Sentences with phrase «decisions about medicines»

We believe that robust and reliable scientific evidence should be at the heart of decisions about medicines because it is open to check and challenge.

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A congressional committee has demanded that Shkreli appear at a hearing about his decision to raise the price of a lifesaving medicine by more than 5,000 percent.

When you reject the resources of modern medicine, for whatever reason, on the grounds that nothing bad will happen, it is inevitable that others will speculate about the wisdom of that decision.

This year, proposals to require the state parole board to post information about its appeals decisions online and order the state to develop a plan for delivering medicine to hospitals during emergencies were among the measures that passed unanimously, but were vetoed.

These and other findings from a new study conducted by researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, offer the first clinical recommendations for making diagnostic decisions about headaches in pregnant women.

A panel of experts convened in 2007 by the prestigious Institute of Medicine estimated that «well below half» of the procedures doctors perform and the decisions they make about surgeries, drugs, and tests have been adequately investigated and shown to be effective.

Expeditionary medicine is about good decisions coupled with preparation.

Information about what was done, and what was found in these trials could be lost forever, leading to bad treatment decisions, missed opportunities for good medicine, and trials being repeated unnecessarily.

Paired with a mentor who aimed to give him a broad look at the intersection of health services research and medicine, Neiman worked on a paper about total knee replacement, a project surveying part of the FDA's drug approval process, and another study about shared decision - making between patients and doctors.

About Elsevier Health Elsevier Health is a leading publisher of health science books and journals, helping to advance medicine by delivering superior education, reference information and decision support tools to doctors, nurses, health practitioners and students.

«In this age of shared decision - making and cost transparency, the patient needs to be an important part of the decision about which anticoagulant strategy to choose,» says Barnes, a clinical lecturer in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Functional medicine doctor Mark Hyman breaks down the latest in what we know about food, from why sugar is a recreational drug to the best decision...

Oram adds that labs like CW Analytical empower patients and doctors to make informed decisions about their alternative medicine options.

Steve is on the podcast today talking about his transition into Functional Medicine and his practical application of our Blood Chemistry Calculator to guide treatment decisions and keep clients motivated.

This functional medicine viewpoint can help you make an informed decision about contraception, or give you insight into buffering potential consequences.

The new study isn't «a green light to use hormone therapy for Alzheimer's or dementia prevention,» says Victor W. Henderson, M.D., an epidemiologist and professor of neurology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, in Stanford, Calif. «It does provide some reassurance that if a woman is considering hormone therapy for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms, concerns about Alzheimer's disease should not impact [her] decision.»

We have long believed that veterinary professionals are uniquely qualified and should play a central role in decisions about the use of antibiotic medicines in animals.

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The practice of shelter medicine means veterinarians with special training in the needs of shelter animals are in charge of making decisions and policy about their care and well - being in animal shelters.

IBM has created a new predictive analytics software that can be used to collect huge amounts of complex information about wildlife - such as what people think about them, where the animals are located, why they are hunted, how everything from education level to access to medicines impacts their decisions - and figure out the best areas to focus conservation efforts.

Another speaker, Denis Horgan, the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine's executive director, said the event was an opportunity to discuss Big Data and advances in genetics together with patient involvement in decision - making about their own treatment.

The Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania unites leaders in the social sciences, medicine, computer science, and neuroscience to improve daily decisions about health, education, and savings.