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Safety concerns cloud early promise of powerful new cancer drugs NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new wave of experimental cancer drugs that directly recruit the immune system's powerful T cells are proving to be immensely effective weapons against tumors, potentially transforming the $100 billion global market for drugs that ...
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Pediatric Academy Now Says Medical Marijuana May Help Some Ill Kids Marijuana use should be decriminalized and federal officials should reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug to spur vital medical research, the leading group of U.S.
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Autism Diagnosis in Siblings Serves as Poor Indicator of Risk Most siblings with a diagnosis of autism do not share the same genetic risk factors for the disorder and are as distinct in their behaviors as any brothers and sisters, scientists reported on Monday, in a study that came as a surprise to many doctors, if not to ...
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Breast cancer patients lack knowledge of their tumors (Reuters Health) - Women with breast cancer often don't know what kind of tumors they have, a new study found. Not knowing one's tumor features isn't necessarily tied to worse outcomes, but better knowledge might help women understand treatment ...
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Many breast cancer patients don't know much about their condition A new study published in the journal Cancer reveals that many women with breast cancer in the US do not know much about their condition, with minority women being less likely to report accurate information about their tumors than white women.
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WHO Members Endorse Resolution to Improve Response to Health Emergencies As the battle to snuff out the Ebola epidemic in West Africa continues, amid hopeful signs of ebbing, fears of an even more deadly and widespread infectious disease emerging in the future are motivating efforts to reform global health institutions that faltered in ...
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INSIGHT-Safety concerns cloud early promise of powerful new cancer drugs NEW YORK Jan 26 (Reuters) - A new wave of experimental cancer drugs that directly recruit the immune system's powerful T cells are proving to be immensely effective weapons against tumors, potentially transforming the $100 billion global market for drugs ...
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WHO Board Agrees on Reforms to Fix Ebola Response Mistakes The World Health Organization's board agreed to create a special fund to respond to outbreaks such as Ebola and to set up a global health emergency workforce after the organization acknowledged mis-steps in its response to the epidemic.
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Millions of GMO insects could be released in Florida Keys FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito feeds on the arm of Emilio Posada, the Upper Keys supervisor for the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, in Key Largo, Fla.
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Forget 'anti-vaxxers.' The Disney measles outbreak could change the minds of ... The child was behind on her vaccinations. Wendy Sue Swanson took note of this as she talked with the girl's parents last week at a medical clinic in Mill Creek, Wash.
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Safety concerns cloud early promise of powerful new cancer drugs A new wave of experimental cancer drugs that directly recruit the immune system's powerful T cells are proving to be immensely effective weapons against tumors, potentially transforming the $100 billion global market for drugs that fight the disease.
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FDA could set millions of genetically modified mosquitoes loose in Florida Keys This undated photo made available by Oxitec shows a genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquito in their U.K. lab. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering releasing the non-biting male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes modified by Oxitec to pass ...
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| California turkey farm quarantined after bird flu detected CHICAGO (Reuters) - A California turkey farm has been quarantined after confirmation of the first case of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza strain in the Pacific Northwest and in a commercial flock, the U.S.
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Gilead to Allow Generic-Drug Makers to Produce New Hepatitis C Treatment The hepatitis C medication Sovaldi. Gilead Sciences said it would allow generic-drug makers to produce a new version of the treatment.
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Genetically modified killer mosquitoes may attack Florida Keys — to target other ... The Florida Keys are a sun-kissed land of endless spring breaks and girls and guys gone wild - a lazy Margaritaville where Ernest Hemingway's six-toed cats lounge in the sun.
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| Sanofi And Regeneron Leapfrog Amgen In New Cholesterol Drug Race Early on Monday Sanofi and Regeneron leapfrogged their rival Amgen to gain leadership in the race to bring a new class of cholesterol drugs to market.
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FDA approves Rockwell Medical's iron replacement drug Jan 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Rockwell Medical Inc's drug for treating iron loss in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis, sending the company's shares up about 15 percent in premarket trading.
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After Ebola, WHO to set up contingency fund, develop "surge capacity" GENEVA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday it will create a contingency fund and an emergency workforce to respond quickly to crises after strong criticism of the agency's delay in confronting the Ebola epidemic.
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WHO Chief Unveils Reforms After Ebola Response Criticized The head of the UN's global health agency has laid out a set of reforms to better and more quickly fight disease outbreaks, in a frank acknowledgement that the organization struggled to confront the scale of the 2014 Ebola outbreak that killed more than 8,600 ...
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Baby born with no eyeballs (NEWSER) - When Kelly Lopez gave birth to a baby boy three months ago in Mesa, Ariz., she didn't think much of the fact that her newborn wasn't opening his eyes until hours went by.
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Measles May Be in U.S. to Stay, 15 Years After It Left Measles could once again become native in the U.S., disease experts worry, as an outbreak in California linked to Disneyland has put a spotlight on a growing failure to vaccinate that's helping the disease to spread.
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Pediatricians on medical marijuana: not so fast CHICAGO -- With virtually no hard proof that medical marijuana benefits sick children, and evidence that it may harm developing brains, the drug should only be used for severely ill kids who have no other treatment option, the nation's most influential ...
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Citing public health, Leno seeks more limits on e-cigarettes A bill to regulate electronic cigarettes by defining them as tobacco products and barring their use at work, schools, on public transportation and in restaurants and bars - just as cigarettes are - is expected to be introduced Monday in the state Legislature.
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| FDA approves Rockwell Medical's iron replacement drug (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Rockwell Medical Inc's drug for treating iron loss in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis.
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Celiac Disease: Medical student shares his story of being diagnosed as a teen When Sam Master was 15, he was told he could never eat pizza again. Even though the teen had no symptoms, he was diagnosed with Celiac Disease - an autoimmune condition that causes the patient's body to recognize wheat gluten as poison.
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Eating fish during pregnancy may boost baby's development, not impair it Fish are one of the highest items on the list of foodstuffs to avoid if you are pregnant, due to the developmental problems thought to be associated with mercury exposure.
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| Sanofi and Regeneron Gain Edge on Amgen in Cholesterol Drug Race Regeneron (REGN:US) Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi (SAN) may get a head start on their biggest competitor in bringing a new class of cholesterol drugs to the U.S.
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World Health Organization to Pursue Reforms The World Health Organization agreed on Sunday to pursue reforms aimed at strengthening its disease-fighting capabilities, after a bungled response to history's worst Ebola epidemic exposed major shortcomings, exacting a tragic toll.
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Scientists find way to increase length of human telomeres The shortening of human telomeres - caps that protect our chromosomes from deterioration - has been associated with aging and disease.
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Scientists could release genetically modified mosquitoes to thwart disease in Keys KEY WEST - Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the bugs against two extremely painful viral diseases.
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Millions of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Be Released in Florida Scientists could release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys in an attempt to kill off insects that spread the diseases dengue and chikungunya—if their proposal wins regulatory approval.
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Pediatricians Against Medical Marijuana, with Some Exceptions Although a number of states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational reasons in recent years, a leading group of U.S. pediatricians says it is against such legalization, over concerns that these laws could be harmful to children.
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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Knowledge Of Their Tumors By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - Women with breast cancer often don't know what kind of tumors they have, a new study found.
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Senegal reopens land border with Ebola-hit Guinea DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal reopened on Monday its land border with Guinea, the Interior Ministry said, five months after closing transport links in August to prevent the spread of the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Relay for Life kickoff event planned in Kenilworth, Feb. 3 The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Kenilworth will host its fifth annual "Kick Off Dinner" at The Kenilworth on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.
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U.S. FDA Approves Rockwell's Triferic(TM) for Iron Replacement and ... WIXOM, Mich., Jan. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rockwell Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:RMTI), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company targeting end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) with innovative products and services for ...
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Liberia: Only 5 people being treated for Ebola in country MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberia says there are currently only five confirmed cases of Ebola in the entire country. At the height of the outbreak in August and September, Liberia was recording more than 300 new cases of the deadly virus every week.
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Disneyland measles outbreak leads Edmonton-area family to change holiday ... A local family has decided to cancel their trip to Disneyland due to the measles outbreak but said the situation was preventable. Over 70 people in six states and Mexico have fallen sick with the virus since mid-December.
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Sanofi, Regeneron capture a shot at first-mover advantage in the PCSK9 market Amgen just lost a key regulatory race. Armed with a handy FDA shortcut voucher, Regeneron and its Big Pharma partner Sanofi announced today that the agency has accepted their application for the powerful new PCSK9 cholesterol drug alirocumab and set ...
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Melinda Gates has the perfect response to the anti-vaccine movement As the Disneyland measles outbreak continues, Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation took aim at the vaccine naysayers who make these types of disease outbreaks more likely.
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AAP: Decriminalize Weed, But Don't Legalize It savesaved; ">. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Molly Walker Contributing Writer.
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Reducing Work-Family Conflict May Improve Sleep MONDAY, Jan. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Employees enrolled in a program to reduce work-family conflicts reported improved sleep, a new study says.
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UPDATED: Rockwell's dialysis drug wins an FDA OK, despite lingering doubts Rockwell Medical has overcome some hard questions and lingering doubts about its iron-replacement drug for dialysis patients, winning a long-sought FDA approval for Triferic and providing the biotech a green light to begin its marketing campaign.
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| Minnesota Guard not going to Liberia after all MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Members of the Minnesota National Guard have learned they won't be going to Liberia to help the U.S. military's response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Safety concerns cloud early promise of powerful new cancer drugs NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A new wave of experimental cancer drugs that directly recruit the immune system's powerful T cells are proving to be immensely effective weapons against tumors, potentially transforming the $100 billion global market for drugs ...
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A Universal Flu Vaccine May Be On the Horizon Choosing the viral targets for the seasonal flu vaccine is a gamble. Sometimes, like this year, the flu wins. By Brian Handwerk. smithsonian.
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What's more nutritious, orange juice or an orange? It's complicated The general advice is to opt for the fruit, since juices are stripped of the fiber - which most us don't get enough of - in whole fruit.
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Safe alternative? Liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes can be lethal, experts warn Jacob Yonkers, a sophomore at Clarkson University, Potsdam, exhales vapor while demonstrating the use of an electronic cigarette. ARTICLE OPTIONS.
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Parents who oppose measles vaccine hold firm to their beliefs Gary Monahan remembers his son's temperature spiking to 102 degrees when he was vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella. The child then landed in the hospital with what appeared to be whooping cough after his next round of vaccinations.
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Regeneron vaults ahead of Amgen in race to market cholesterol drug Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN said Monday U.S. health regulators have accepted its application to review a potent cholesterol drug on a priority basis, potentially giving it the upper hand in a fierce race with Amgen Inc AMGN to bring a new medicine ...
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