_____________________________________________________________________ Our series on Pain Management continues this week with insight on how clinicians assess pain. We spoke with Bryan Jensen, PhD, a clinical health psychology postdoctoral fellow at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, where he treats inpatients and outpatients with chronic pain as well as facilitates…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ By Emily Burke, Ph.D., Director of Curriculum Development, BiotechPrimer.com Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Biotech Primer Weekly. For more of the science behind the headlines, please subscribe. The Science Behind Opiods The opioid addiction epidemic gained attention at the highest levels of U.S. policy circles this past…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ By Krista Zodet, President, HealthWell Foundation I remember visiting my grandmother in the hospital in late 1989. She was in the final stages of pancreatic cancer; her hospitalization was primarily meant to keep her comfortable until her passing. She had a “button” that added morphine into her IV line. …more.
_____________________________________________________________________ Real World Health Care concludes its series on non-small cell lung cancer by speaking with Erica Carpenter, MBA, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Carpenter also serves as Director of the Circulating Tumor Material…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ Continuing our series on non-small cell lung cancer, this week Real World Health Care speaks with Lecia V. Sequist, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Mary B. Soltonstall endowed chair in oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Sequist’s research focuses on studying novel…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ This week, Real World Health Care talks with Edward B. Garon, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Health. He specializes in hematology and oncology, with an interest in lung cancer and chest malignancies. Dr. Garon’s research focuses on the testing and…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ As part of our series on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Real World Health Care spoke with Hossein Borghaei, D.O., in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, which is part of the Temple Health System. Dr. Borghaei serves as Chief, Thoracic Medical Oncology; Director, Lung Cancer…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ This week, Real World Health Care speaks with lung cancer specialist, Gregory Masters, MD, FASCO, attending physician at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and associate professor at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical School. In addition to being Fellow of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Dr. Masters is…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ As part of our series on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Real World Health Care spoke with Susan J. Rappaport, MPH, vice president for research and scientific affairs, American Lung Association. Rappaport provides leadership and direction in the development and implementation of the American Lung Association public health education…more.
_____________________________________________________________________ By Emily Burke, Ph.D., Director of Curriculum Development, BiotechPrimer.com Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Biotech Primer Weekly. For more of the science behind the headlines, please subscribe. The hit TV series Breaking Bad featured anti-hero Walter White, who starts out as a sympathetic character: a mild-mannered high…more.
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