Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org New Dartmouth Atlas report with new national data but 1st state-specific look Minnesota By Gary Schwitzer on February 24, 2011 10:24 AM No Comments No TrackBacks A new report pdf file from the Dartmouth Atlas Project and the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making shows that men over 65 with early-stage prostate cancer in San Luis Obispo , Calif . are 12 times more likely to have surgery to remove their prostate as those in Albany , Ga . Medicare patients with heart disease in Elyria , Ohio , were 10 times more likely to have a procedure such as angioplasty or stents than those in Honolulu . And women over 65 living in Victoria , Texas were seven times more likely to
Journalist Alison Bass writes about a new journal article that builds on the work of journalist Merrill Goozner and others in further dismantling the myth of high drug development costs.
Gooz's book, "The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind The Cost of New Drugs," is a classic.
The endothelin antagonist zibotentan missed the mark in a phase III trial of men with castrate-resistant prostate cancer, resulting in early termination of the study.