Smarmore Castle in Ireland is hiring a Medical Director for their addiction treatment center. This role involves overseeing the medical care of patients, managing admissions, detoxification, and treatment plans, as well as ensuring clinical leadership, healthcare compliance, and quality assurance. The desired candidate should have a medical degree, specialty in psychiatry or substance misuse training,…
A new study published in the Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia journal validates a new tool called the Values and Preferences Elicitation Questionnaire – Cure and Survival Preference Scale (VPEQ-CSPS) for identifying the values and preferences of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). The tool aims to incorporate patient values and preferences into MM treatment decisions…
Genetic testing company Invitae has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, aiming to continue operations using existing cash and seeking to sell its business. The San Francisco-based company seeks approval to use cash on hand to fund the case and has listed assets of $500 million to $1 billion and liabilities of $1 billion to $10…
Readers wrote health policy valentines about prescription drug pricing, medical debt, and primary care shortages. The winning entries were turned into cartoons by staff illustrator Oona Tempest. Jennifer Reck’s poem talked about traveling to a place where drugs cost less, and Sunshine Moore Anger’s poem described the relief of not having cancer but being in…
The article discusses a study that found that macular neovascularization (MNV) and complete retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and outer retina atrophy (cRORA) continue to grow even with frequent anti-VEGF treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. The growth of MNV was observed to be continuous, while cRORA developed in association with increasing MNV size. Researchers also…
A leaked draft agreement between India and the European Free Trade Association has sparked concerns over access to affordable generic medicines. The agreement, which is expected to be concluded by April, proposes changes to India’s patent and regulatory laws, including granting six years of data exclusivity to drug manufacturers. This would give brand-name drugmakers an…
Elinor Cleghorn’s book “Unwell Women” outlines the historical bias in medicine’s approach to women’s health. Women have been excluded from clinical trials, and their health needs have been seen as limited to reproductive issues. However, in recent years, companies have capitalized on women’s health as a source of profit, using feminist language to promote their…
A new study from the University of Cambridge suggests that school uniform policies could be restricting physical activity among young people, especially primary school-aged girls. The research, published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science, used data from over a million 5-17-year-olds internationally. The study found that in countries where most schools require uniforms,…
Researchers explored the factors influencing cytokine release, an essential component of the body’s immunological response. The study involved 1,000 participants and measured the levels of various cytokines after immunological activation. The study revealed that smoking, CMV latent infection, and body mass index were significant drivers of cytokine response variability. Smoking was associated with inflammation and…
In 2018, Michael B. Greene, PhD, was contacted by a woman who might be his biological daughter. He donated sperm in the 1970s as a graduate student in New York City and had signed an anonymity contract. With the rise of DNA tests, she and her sister hired a genealogist to track down Greene, which…
