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| Lawmakers Attack Cost of New Hepatitis Drug A new drug to treat hepatitis C that costs $1,000 a pill has caused rising concern among insurers and state Medicaid programs. It has now also spurred interest from Democratic congressmen whose queries about the drug prompted a sell-off in biotechnology ... | |
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| | University of Central Florida | Medical students meet their match University of Maryland medical student Victoria Bass, right, reacts as she finds out she will do her general surgery residency at University of Chicago as Dr. Donna Parker, left, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, looks on. (Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun /March ... | |
| FDA OKs Omalizumab (Xolair) for Chronic Hives The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved omalizumab subcutaneous injection (Xolair, Genentech, Novartis) for treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) in people aged 12 years or older who continue to have symptoms despite ... | |
| Experimental drug improves 7-year-old Josh Hardy's health Just a week and three doses of an experimental drug has vastly improved the health of a young child who previously was close to death. After striking a deal with the Food and Drug Administration, pharmaceutical company Chimerix agreed to provide its drug ... | |
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| Deadly Flu Season Finally Winding Down California's death toll from the flu this year now stands at 342, but the season appears to be winding down. The latest report from the state shows a decrease in the number of fatalities, hospitalizations and outpatient doctor visits. Amongst the total number of ... | |
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| Muslim woman sues Planet Fitness over head covering A Muslim woman is now suing Planet Fitness after the gym allegedly refused to allow her to wear her religious head covering as she worked out, reports claim. According to the Associated Press, Tarainia McDaniel recently filed a lawsuit in New Mexico ... | |
| Computer can spot false faces better than you! Toronto: A computer has beaten humans when it comes to identify real from fake facial expressions of pain. Researchers at University of California (UC) San Diego and University of Toronto have found that a computer system spots real or fake expressions of ... | |
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| UPDATE 2-US FDA approves Celgene drug for psoriatic arthritis (Adds treatment price, details on how drug works, updates share price). By Bill Berkrot. March 21 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators approved on Friday a Celgene Corp drug to treat psoriatic arthritis, a type of arthritis associated with the skin disease psoriasis ... | |
| Death Toll from Guinea Hemorrhagic Fever Rises to 29 CONAKRY — The death toll from an outbreak of a hemorrhagic fever in Guinea's southeastern forest region has climbed to 29, while the number of cases has risen to 49, a health ministry official in the west African country said on Friday. Sakoba Keita, in ... | |
| Could 'Nasal Filter' Device Help Ease Allergies? THURSDAY, March 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A new device that you wear in your nose -- about the size of a contact lens and works like a miniature air filter for a furnace -- might help filter out pollen and other allergens and keep them out of your sinuses. | |
| One dose of HPV vaccine may prevent cervical cancer A single dose -- rather than the recommended three -- of a vaccine against the sexually transmitted disease HPV may be enough to ward off cervical cancer, researchers say. The findings may lead to simpler delivery and lower costs, possibly increasing the ... | |
| Need to reduce sodium intake? Herbs and spices may help Salt: Americans eat too much of it. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 90 percent of Americans over the age of 2 eat too much sodium, putting them at risk for high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. And lowering ... | |
| Tuberculosis in U.S. Hits Record Low: CDC THURSDAY, March 20, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Rates of tuberculosis in the United States are falling, with cases at a historic low, health officials reported Thursday. Improved screening of immigrants has helped reduce incidence of the highly contagious ... | |
| Colonoscopies miss 6 percent of cancers, Utah research finds Colonoscopies remain the gold standard for early detection and prevention of colon cancer, but they aren't perfect, researchers at the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute found. About 6 percent of colorectal cancers are "missed," or diagnosed ... | |
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