Sunday, December 6, 2009

$30,000/Mo. Cancer Drug

NyTimes has a story about Folotyn a chemotherapy drug for peripheral T-cell lymphoma. It was approved by the FDA and only helps shrinks tumors.

These drugs are used on other of the 180+ cancers but gives you an example of the $ involved in in the $50 billion/yr. spent on cancer treatment.

The cancer action now a non-profit company dealing with cancer patients. The above story is a part of this organization's concern.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Computerized Clinical Trials

This is an adjuvant to Human Clinical Trials. Computerized modelling of the human body.

Placebo Effect

The Increasing power of the Placebo Effect.
There is a reason that it works.