“For nearly 3 decades, America’s Health Rankings has provided an analysis of national health on a state-by-state basis by evaluating a historical and comprehensive set of health, environmental, and socioeconomic data to determine national health benchmarks and state rankings.” …
Read moreCancer Research Institute Conference Video
In June, the Cancer Research Institute held its annual cancer awareness conference. Complete with an excellent video, which is shown below.
“Our panel of immunotherapy experts discusses the latest cancer immunotherapy advances featured at the world’s largest oncology conference—the 2018 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)—with topics including combination immunotherapy, biomarker development, CAR T cell therapies, and new approaches to immune-based cancer treatment.”…
Read moreNew Cancer Drug Approved
Yet, researchers are working quite hard. And billions of dollars are being spent.
Quite recently, the FDA approved a new and VERY expensive cancer drug. As CNN reports:
“Vitrakvi is the first medication developed specifically to target tumors based on gene mutations, not their location in the body.”…
Read moreApple and Stanford Partner on Smart Watch Study
This important study is huge.
As Nicky Lineaweaver reports for Business Insider:
“Apple and Stanford Medicine enrolled more than 400,000 participants in the Apple Heart Study since its launch in November of 2017 — making it the largest study on atrial fibrillation (AFib) ever conducted.…
Read moreCan We Outsmart Cancer?
But can fight back as hard as we can. And sometimes we can “outsmart” cancer.
Take a look at this infographic from Cancer Treatment Centers of America.…
Read moreAmazon to Sell Health Devices
Last month, we asked: Would You Buy Your Prescriptions at Amazon? It seems that the online behemoth knows no limits. And it realizes the enormous potential of health-related products.…
Read moreAI Aids Drug Operations
We know that technology has had a tremendous on the medical field. And artificial intelligence (AI) is coming on strong. Today, we look at how AI aids drug operations.…
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