, kidney, and pancreas transplant fr
...
MAY 25, 2016
Health & Medicine
Maintaining a regular exercise schedule is commonly known to be the cornerstone of a lifestyle suited to prevent cardiov
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 21, 2016
Cancer
For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of the most
...
MAY 19, 2016
Videos
While most people hear about cancer research and new treatments and think about labs, scientists and doctors working tog
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 17, 2016
Neuroscience
The term “practice makes perfect” can apply to learning a sport or a musical instrument but new research sho
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 14, 2016
Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def
...
MAY 11, 2016
Cancer
When it comes to genetic testing, is more always better? According to a new study, more genetic testing, especially conc
...
MAY 11, 2016
Cardiology
A new 3D virtual heart may help doctors identify which cardiac patients are most at risk for life-threatening arrhythmia
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Women at high-risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are now one step closer to getting timely screening and sam
...
APR 30, 2016
Cancer
Researchers recently reported that immunotherapy led to remission in 93 percent of patients with advanced leukemia. Thou
...
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
Delaying radiation therapy too long after breast cancer surgery significantly increases the risk of recurrent tumors in
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Acid, mushrooms, and ecstasy are all examples of psychedelics that researchers claim could help curb domestic violence.&
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When it comes to medical testing, more is not always better. This is the sentiment from a recent research examining the
...
APR 26, 2016
Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, surgeons perform roughly 100,000 reconstruction procedures on torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs). This k
...
APR 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease affects nearly 10 million people worldwide, yet diagnosis of this devastating disease is often
...
APR 22, 2016
Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug
...
APR 20, 2016
Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a
...
APR 20, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
Hardly a week goes by without some news of new research into concussion injuries. Most of the focus is on the NFL and th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 18, 2016
Microbiology
Cholera bacteria kill as many as 140,000 people a year. Away from humans, the same bacteria kill neighboring microbes wi
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati
...
APR 16, 2016
Cancer
The strict ketogenic diet was used in medicine to treat intractable epilepsy long before it became a popular weight loss
...
APR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have designed an algorithm to help physicians make decisions on whether they should treat a patient sufferin
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 14, 2016
Health & Medicine
Linoleic acid, the primary component of many vegetable oils, has long been thought to be more heart healthy than butter
...
Written By:
Kara Marker