Jan Dyer

News

Effective HCV Treatment Raises Risk of Infections

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 8, 2016

Article

Americans Are Getting Healthier in Some Ways

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 7, 2016

Annual SAMSHA report suggests Americans are receiving more mental health treatment and participating less in substance abuse.

Article

Findings From the Veteran Health Data Bank

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 2, 2016

The Million Veteran Program brings precision medicine closer than ever.

News

Tracking a Tumor

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 1, 2016

Researchers find a genetic commonality among 5 tumor types that may lead to developing a test to easily detect cancer.

Article

Tackling Prescription Drug Overdoses

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 29, 2016

CDC continues to tackle the epidemic of prescription drug overdoses with the Prevention for States initiative.

News

Promising Method to Evaluate Response to Treatment

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 25, 2016

Article

Just How Healthy Are Soldiers?

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 25, 2016

Data from a recent study by the US Army suggest room for improvement for soldiers’ health.

Article

Disaster Responders Need Care, Too

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 24, 2016

SAMHSA supports the mental health of disaster responders with resources to reduce the amount of burnout and compassion fatigue.

News

Needlesticks and Infections: Still Not Enough Information

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 23, 2016

Article

Cholesterol Medications—Who Isn’t Taking Them?

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 23, 2016

Research from the CDC finds half of Americans who should be taking cholesterol medications are not.

News

Using a Multiplex of Biomarkers to Detect Prostate Cancer

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 18, 2016

Article

HIV Antibody Infusion Safely Reduces Viral Load

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 16, 2016

NIH study finds antibody infusions significantly reduced the viral load in HIV patients.

Article

Dronabinol: A Controversial Acute Leukemia Treatment

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 11, 2016

Article

Home-Visiting Program to Support Young Native American Families

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 10, 2016

Connecticut-based nonprofit launches US project that supports Native American families with home-based lessons.

Article

CDC Reviews a Year of Health ‘Nightmares’

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: February 4, 2016

Antibiotic resistance makes the CDC’s list of “what kept us up at night” in 2015.