The team hopes that calculations from virtual patients will help guidedoctors in targeting tumors or making clinical decisions, like figuring out if the benefits to the mother in getting a CT scan outweigh the risks to the fetus.
Still, the findings add to the body of evidence that suggests the Mediterranean diet can play an important role in protecting the heart, and should guidedoctors and patients who want to avoid heart disease toward eating the foods that can help them the most.
In January, Pfizer and the FDA added concerns about those side effects to the drug's label, which serves as a guide for doctors and the basis for claims in advertising.
Suicidal A task force of medical experts in Oregon recently issued a handbook to "help" doctors and other health care providers guide distressed patients in taking their own lives.