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Specialised services clinical commissioning policies and service specification: sixth wave consultation
NHS England - This consultation seeks feedback and comments on a variety of clinical commissioning policies and service specifications including treatments for skin cancer, heart transplants and hypertension. This consultation closes on 3 April 2016. Consultation Press release
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Commissioning Consultations Source Type: blogs

Data Simplification: Hitting the Complexity Barrier
Conclusions have no value until they are independently validated. Anyone who attempts to stay current in the sciences soon learns that much of the published literature is irreproducible (8); and that almost anything published today might be retracted tomorrow. This appalling truth applies to some of the most respected and trusted laboratories in the world (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16). Those of us who have been involved in assessing the rate of progress in disease research are painfully aware of the numerous reports indicating a general slowdown in medical progress (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23),...
Source: Specified Life - March 5, 2016 Category: Information Technology Tags: complexity computer science data analysis data repurposing data simplification data wrangling information science simplifying data taming data Source Type: blogs

Reopening Development of β-secretase Inhibitors as a Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
One approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is to interfere in the production of β-amyloid rather than trying to clear it after it has been produced. Insofar as Alzheimer's is a disease of amyloid accumulation, the evidence suggests it results from a gradual failure of clearance and filtration mechanisms operating on cerebrospinal fluid, and amyloid levels are fairly dynamic on a short time frame. This makes blocking production more viable here than in age-related conditions where the causative metabolic waste accumulates and clears only slowly. One possible way to block production is to interfere with the protei...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 26, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

The Deadly Disease You Don’t Hear Enough About
Ovarian cancer is always the bridesmaid, never the bride. At weddings, there’s a reason we focus on the bride. It’s her big event. She’s the center of attention, and rightly so. But sometimes, the bridesmaid’s speech has more to tell us — and we should listen. We hear a lot about breast cancer. It affects a quarter of a million women and is fatal 15 to 20 percent of the time. Breast cancer is a serious and important disease that merits the time, money, and resources we spend on funding and public awareness each year. But what do you know about ovarian cancer, a disease with a fatality rate of 65 to 70 percent? Fo...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Cancer Women Veterans Source Type: blogs

A Year in Review: FDA 2015 New Drug Approvals
The approval of first-of-a-kind drugs rose last year to forty-one, resulting in the highest level of newly approved U.S. drugs in nineteen years. The total number of new drugs approved last year was even higher at sixty-nine. The rising figures reflect an industry-wide desire to research and develop drugs for rare and hard-to-treat diseases. The newly approved drugs serve to advance medical care and the health of patients suffering from many ailments, including various forms of cancer, heart failure, and cystic fibrosis. Additionally, more than 40% of the new therapies were approved for treatment of rare or "orphan" dise...
Source: Policy and Medicine - January 13, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs

Best of 2015: Why Don’t We Take Tanning As Seriously As Tobacco?
Back in May being to celebrate Skin Cancer Awareness Month and in tandem with our event we co-hosted with the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program, The Hazards and Allure of Indoor Tanning Beds on College Campuses we are ran a series on skin cancer.  Today’s best of 2015 posts is from that series. In 2009, upon review of the science on tanning beds and cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer assigned tanning beds a class 1 carcinogen, joining tobacco and asbestos in the highest classification of harm. In spite of this development, skin cancer rates have steadily climbed over the last 3 d...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - December 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Source Type: blogs

PhRMA Disowns Companies Like Valeant and Turing
CEO of Turing has more on his plate today than ever before, as Martin Shkreli was arrested for securities violations. Recently, PhRMA CEO and President, Stephen J. Ubi, wrote an editorial for The Hill's Congress Blog, where he once again reiterated that companies like Turing and Valeant do not represent the pharmaceutical industry as a whole. Ubi opened his op-ed by stating that PhRMA actually welcomes the conversation that is starting to develop over drug pricing, because he believes "that the longer and deeper the discussion goes, the better lawmakers and the general public will understand the true, profound value these...
Source: Policy and Medicine - December 18, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs

More Research into the Details of the Harm Done to the Aged Immune System by Cytomegalovirus
This study presents a uniquely detailed analysis of the γδ T-cells, in younger and older people with a carefully characterized background. In the same subjects, we also assessed αβ T-cells, and found strong associations of CD8+ αβ T-cells, Vδ1+, other (Vδ1-Vδ2-) with age and also with CMV-seropositivity. The CD4:CD8 ratios were lower in old CMV-seropositive than in seronegative individuals. We found increased Vδ1:Vδ2-ratios associated with CMV in the old, similar to what is reported in cancer, supporting the theory of dual reactivity of γδ T-cells. It remains to be determined whether the increased Vδ1+ compar...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 14, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Is Hoof Maker cream for horses really good for your nails? Episode 111
This study is often quoted as saying it worked better than or as well as 4% hydroquinone but 4 weeks is not long enough to judge that and again, and this was not about hexylresorcinol itself .” Finally, the website Truth in Aging says… ”HR’s ability to target pathways in the skin that lead to hyperpigmentation has propelled it into the skin lightening ingredient category. There is also thought that Hexylresorcinol has more benefits as well, including an ability to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, increase protection against UVB and UVA rays, and improve the skin’s barrier against pollution an...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - December 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs

Scores of Labs Should be Gearing Up to Work on Glucosepane Cross-Link Breakers, But Are They?
As we age skin and blood vessels lose their elasticity. People care too much about the skin and too little about the blood vessels, but that is always the way of it. Appearance first and substance later, if at all. Yet you can live inside an aged skin; beyond the raised risk of skin cancer its damaged state arguably only makes life less pleasant, and the present state of medical science can ensure that the numerous age-related dermatological dysfunctions can be kept to a state of minor inconvenience. Loss of blood vessel elasticity, on the other hand, will steadily destroy your health and then kill you. Arterial stiffening...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 8, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs

Why we need to pay attention to lung cancer
In the past year, the CHEST Foundation, the foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians, has created public service announcements and surveyed fans at sporting events such as the Daytona 500, Green Bay Packers football games, and the Indy 500. We’ve asked them questions about lung cancer, and the answers we’ve received aren’t too surprising. When asked, “What is the leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women in the United States?” Many confidently answered with breast cancer, skin cancer, and colon cancer. The correct answer? Lung cancer. This should come as no surprise to any of us. Public awa...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 29, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs

Is it okay to have alcohol in your skin care products? Episode 105
Support the Beauty Brains by signing up for a free trail at Audible.com. Does bee venom cause eye puffiness?  Tune in to listen to Perry’s amazing story to find out. (Hint: check out the picture.) Is amniotic fluid the next hot anti-aging ingredient? Have you heard about this new trend in skin care? Amniotic fluid. Well, at least that is what is being claimed by this story in Stylecaster. Or is it? The headline to the story is “Amniotic Fluid is a Growing Trend in Skin Car”. So I thought right away that I would be reading a story about amniotic fluid in beauty products. Which seems pretty weird to me. How could...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - October 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs

Getting (to the Value) of Value In Health Care
By SUSAN DENTZER How would you judge the value of your health care? A longstanding definition of treatment holds that value is the health outcomes achieved for the dollars spent. Yet behind that seemingly simple formula lies much complexity. Think about it: Calculating outcomes and costs for treating a short-term acute condition, such as a child’s strep throat, may be easy. But it’s far harder to pinpoint value in a long-term serious illness such as advanced cancer, in which both both the outcomes and costs of treating a given individual—let alone a population with a particular cancer—may be unknown for years. And ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB PCORI Physicians Robert Wood Johnson Theranos Value value-based care Source Type: blogs

The absurdly effective skin cancer PSA that will make you think twice about tanning
ZDoggMD educates with another epic Taylor Swift parody video.  Share to promote skin cancer prevention and sun protection! Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Video Cancer Dermatology Source Type: blogs

The public diagnosis of cancer and how President Carter did it right
President Jimmy Carter has been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. Recently, he gave a press conference where he discussed the history of his illness, his plans for treatment, and answered questions from the media. It was superb. Carter, now 90 years old, demonstrated an impressive understanding of his medical circumstance. As someone who thinks and writes on patient empowerment, here are my favorite moments: 1:52 — Carter explains that his liver abnormality was found via MRI, quickly correcting the word “cancer” to “growth, a tumor,” demonstrating his knowledge of the limitations of that modality. In the n...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 4, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Conditions Cancer Dermatology Source Type: blogs