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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences.
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It's well-known that clinical trials of cancer treatments often can't cover their costs.
But a new study suggests that government-funded trials could take at least one cue from those backed by drug companies.In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report saying that the U.S. system for conducting cancer clinical trials was approaching a "state of crisis."The IOM -- an expert panel with federal support -- said the National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group program was inefficient, bogged down by red tape and underfunded.The NCI program includes a number of collaborative groups -- academic cancer centers, researchers and community doctors that work together to conduct trials on cancer treatment. Altogether, the program involves more than 3,100 institutions in the U.S., Canada and Europe.In the new study, researchers at one Canadian cancer center focused specifically on the timing of cancer clinical trial funding.With cooperative group trials, funding typica...After a close review of more than 1,000 research studies, a federal panel of experts has concluded that vaccines cause very few side effects, and found no evidence t...
Most pregnant women do not need to be screened for vitamin D deficiency, nor given additional supplements, according to an official statement issued by the American ...
Women who are very obese may be able to safely lose some weight during pregnancy -- and possibly reduce their risk of needing a cesarean section, a new study suggest...
Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepat...
Scientists only recently learned how certain diseases affect women differently than men, and blacks differently than whites. Now a major new report says it's time to...
A new study finds that young, low-income women often gain too much weight during pregnancy, raising concerns about the potential long-term impact on their obesity ri...
Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepat...
According to a new study that seems to buck traditional medical logic, obese women may actually be able to lose weight during pregnancy without harming themselves or...
Low levels of vitamin D don't put older women at greater risk for type 2 diabetes , a large study of U.S. women suggests.The findings may further temper the enthusia...
Lino Rulli and Jennifer Miller discuss the impending lawsuit filed against the Obama healthcare mandate
A small study suggests surgeons in training are still tired enough to raise their risk of making significant errors, despite new guidelines limiting their work hours...
Despite warnings about the risk, Americans have not reduced the salt in their diets in 50 years, Harvard School of Public Health researchers conclude. Using data gat...
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is temporarily barring federally funded experiments on chimpanzees as it reviews a report that concluded most research don...
Elderly women who take vitamin D3 supplements may have a small survival advantage over those who don't, a new research review concludes, although they also raise the...
The government should abandon a 35-year-old system for approving most medical devices in the U.S. because it offers little to no assurance of safety for patients, a ...
The government should abandon a 35-year-old system for approving most medical devices in the U.S. because it offers little to no assurance of safety for patients, a ...
Women who have large waistlines before pregnancy may be more likely to have a larger-than-normal newborn than women who are trim around the middle, a new study sugge...
Vitamin D is essential for bone health. Recent research suggests it may have other benefits, too, such as protecting against colds and fighting depression.The good n...
The federal government is taking on a crucial new role in the nation's health care, designing a basic benefits package for millions of privately insured Americans. A...
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