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Money in Medicine Report
In late November, a report was released that focused on money in medicine, and the top thirty drugs that were associated with pharmaceutical industry payments to Oregon doctors. Interestingly, the top thirty list did not include many drugs that are known to be household names. For example, the top three drugs – Bydureon, Invokana, and Toujeo – are prescribed for diabetes, a highly prevalent disease in America. Three others on the list are prescribed for multiple sclerosis, a debilitating condition that is incurable and can be hard to live with. Hysingla, an abuse-deterrent hydrocodone pill, is also high on the list. A...
Source: Policy and Medicine - December 5, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs

The Uncertainty Bomb
By PAUL KECKLEY I like certainty and routine. I like my daily Tall Dark Roast with no room for cream at 5 am at Starbucks. I like the same restaurants, the same suits and ties and the same TV shows. Holidays throw me off and I get bored quickly when I have down time. For six years, the healthcare industry in the U.S. has been adjusting to its new normal based on the regulatory framework of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It became routine to discuss the volume to value, accountable care organizations, bundled payments, Medicaid expansion and Healthcare.gov. We were certain they’d be around for years to come. Then came th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Movember: Stashing prostate and testicular cancer awareness into the limelight
Since 2003, the Movember movement has been raising public awareness of testicular and prostate cancer. The common theme that links cancers of all types is that early detection tends to lead to better outcomes. Because cancer often has no symptoms in its early stages, screening for cancer has been an integral part of primary care routine visits. I go for an annual physical every year. Do I really need to do self-examinations? Although routine screening by a health care provider is critical, it does not alleviate the need for self-examinations. In terms of gender-specific cancers, breast cancer is one that receives a great d...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paul G. Mathew, MD, FAAN, FAHS Tags: Cancer Health Men's Health Prevention Prostate Health Screening Source Type: blogs

Eleven Years of Thanks: PAF
In 2004, LIVESTRONG demonstrated its commitment to cancer survivors and their families by creating SurvivorCare, now known asLIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation, to help them with their practical, emotional and physical concerns. As we worked to understand what survivors needed the most, we learned that people really needed help with managing finances and understanding insurance. Our search for organizations that were experts in helping individuals navigate the financial aspects of the healthcare system led us to thePatient Advocate Foundation (PAF). PAF has helped people with chronic, life-threatening or debilitating illnesses s...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - November 16, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years
A pair of recent studies provides useful information to men facing challenging decisions about what to do after being diagnosed with early prostate cancer. Researchers tracked men for 10 years and found that virtually none died of the illness, even if they decided against treating it. Early prostate tumors confined to the prostate gland often grow slowly and may not need immediate treatment. Instead, these tumors can be monitored and treated only if they begin to progress. In one of the studies, British researchers randomly assigned 1,643 men with early prostate cancer into three groups: one group had surgery to remove the...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Cancer Health Men's Health Prostate Health Source Type: blogs

Metals in Medicine
.rig img {width:80px;height:60px;} An exhibit called “Minerals in Medicine” opened at the NIH Clinical Center last month (see slideshow). The display features a fascinating overview of how dozens of minerals are used to create drugs and medical instruments useful in treating disease and maintaining health. The minerals ranged from commonplace ones like quartz, which is used to make medical instruments, to more exotic ones like huebnerite, a source of the metal tungsten, which is used in radiation shielding. Inspired by this collection, which is co-sponsored by NIH and the Smithsonian Institution, we highlight here exa...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 14, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Chris Palmer Tags: Chemistry and Biochemistry Cell Biology Cellular Imaging Cellular Processes Cool Images Metals Source Type: blogs

NxThera ’s Rezūm Provides a New Treatment Option for Patients with BPH: Interview with CEO of NxThera
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlargement of the prostate gland, affects about half of men between the age of 51 and 60 and up to 90% of men over the age of 80. Symptoms include difficulty with initiating urination, weak urine flow, post-voi...
Source: Medgadget - November 10, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Kenan Raddawi Tags: Exclusive Urology Source Type: blogs

Infant Language Degrading When Applied to Seniors
Dear Carol:  My dad was cured of prostate cancer in his 60s but he was left incontinent so he must wear protection. It makes me furious when people who know of his surgery ask me if he now needs diapers. Many of them ask out of fear because they know someone with prostate cancer who needs treatment. I understand their fear but the question has even been whispered in situations where I know Dad might hear them. It’s as if because he had cancer he now has no hearing or no mind. Dad is now in his early 70s. He’s smart and physically fit. He just happens to be a cancer survivor who is incontinent.  How do...
Source: Minding Our Elders - November 5, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Carol Bradley Bursack Source Type: blogs

November Supporter of the Month: Jack Gray
Jack Gray has been a LIVESTRONG Leader and longtime volunteer for many years. He is currently retired from his teaching career in instrumental music and now spends his days working part time as a student travel planner. In his spare time, he enjoys woodworking and spending time with his grandchildren.November Supporter of the Month: Jack GrayLS: How did you become involved with LIVESTRONGJack:When I was first diagnosed with Stage IV Prostate Cancer, a friend gave me a wristband and suggested I visit your web site. The positive reinforcement and the inspiration I received from Lance and the Foundation helped me get through...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - November 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

No, the PSA test probably didn ’ t save Ben Stiller ’ s life
A frequent topic of discussion on this blog is the concept of overdiagnosis. It’s a topic I’ve been writing about regularly since around 2007 or so and is defined as the detection in an asymptomatic person of disease that, if left alone, would never progress to endanger that person’s life or well-being within his or…
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 7, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Biology Cancer Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking Ben Stiller lead time bias length bias metastatic disease overdiagnosis overtreatment prostate cancer psa Source Type: blogs

How clickbait headlines affect prostate cancer diagnosis and management
Our culture has taken a strange turn where the truth is relative, and where conspiracy theories rule the day. News sources and social networks are rife with political agendas, fake articles, and disguised advertisements. This chaos harms our social welfare, but can also impact physical health. Misleading news reports of new clinical studies make it difficult to discern medical fact from fiction. I spend hours in clinic justifying recommendations to patients when they conflict with something they read on Facebook. Some patients think I have a hidden agenda or think I am ignorant and uninformed. In principle, I adhere to evi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/matthew-n-simmons" rel="tag" > Matthew N. Simmons, MD, PhD < /a > Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs

Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread
This study suggests a different and very novel way of thinking about how to manage men who present with metastatic prostate cancer,” said Dr. Marc Garnick, the Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and editor in chief of HarvardProstateKnowledge.org. “There are other cancers where treating the primary cancer in the setting of metastatic disease has been associated with improvements — and this study provides an important impetus to consider this option both in the context of clinical studies and individualized patient selection.” Related Post:Long-t...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Cancer Health Men's Health Prostate Health Source Type: blogs

Beware how the affect heuristic filters your view of data
The Spock in us would like to see data as hard, fixed, and totally interpretable.  The Dr. McCoy in us understands that data do not have those properties.  Nietzsche once wrote, “There are no facts, only interpretations” In fact we always interpret “facts” in light of our biases.  Our filters come from our preconceived opinions.  If we like something, we give great value to “data” that support that belief, while we de-emphasize the negative findings.  Vice versa works also. When you watch the debate, if you like Hiliary Clinton you will cheer her pronouncements and believe them true...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - September 26, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs

Zinc-sensitive MRI contrast agent in prostate: Potential Use in Future
In an article published in PNAS vol. 113 no. 37, M. Veronica Clavijo Jordan, E5464 –E5471 by M. Veronica Clavijo Jordan use of since sensitive MR contrast media has been advocated as a potential future role in differentiating prostatic lesions. "Authors demonstrated that secretion of Zn(II) ions from normal, healthy prostate tissue is stimulated by glucose in fasted mice and that release of Zn(II) can be monitored by MRI. They observed 50% increase in water proton signal enhancement is observed in T1-weighted images of the healthy mouse prostate after infusion of a Gd-based Zn(II) ...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - September 25, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs

Big data equals big challenges for prostate cancer
The term “big data” is a favorite mantra of health care today. Big data sets are starting to drive much of what is done in medicine including directing research, drug development, clinical pathways, insurance coverage and public opinion. The official definition of “big data” in health care is subject to interpretation by different sources. One dictionary defines big data as “data of a very large size, typically to the extent that its manipulation and management present significant logistical challenges.” According to another definition, health care data are considered “big” if it represents many more subjec...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/leonard-g-gomella" rel="tag" > Leonard G. Gomella, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs