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To Speed Access To Compassionate Use, Look Beyond The FDA
In mid-July, the nonpartisan research arm of the federal government, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), released its long-awaited verdict on how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is handling compassionate use. As anyone who saw Dallas Buyers Club knows, compassionate use (also known as pre-approval access and expanded access) is when a drug company allows a patient who has no other treatment options to try a drug that is still in development and not FDA approved for use or sale. These patients are generally too sick to participate in a clinical trial—which has inclusion and exclusion criteria to try t...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 10, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Alison Bateman-House Tags: Drugs and Medical Innovation Population Health Quality Compassionate Use expanded access Food and Drug Administration right-to-try laws Source Type: blogs
Following up on a very old case: Abraham Cherrix is alive and well because he finally rejected alternative medicine
Although I haven’t discussed it here in depth, the case of Abraham Cherrix is an instructive example. Eleven years ago, he and his parents chose quackery over science-based medicine to treat his cancer. He’s alive now because he finally realized the error of his decision and underwent chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 7, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Abraham Cherrix chemotherapy Hodgkin's lymphoma Hoxsey therapy Source Type: blogs
Yoga improves treatment-related symptoms in men with prostate cancer
Decades of research show that yoga can reduce the emotional and physical fatigue brought on by cancer treatment. Now researchers have shown for the first time that’s also true specifically for men being treated for prostate cancer. Men who took a yoga class twice a week during treatment reported less fatigue, fewer sexual side effects, and better urinary functioning than men who did not, according a new study. “The data are convincing,” said the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Neha Vapiwala, an associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. “Wha...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Prostate Health Yoga Source Type: blogs
Carissa Gleason: Embracing real medicine after fake medicine failed her
I wasn’t sure if I should do this post, mainly because I could find so little information to elaborate on a bit of information that I discovered. Then I thought about it a bit more. Perhaps my not being able to find out will illustrate my point better than a detailed progress report on a…
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 3, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Naturopathy Popular culture Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Carissa Gleeson sarcoma Tijuana Ty Bollinger Source Type: blogs
No alternative medicine ever disappears when shown to be ineffective: The case of laetrile
I recently took a review course in general surgery to prepare for my board recertification examination in December and realized just how much the standard of care had changed in the decade since I last recertified. Then I learned that laetrile is still a thing. If there's one thing that demonstrates the difference between alternative medicine and real medicine, it's how no alternative medicine treatment ever goes away, no matter how often it's shown not to work. Ever.
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 1, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking amygdalin laetrile vitamin B17 Source Type: blogs
A physicist clueless about cancer lectures cancer biologists on … cancer!
Paul Davies is a physicist turned Brave Maverick Cancer Researcher who thinks that, as an outsider, he's had an insight to the origin of cancer. The problem is that his "insight" is 100 years old. Scientists rejected it long ago because it doesn't fit with the evidence and produces no promising strategies to improve cancer care. Naturally, Davies cries "Big pharma!"
Source: Respectful Insolence - July 18, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Evolution Science Skepticism/critical thinking atavism atavistic oncology Newsweek Paul Davies Source Type: blogs
Sen. Ron Johnson threatens to obstruct passage of the bill funding the FDA if “ right-to-try ” language isn ’ t added
"Right-to-try" laws claim to help terminally patients by allowing them access to experimental drugs before they are approved, when, in fact, their purpose is to undermine and weaken the FDA and such laws strip legal and regulatory protections from patients using such drugs. Now advocates are making a new push to pass right-to-try by embedding it in the very law that funds the FDA. They might succeed if they encounter no opposition from constituents.
Source: Respectful Insolence - July 17, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Politics Goldwater Institute PDUFA Prescription Drug User Fee Act right to try Ron Johnson Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act of 2017 Source Type: blogs
Here ’s something completely different for low back pain
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It’s a question that has challenged generations of patients and their doctors. The answer has changed over the years. When I was in medical school in the early 1980s, bedrest for a week or more was often recommended for severe back pain. This sometimes included hospital admission. Then, research demonstrated that prolonged bedrest was actually a bad idea. It was no better (and often worse) than taking it easy for a day or two followed by slowly increasing activity, including stretching and strengthening the back.
Medications, including pain relievers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory dru...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Back Pain Complementary and alternative medicine Health Injuries Pain Management Source Type: blogs
You can do yoga: A simple 15-minute morning routine
June 21 is International Yoga Day
Yoga has several scientifically proven benefits for the mind and body. Yoga improves your strength and flexibility, reduces stress, and boosts your immune system. Yoga can also reduce fatigue, improve sleep, and invigorate the body and mind for people who are recovering from medical illnesses, including cancer survivors. Start your day with this simple 15-minute routine that includes several important elements of yoga, including breathing techniques, movement, and beginner’s meditation. The key to reaping the benefits of yoga is to practice regularly and consistently without any self-cri...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Marlynn Wei, MD, JD Tags: Behavioral Health Complementary and alternative medicine Exercise and Fitness Mental Health Yoga Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 12th 2017
In this study, we focused on two pathways of cardiomyocytes or heart cells: the Hippo pathway, which is involved in stopping renewal of adult cardiomyocytes, and the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) pathway, essential for cardiomyocyte normal functions."
Previous work had hinted that components of the DGC pathway may somehow interact with members of the Hippo pathway. The researchers genetically engineered mice to lack genes involved in one or both pathways, and then determined the ability of the heart to repair an injury. These studies showed for the first time that dystroglycan 1, a component of the DGC pathw...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 11, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
An Update on the Work of Oisin Biotechnologies: Building Therapies for Aging, Cancer, and Other Conditions by Targeting Harmful Cells for Destruction
Oisin Biotechnologies is a creation of our core community of longevity advocates, researchers, philanthropists, and others. The present CEO, Gary Hudson, was one of the first donors to support the newly formed Methuselah Foundation fifteen years ago. The company's seed funding was provided by the Methuselah Foundation and SENS Research Foundation a few years ago. A number of people in the audience here, myself included, invested in the company early last year in order to support this initiative. The initial goal of development at Oisin Biotechnologies is the targeted destruction of senescent cells, a path to produce one of...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 5, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Cassandra Callender ’ s cancer is progressing, and the quackery didn ’ t stop it. Let ’ s hope real medicine can.
Cassandra Callender made national news a couple of years ago when at age 17 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and refused chemotherapy. The court ordered that she undergo appropriate treatment, but unfortunately she relapsed and chose treatment at a quack clinic in Mexico. Continuing to progress, she finally chose real medicine to treat her cancer. Let's hope that it's not too late to save her.
Source: Respectful Insolence - June 5, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking AARSOTA Autologous Antigen Receptor Specific Oncogenic Target Acquisition cannabis Cassandra Callender coffee enema Hodgkin' Source Type: blogs
Cassandra Callender ’ s cancer is progressing, and the quackery isn ’ t stopping it
Cassandra Callender made national news a couple of years ago when at age 17 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and refused chemotherapy. The court ordered that she undergo appropriate treatment, but unfortunately she relapsed. Now she's being treated at a quack clinic in Mexico even as her cancer relentlessly progresses.
Source: Respectful Insolence - June 5, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking AARSOTA Autologous Antigen Receptor Specific Oncogenic Target Acquisition cannabis Cassandra Callender coffee enema Hodgkin' Source Type: blogs
More on Olivia
I am beginning to think I am her fan or something as this is my third post about her.... but once again I am blogging about Olivia Newton John and her cancer recurrence. I have another problem with her and her recurrence. This is it in her statement about what her plans are for recurrence:" I decided on my direction of therapies after consultation with my doctors and natural therapists... "Her plan is to focus on radiation and natural therapies.... I don ' t have a problem with natural therapies but I do have a problem with their use without additional medical therapies.I used to work with a woman who was diagnosed with br...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 4, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: alternative medicine cancer treatment Source Type: blogs
