Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death in women, in the United States. However, little is known about breast cancer in women in their early 40s and younger. Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, who founded and directs the Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer at Dana-Farber [...]
Recognizing the challenges of covering women’s sexual health and education in consumer media, The Women’s Sexual Health Foundation (TWSHF) has announced its first ever Media Award. To be presented annually, the award will recognize an outstanding media professional whose work has broadened the knowledge and understanding of women’s sexual [...]
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that Betaseron(R)* (interferon beta-1b), its treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), will soon be available with a new 30-gauge needle, which will be the thinnest needle of any injectable disease-modifying therapy for people with MS. The new needle is as thin as the needle commonly used for [...]
Statement by Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs, Premier healthcare alliance
The Premier healthcare alliance commends Representative Jason Altmire (D-PA) for introducing the Quality FIRST Act, a bill that would implement hospital value-based purchasing on a national scale in Medicare. Representative Altmire’s expertise in hospitals and healthcare has clearly come into play in crafting [...]
The University of Pittsburgh’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community PARTners Program and the Research Network Development Core at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC will host a Mental Health and Wellness Lecture Series to inform the public of new discoveries into the causes and treatments of mental health illnesses. The series is free [...]
