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Novartis' meningitis B vaccine wins breakthrough therapy status in US ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said U.S. health regulators have granted the Swiss drugmaker's meningitis B vaccine Bexsero breakthrough therapy status. The Basel-based company in a statement on Monday said it plans to file for U.S. approval of Bexsero as ...
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| Price tag for childhood obesity: $19000 per kid Over a lifetime, the medical costs associated with childhood obesity total about $19,000 per child compared with those for a child of normal weight, a new analysis shows. The costs are about $12,900 per person for children of normal weight who become ...
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Ghana testing blood samples of suspected Ebola case: official ACCRA (Reuters) - Health authorities in Ghana are testing blood samples from a 12-year-old girl who died of a viral fever with bleeding in the country's first suspected case of Ebola, officials said on Sunday. More than 90 people have died of Ebola in Guinea ...
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Guarded Optimism After Breast Cancer Drug Shows Promising Results SAN DIEGO — Researchers say that a new type of drug can help prevent advanced breast cancer from worsening, potentially providing an important new treatment option for women and a blockbuster product for Pfizer. In a clinical trial, the drug cut in half the ...
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| Wow. Agios' Experimental Leukemia Drug Makes Cancer Undetectable In Three ... Agios, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Mass., has seemed in some ways a sign of the overexcitement of the recent biotech boom. After all, the company, despite an experienced management team, a July public stock offering that raised more ...
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Gay men divided over use of HIV prevention drug New York • It's the Truvada conundrum: A drug hailed as a lifesaver for many people infected by HIV is at the heart of a rancorous debate among gay men, AIDS activists and health professionals over its potential for protecting uninfected men who engage in ...
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Plunge for Landon draws support from across the country Just days ago, Alyssa Shaw woke up one morning and saw a crazy video on Facebook. | Submitted photo Landon Shaw. How to donate. To contribute to the Landon Shaw Medical Fund, mail checks to The Flower Mill, 606 Main St., Tarkio, MO 64491.
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DNA decoding to be used to map foodborne disease outbreaks WASHINGTON -- Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry. But to uncover food poisonings? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is beginning a program to outsmart ...
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Simple blood test could soon diagnose if patient has cancer A quick and simple blood test could soon diagnose which cancer a patient has and how advanced the disease is, scientists said. Until now tests monitoring levels of tumour DNA circulating in the blood have been time consuming and lacked sensitivity.
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How Public Health Advocates Are Trying To Reach Non-Vaccinators A school nurse prepares a vaccine against whooping cough before giving it to students at Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles. Kevork Djansezian Getty Images. 1 of 2. View Slideshow. The Green family: (clockwise from top-left) Colby, Harrison, Sonia, ...
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock won't prescribe painkiller Zohydro ER Physicians at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will not be prescribing a controversial new painkiller to patients. The drug is Zohydro ER, a time-release formula of hydrocodone that law enforcement and medical experts say could exacerbate the twin ...
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| Roche Will Work With Oryzon on Cancer-Suppressing Genes Roche Holding AG (ROG) will buy the rights to a drug meant to switch on genes that block cancer's growth in a deal to be announced today with Oryzon Genomics SA. Roche will pay Barcelona-based Oryzon $21 million up front and for meeting near-term ...
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Scientists identify 15 new human emotions Until recently, scientists had only identified six basic human emotions: happy, sad, fearful, angry, surprised and disgusted. These "emotion categories," as cognitive scientists call them, are defined by the facial muscles we use to express each emotion but ...
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Drink milk? Women who do may delay knee osteoarthritis New research reports that women who frequently consume fat-free or low-fat milk may delay the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Results published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis Care & Research, show that ...
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| MannKind's Insulin Therapy Gets FDA OK [News Release] – Valencia-based MannKind Corp. announced this week that the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 13 to 1 to recommend that Afrezza (insulin human [rDNA origin]) ...
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Dad's Extra Pounds Tied to Kid's Risk for Autism Disorders Neurology. Dad's Extra Pounds Tied to Kid's Risk for Autism Disorders. Published: Apr 7, 2014. By Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. Paternal obesity was strongly associated with increased ...
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Hundreds focus on cancer fight at Relay for Life of Penn State Teams walk the track during the Penn State's Relay for Life on Saturday at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. ABBY DREY — CDT photo Buy Photo. Recent Headlines. Judge's daughter, 'Kids for Cash' teen join forces 8 minutes ago. Obama plans to attend Fort ...
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Have your kids gotten into your pot-laced goodies? DENVER – The easy availability of marijuana in Colorado is raising concerns among police, parents and teachers who worry kids are getting sick from eating pot-infused “edibles.” Manufacturers are adding marijuana to everything from cookies to chocolate ...
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Ghana testing blood samples of suspected Ebola case -official ACCRA, April 6 (Reuters) - Health authorities in Ghana are testing blood samples from a 12-year-old girl who died of a viral fever with bleeding in the country's first suspected case of Ebola, officials said on Sunday. Blood samples from the girl were taken from ...
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New test detects prostate cancer recurrence with much more accuracy Researchers in Canada have developed a new genetic "signature" to identify prostate cancer patients who are at high risk of their cancer recurring after surgery or radiotherapy. Professor Robert Bristow said that although surgery and precision radiotherapy ...
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