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Cost concerns lead to cancer treatment delays, nonadherence
Hospital-based financial navigators may help cancer patients negotiate the intricacies of insurance coverage, experts suggest.
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These adverse events linked to improved cancer prognosis
Emerging evidence suggests that cutaneous immune-related adverse events may be linked with favorable outcomes among patients with cancer who...
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Cancer incidence has increased in patients under age 50
“Prevention and early detection measures are urgently required, along with identifying optimal treatment strategies for early-onset cancers, which...
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Worm pulled from woman’s brain in case that ‘stunned’
“When you operate on a brain, you don’t expect to find anything alive.”
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Glaucoma: A hidden threat to vision health rising swiftly
The fact that glaucoma’s symptoms are slow to develop, coupled with a lack of access to eye specialists many Americans face, makes the disease...
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Nationwide hematologists shortage: What’s being done?
Efforts are underway to alleviate an acute shortage of U.S. physicians who’ve been trained to treat hemostasis, thrombosis and other blood...
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Patient With Leukocytosis and Persistent Dry Cough
An 83-year-old man who was a nonsmoker with no history of systemic disease was transferred to the Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System...
Program Profile
Implementation of an Automated Phone Call Distribution System in an Inpatient Pharmacy Setting
Pharmacy call centers have been successfully implemented in outpatient and specialty pharmacy settings.
COVID-19 News
Using Active Surveillance to Identify Monoclonal Antibody Candidates Among COVID-19–Positive Veterans in the Atlanta VA Health Care System
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, monoclonal antibody (Mab) therapy was the only outpatient therapy for patients with...
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Salute to Service Dogs
Ever since their domestication about 20,000 years ago, dogs have been cherished for their indomitable and generous...