HEALTH
MGH program helps close gap in health disparitiesOn the month that the Disparities Solutions Center (DSC) at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reached its fifth year, Dr. Joseph R. Betancourt, the program director, recalls the case of a Latino patient who did not know he had diabetes. More » |
FDA Approves Prostate Cancer VaccineThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dendreon Corporation?s Provenge, a "vaccine" that uses a patient's own immune system to fight advanced prostate cancer that is no longer responding to hormone therapy. More » |
