Archive for August 20, 2008

Beating Depression For Cancer Patients

A new treatment programme for cancer patients with clinical depression can significantly boost their quality of life according to new research published in the Lancet.
Cancer Research UK scientists devised the treatment programme which offers patients one-to-one sessions with specially trained cancer nurses to help them Read the rest of this entry »

BioMedEcon, a leading provider of health economics and outcomes research, presented findings from a landmark nine-year retrospective claims analysis that compared the median per-patient health care costs for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) versus depression. This study, supported by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Read the rest of this entry »