Americans spend nearly $2 trillion a year on health care, but that’s about $1 trillion
more than what Americans should be spending for what they’re getting in return.
That’s the bold assertion of Paul O’Neill, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under
President George W. Bush. Read about IV waste at USA hospitals.
Rand Corporation, Paul O'Neill's Getting Full Value from Our Health System
After three decades of research and development, advances in cancer therapy are
finally bearing fruit and fulfilling the promise of improved outcomes for million of
other medical sector. The size of the market has doubled in the last five years. The
outlook for further growth has never been better. Cancer Goes Commercial, IMS
It is anticipated that [new molecules that target a mechanism, rather than a
particular cancer] will be widely utilized through new combinations with existing
chemotherapy treatments. Currently applied protocols will thus undergo thorough
rewriting. There will be new associations (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy) with
variable sequences.
The Protocol Revolution: By 2009, Most Chemotherapy Protocols Will be Re-written
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In 8 days last summer, the same dangerous inflammation struck 3 cardiac surgery
patients at Mary Washington Hospital within hours of their operations. On
Sept. 2, one man died. The hospital later determined that at least 11 cardiac
surgery patients were stricken during a 10-month period from the end of December
2004 to September 2005, and three died. The illnesses and deaths drew attention to
a practice few patients know about: Some drugs, including high-risk sterile
preparations, are made in pharmacies under less-restrictive rules than those that
drug companies follow. Death Spur Debate about drugs made in Pharmacies
CytoCare