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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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MAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 23, 2015Cancer
An analysis of genetic and lifestyle data from 10 large epidemiologic studies has confirmed that regular use of aspirin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cardiology
A technique used to clear blood clots from arteries to the heart in about 20 percent of patients undergoing angioplasty ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Cancer
Increasingly high prices for cancer drugs are affecting patient care in the U.S. and the American health care system ove ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Pietro Valdastri is convinced that using magnetic force in the right way can make minimally invasive surgery easier and ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 10, 2015Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated ...Written By: Will HectorFEB 25, 2015Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 17, 2014Cardiology
Important research out of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute shows promise for heart muscle damage caused by Duchenne Muscular ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 09, 2014Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 24, 2014Health & Medicine
Palliative care, aimed at relieving the symptoms, pain and stress of serious illness, is often utilized only at the very ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 21, 2014Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of CasesWhen patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 03, 2014Health & Medicine
It is rare to see a new business segment emerge in any market, but this is what is happening within the biopharmaceutica ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 29, 2014Cancer
Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia were awarded a $12.1 million Specialized Programs of Research Exc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2014Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 05, 2014Cancer
Many adults may find popping a baby aspirin a day lessens the chance of a heart attack.
Researchers have now ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUL 15, 2014Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22. ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 23, 2015
Cancer
An analysis of genetic and lifestyle data from 10 large epidemiologic studies has confirmed that regular use of aspirin
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Cardiology
A technique used to clear blood clots from arteries to the heart in about 20 percent of patients undergoing angioplasty
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Cancer
Increasingly high prices for cancer drugs are affecting patient care in the U.S. and the American health care system ove
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cardiology
Patients with symptoms of heart disease have similar outcomes in terms of death and major cardiac conditions regardless
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Pietro Valdastri is convinced that using magnetic force in the right way can make minimally invasive surgery easier and
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated
...
Written By:
Will Hector
FEB 25, 2015
Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 17, 2014
Cardiology
Important research out of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute shows promise for heart muscle damage caused by Duchenne Muscular
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2014
Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 24, 2014
Health & Medicine
Palliative care, aimed at relieving the symptoms, pain and stress of serious illness, is often utilized only at the very
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 21, 2014
Health & Medicine
Studying Sepsis: Patients Have Better Outcomes When Treated in Hospitals with Higher Volume of Cases
When patients have sepsis, a time-sensitive and hard-to-detect illness, they are more likely to survive the life-threate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
OCT 03, 2014
Health & Medicine
It is rare to see a new business segment emerge in any market, but this is what is happening within the biopharmaceutica
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 29, 2014
Cancer
Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia were awarded a $12.1 million Specialized Programs of Research Exc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2014
Health & Medicine
The star of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) has long been on the rise. From diabetes, to cancer, to an obscure genetic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 05, 2014
Cancer
Many adults may find popping a baby aspirin a day lessens the chance of a heart attack.
Researchers have now ...
Researchers have now ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JUL 15, 2014
Neuroscience
A team of scientists and physicians at the University of Pennsylvania will lead a four-year effort worth as much as $22.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider