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...hospitals have provided initial funding of $50 million and lend their huge patient bases and banks of genetic information to the endeavor...
...with a vote on the Brownback legislation likely before Memorial Day, Harvard and a group of 68 other organizations—known as the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR)—are redoubling efforts to defeat the bill. CAMR is made up of academic institutions, patient advocacy groups, medical societies and biomedical industry groups...
Ultimately, both Mazzaschi and Corlette said that the coalition’s success will hinge on whether patient advocacy groups can make the case for the new therapies...
Forecasting can even save lives. Analyzing variables from claims, patient surveys and lab tests, health plan Hawaii Medical Associates of Honolulu identifies which of its 40,000 diabetic members are most likely to end up in the hospital. A consultant's software program, Enterprise Miner from SAS Institute, based in Cary, N.C., sometimes finds patterns that don't appear in any medical textbook. "Someone with high cholesterol, diabetes and one hospitalization may not be at the same risk as a person with the same profile on a certain type of medication," says medical director Richard Chung, "but the program would...
Breslow had entered the weekend with the league’s lowest ERA (1.67). On Saturday, though, the Harvard hitters were patient with Breslow and it paid off. During the Crimson’s five-run fourth inning, the team drew three consecutive walks, all on 3-2 counts...