Immunovaccine’s DepoVax to be used in vaccine trial for HNC

Immunovaccine, a clinical-stage vaccine company, announced that its DepoVax adjuvanting technology will underlie the design of a new cancer vaccine trial for the treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC). The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston has received a $1.2 million research grant for the clinical evaluation of DepoVax, according to the company. The three-year grant will be used to fund a phase I clinical trial of the group’s peptide

Can consumer products improve patient hygiene and revenue?

In a competitive and challenging marketplace, new ways of working with your patients to increase compliance, improve their oral health, and help a practice thrive are needed. One solution is to bring consumer products into a practice, not just for revenue, but for your patients’ benefit. HuangshanDental.com talked with two established dentists about the advantages, and the drawbacks, of offering products to patients in the office. Richard Nagelberg, DDS, practices

Study: 4 proteins may lead to improved HNC treatment

A quartet of proteins that play critical roles in cell replication, cell death, and DNA repair could lead to better targets for therapy against head and neck squamous cell cancers that are resistant to treatment, according to a study presented at this week’s American Association for Cancer Research meeting in San Diego. U.S. researchers showed a correlation between the expression levels of the proteins in head and neck cancers (HNC)

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Insurance marketplaces: Comparing pediatric dental plans, costs

Health insurance marketplaces offer a variety of dental benefits, but figuring out which ones are best for pediatric coverage is complicated, according to a new research brief released March 27 by the ADA Health Policy Resources Center. In part one of HuangshanDental.com‘s coverage of the study, we looked at federally facilitated and state-based marketplaces, standalone and embedded dental plans, and services covered. In this second part, we look at dental

NCPDP issues oral liquid medications guide

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), a not-for-profit pharmacy standards development organization, has issued a patient safety white paper on oral liquid medications dosing. The paper provides specific industry guidance for standardizing the dosing designations and labeling of oral liquid medications. It details patient risks associated with the variety of oral liquid dosing designations, prescribing practices, and processing systems that can lead to dispensing and later administration errors

Will Fla. bill help kids’ dental or serve middlemen?

A Florida bill designed to simplify the children’s dental Medicaid program would carve out $200 million from the state’s overall Medicaid program and place it into one dedicated to dental. HB 27, introduced by Rep. Jose Felix Diaz (R-Miami) and recently approved by the House of Representatives Health & Human Services Committee by a vote of 11-6, would create “a Medicaid prepaid dental program [to] be established, on a statewide basis

ADA: Indian Health Service dental budget inadequate

The proposed 2015 budget for the Indian Health Service (IHS) won’t address increasing oral disease, according to the ADA. The $175 million fiscal 2015 budget proposed by the Obama administration will be adequate to maintain the IHS Division of Oral Health’s current programs and staff new facilities. However, ADA President Charles H. Norman, DDS, told members of a House of Representatives panel on April 8 that it won’t address the

YUMA 100th Birthday

Do you love your birthday? Remember which one is your favorite birthday? Was it the guest, the gift, the food, what made it special? Many of remember special dates or birthdays; what makes them unique varies if you are a child, young adult or an adult. Children want their birthdays to be special and ways their birthday can be extra special is by making a surprise party. Maybe a parent

Prognosis of HPV-positive tumors in HNC varies

Patients with throat cancer who are positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have a good prognosis, but until now the effect of being HPV-positive on the prognosis of other head and neck cancers (HNC) was unknown. Danish researchers have shown that HPV status appears to have no prognostic effect on the outcome of primary radiotherapy in HNCs outside the oropharynx, according to a study presented at European Society for Radiotherapy

Insurance marketplaces offer many options, limited information

The new health insurance marketplaces offer a variety of dental benefits, but figuring out which ones are best for consumers and pediatric coverage is complicated, according to a new ADA research brief. Recognizing the importance of oral health, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes pediatric dental care as one of the 10 essential health benefits that all small group and individual market health plans must cover. Early

Gene changes may be responsible for recurrent HNC

Gene alterations may be responsible for recurrent head and neck cancer (HNC) in some patients, and an existing cancer drug may be an effective treatment, according to research presented at this week’s American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in San Diego. Researchers who examined the genetic landscape of HNC found that while metastatic and primary tumor cells share similar mutations, recurrent HNC is associated with certain gene alterations that