Posted on October 18, 2013 by jss
Increased Survival in Pancreatic Cancer with nab-Paclitaxel plus Gemcitabine Cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in Europe and the United States. 1Since 1997, gemcitabine therapy has been the standard first-line treatment for patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. Among patients with metastatic disease, the 5-year survival rate is only 2%, and...
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Posted on September 30, 2013 by jss
Public health advocates are increasingly focused on illness and deaths caused by inappropriate use of controlled substances — in particular, opioid analgesics. Opioid prescriptions have increased dramatically, by more than 300% between 1999 and 2010. This increase has led to substantial androgenic disease. Most strikingly, the number of deaths due to overdose in the United States...
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Posted on September 30, 2013 by jss
Doctors dedicate themselves to helping others. But how selective can they be in deciding whom to help? Recent years have seen some highly publicized examples of doctors who reject patients not because of time constraints or limited expertise but on far more questionable grounds, including the patient’s sexual orientation, parents’ unwillingness to vaccinate (in surveys,...
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Posted on June 13, 2013 by jss
Background There are large variations in the use of knee arthroplasty among Medicare enrolees according to race or ethnic group and sex. Are racial and ethnic disparities more pronounced in some regions than in others, and if so, why? Methods We used all Medicare fee-for-service claims data for 1998 through 2000 to determine the incidence...
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Posted on June 13, 2013 by jss
Background Worldwide, 2.75 billion passengers fly on commercial airlines annually. When in-flight medical emergencies occur, access to care is limited. We describe in-flight medical emergencies and the outcomes of these events. Commercial airlines serve approximately 2.75 billion passengers worldwide annually. When in-flight medical emergencies occur, access to care is limited. Physicians and other medical professionals...
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Posted on June 13, 2013 by jss
Background Smoking is a risk factor for many diseases and has been increasingly prevalent in economically developing regions of the world. We aimed to estimate the number of deaths attributable to smoking in China Cigarette smoking has been identified as the second leading risk factor for death from any cause worldwide. In 2000, an estimated...
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