Report: Nearly 85% Of Pharmaceutical Sales Completed Through Healthcare Distributors In 2008   A report published by the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research, the research foundation of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), indicates that in 2008, that $253 bill...

Middle Aged Men Lose 10 To 15 Years Of Life If They Smoke, Have High Blood Pressure And Cholesterol, Large Study Middle aged men who smoke, have high blood pressure and high cholesterol can expect to live 10 to 15 years less than their healthy counterparts, according to a large UK study that fol...

Advances In Radiation Therapy For Cancer: NCI Science Writers Seminar   What Please join us for a science writers' seminar to discuss new treatments, technologies and research advances in radiation therapy for cancer. The opening of the new Roberts Proton Therapy Center at Penn Medicine, ...

Research Needed To Learn Which DCIS Patients May Be Candidates For Less Invasive Therapy Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common non-invasive lesion of the breast, presents unique challenges for patients and providers largely because the natural course of the untreated disease is not we...