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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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APR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists have known that married people tend to have healthier lives and live longer than their unmarried counterparts ...APR 12, 2016Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P. ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 11, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)APR 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study found that treating osteoporosis brought on by hyperparathyroidism with conventional drugs could actually ...MAR 30, 2016Neuroscience
Patients who have experienced certain cardiac conditions or blood clots often are placed on blood thinners to avoid furt ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are reviving an 18th century therapy involving maggots and adding their own 21st century twist to treat infec ...MAR 29, 2016Immunology
Green tea is touted for its many health benefits as a powerful antioxidant, but experiments in a laboratory mouse model ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 27, 2016Immunology
Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids—like those found in salmon or sardines—might be the key to helpin ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 23, 2016Cardiology
To reduce risk of heart attack, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are clear. But genetics can still stack the deck. A ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 21, 2016Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Johns Hopkins researchers found a new way to transplant kidney organs from any donor – regardless of compatibility ...MAR 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chemotherapy is aggressive poisoning of rogue cells to cure cancer. But do all cancer patients benefit from this therapy ...FEB 29, 2016Cardiology
Typically people know that exercising is a healthy activity to do regularly, along with eating fruits and vegetables and ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 29, 2016Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc ...FEB 22, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a new blood test that can survey all 174 of known genes involved in 17 inherited heart condit ...FEB 14, 2016Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 12, 2016Immunology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) affect 75,000 and 72,000 people each year in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 10, 2016Neuroscience
Eat fish, it’s good for you, it’s brain food. Don’t eat fish, it has mercury in it, it’s bad for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 08, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which impairs communication and social interaction skills. The CDC reports that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 31, 2016Plants & Animals
There are tons of people around the world who suffer from disfigured faces, either due to birth defect or injuries. Fort ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Females are not the weaker sex when it comes to battling the flu virus, says a new study. Published in the American Jour ...JAN 26, 2016Immunology
Acting alongside T helper cells, the all-stars of adaptive immunity, regulatory T cells work to suppress any “pote ...Written By: Kara Marker
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists have known that married people tend to have healthier lives and live longer than their unmarried counterparts
...
APR 12, 2016
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells secrete a molecule that kills some bacteria but signals the survivors to form a biofilm. P.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that can devastate the muscles in the body. It’s pro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and collaborating institutions have described the first-ever immatur
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
APR 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A recent study found that treating osteoporosis brought on by hyperparathyroidism with conventional drugs could actually
...
MAR 30, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who have experienced certain cardiac conditions or blood clots often are placed on blood thinners to avoid furt
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are reviving an 18th century therapy involving maggots and adding their own 21st century twist to treat infec
...
MAR 29, 2016
Immunology
Green tea is touted for its many health benefits as a powerful antioxidant, but experiments in a laboratory mouse model
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 27, 2016
Immunology
Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids—like those found in salmon or sardines—might be the key to helpin
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 23, 2016
Cardiology
To reduce risk of heart attack, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are clear. But genetics can still stack the deck. A
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 21, 2016
Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Johns Hopkins researchers found a new way to transplant kidney organs from any donor – regardless of compatibility
...
MAR 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chemotherapy is aggressive poisoning of rogue cells to cure cancer. But do all cancer patients benefit from this therapy
...
FEB 29, 2016
Cardiology
Typically people know that exercising is a healthy activity to do regularly, along with eating fruits and vegetables and
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 29, 2016
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc
...
FEB 22, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a new blood test that can survey all 174 of known genes involved in 17 inherited heart condit
...
FEB 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) affect 75,000 and 72,000 people each year in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 10, 2016
Neuroscience
Eat fish, it’s good for you, it’s brain food. Don’t eat fish, it has mercury in it, it’s bad for
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which impairs communication and social interaction skills. The CDC reports that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are tons of people around the world who suffer from disfigured faces, either due to birth defect or injuries. Fort
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Females are not the weaker sex when it comes to battling the flu virus, says a new study. Published in the American Jour
...
JAN 26, 2016
Immunology
Acting alongside T helper cells, the all-stars of adaptive immunity, regulatory T cells work to suppress any “pote
...
Written By:
Kara Marker