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After shingles damaged her vision, this former eye surgeon looked for a way to keep it from happening to others

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  At the time, in 2008, Cohen was director of the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. But the next day, as she was pushing her hair back on that side of her head, she noticed a blister near the hairline. She knew immediately what it was: shingles. 

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Cross-border ‘twinning programs’ may reduce survival disparities for childhood leukemia

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In 2008, researchers and clinicians at Rady Children’s Hospital, the University of California, San Diego, and Hospital General-Tijuana created one of these twinning programs, where two “sister hospitals” share training, expertise, research, and other resources for the mutual benefit of patients in both countries.

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Treatment shows strong potential for ALK-driven neuroblastoma

European Pharmaceutical Review

In 2008, the ALK gene was found to hold a key role in the disease. Lorlatinib – could it change standard treatment for neouroblastoma? “This is in a population known to have inferior survival with standard-of-care, high-risk therapy,” Goldsmith explained.

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A glance back to Pharma Integrates, London 2022 – part ii

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Modern healthcare: the NHS is a failing system Berry began by reflecting on Lord Prior’s curriculum vitae: barrister, trained in finance, MP, chair of Norwich hospital trust, health minister, life sciences minister, chair of NHS England – she quipped that he was ‘definitely qualified’ for the event. Highly unlikely.”

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The hidden danger of isolated congenital asplenia

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When I was buckling him into his car seat to take him to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, his eyes just rolled back in his head.”. Neighbours started CPR immediately, and when the first responders arrived, and they rushed Travis to hospital by ambulance. Allison, who wasn’t allowed into the emergency room, could do nothing but wait.

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How real human experiences can power a healthier future

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The triple aim considers how we balance the needs of the individual with pressures on our health systems and, in a phrase coined by Berwick, Nola and Whittington in 2008, it is defined as: Improving an individual’s experience of care. Improving the health of populations. Reducing the per capita costs of care.

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SMC gives Bayer’s CKD therapy Kerendia the green light in Scotland

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According to Diabetes UK, the prevalence of T2D is on the rise in Scotland – with a 40% increase in diagnosed cases recorded between 2008-2018 – and now, more than 300,000 people are living with T2D in Scotland, including those not yet diagnosed.