The European Institute of Women’s Health is a project partner in EUgenmed. The Eugenmed project intends to complete the following activities: Research addressing sex and gender (S&G) in biomedical sciences and health care research is emerging as a novel and highly promising field. Interaction of S&G related mechanisms leads to different manifestation of frequent diseases…
Pancreatic stem cell research may transform treatment
Stem cell research is important as it could lead to dramatic changes in the way we treat certain diseases. These cells, which can differentiate into specialised cells and also divide to produce more stem cells, are already used in a number of medical cases, such as bone marrow transplants and the treatment of leukemia. Researchers…
Cancer patients face high additional costs
Cancer patients face €12,000 over care billing PATIENTS battling cancer are face personal costs of over €12,000 for first 3 months of treatment while their caregivers face similar bills. National Cancer Registry looked at additional costs incurred on cancer sufferers as a result of: loss of work time, travel costs and out- of-pocket expenses during…
Breast cancer pilot study shows cancer patients do better
Side-Out Foundation breast cancer pilot study shows cancer patients do better when their treatment is guided by molecular profiling. Specifically, results indicate that 52% of patients with advanced breast cancer received clinical benefit i.e. their disease was controlled for longer when their cancer was treated based on addressing abnormal proteins in their tumour … more
