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FDA Approves Zarxio, Its First Biosimilar Drug The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first so-called biosimilar drug for use in the United States, paving the way for less expensive alternatives to an entire class of complex and costly drugs.
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NIH director sees solving data puzzle as key to US precision medicine LA JOLLA, Calif. (Reuters) - One of the earliest tasks in President Barack Obama's $215 million "precision medicine" program will be finding a way to piece together data from a hodgepodge of existing studies, said Dr.
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FDA Approves First Copy of a Biotech Drug The Food and Drug Administration approved the first copy of a biotechnology drug for the U.S. market, firing the starting gun on a new industry that could help the U.S.
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Final round of six-way kidney swap begins at San Francisco hospital (Reuters) - Doctors at a San Francisco hospital began a final round of kidney transplant surgeries on Friday in a rare organ-transplant chain from living donors that will result in healthy kidneys going to six sick people.
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Ohio State to require vaccinations for incoming students (Reuters) - Incoming students at Ohio State University's Columbus campus will be required to provide proof of vaccinations for measles and a number of other communicable diseases starting in August, a school spokesman said on Friday.
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Across the USA, flu season winding down DENVER - Flu season is beginning to tail off, but thousands of Americans still are grappling with the illness blamed for killing nearly 100 kids, doctors and federal officials say.
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In sickness and health: Wife's serious illness increases chance of divorce later in ... It's well-established that, with some exceptions, married people live longer and healthier lives than unmarried people. But until recently, researchers hadn't conducted a very thorough examination of how well a marriage survives when one partner becomes ...
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Biosimilar' drugs could save patients, USA billions In a move expected to increase competition and lower drug prices, the Food and Drug Administration today approved the first "biosimilar" drug, designed to closely mimic existing drugs grown in living cells.
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Cheaper biotech drugs to come to U.S. as Novartis gets FDA approval WASHINGTON - Americans are poised to gain access to cheaper therapies for serious ailments from cancer to arthritis with Friday's approval of the first biosimilar in the U.S.
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale hospitalized (CNN) Former Vice President Walter Mondale has been hospitalized with influenza, his former boss said. Mondale, 87, was diagnosed after he went to the hospital for a routine checkup following a fever, former President Jimmy Carter said Friday.
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale Hospitalized, Jimmy Carter Confirms Former Vice President Walter Mondale, 87, has been hospitalized for influenza, former President Jimmy Carter confirmed Friday. During a speech at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Carter said he had spoken to Mondale, his former ...
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Six-way kidney swap complete at San Francisco hospital SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Doctors at a San Francisco hospital on Friday completed kidney transplant surgeries in a rare organ-transplant chain from living donors that resulted in healthy kidneys going to six sick people.
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| UPDATE 1-US FDA approves Astellas drug for invasive fungal infections (Adds FDA, company comment, background). By Bill Berkrot. March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc's drug for the treatment of two rare, often fatal invasive fungal infections that target patients ...
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Novartis wins approval for first US biosimilar drug March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday gave a green light to sales of the country's first "biosimilar," or copied version of a biotechnology drug, by approving Novartis' white blood cell-boosting Zarxio.
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What kills more women than AIDS and breast cancer? Dirty water Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, heralds the beginning of spring. Pics from South Asia · Volcano erupts in Chile · China's Congress · Paris Fashion Week · Finding the heart of Buddhism · Earth from above · » Click here for more slideshows.
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| Specially Trained Pooch Sniffs Out Thyroid Cancer FRIDAY, March 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Could a trained "sniffer dog" someday replace costly, invasive techniques used to spot thyroid cancer?
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Final round of six-way kidney swap begins at San Francisco hospital March 6 (Reuters) - Doctors at a San Francisco hospital began a final round of kidney transplant surgeries on Friday in a rare organ-transplant chain from living donors that will result in healthy kidneys going to six sick people.
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Spouse 'more likely to increase exercise levels if other spouse does' Past studies have suggested married individuals are more likely to eat a healthy diet if their spouse does. Now, a new study claims the same can be said for exercise.
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Six-way kidney swap complete at San Francisco hospital SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 (Reuters) - Doctors at a San Francisco hospital on Friday completed kidney transplant surgeries in a rare organ-transplant chain from living donors that resulted in healthy kidneys going to six sick people.
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Last Ebola Patient in Liberia Released March 5, 2015 -- The last Ebola patient in the West African nation of Liberia was discharged from treatment on Thursday. While there was a ceremony in the capital city of Monrovia to mark the event, officials warned that Liberia was still weeks away from being ...
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Michigan gym reportedly bans woman over gender identity complaint A Michigan gym reportedly canceled a woman's membership after she refused to stop telling other members that "a man" was using the women's locker room.
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3 transplants in rare 6-way kidney swap completed in SF Dr. Assad Hassoun (center) begins to remove a kidney from Zully Broussard as surgical technician Martin Ruiz (left) and Rebecca Gordon assist at right during the largest single-center kidney paired donation chain on the West Coast at California Pacific ...
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Kidney donation triggers transplant chain in San Francisco When a Sacramento woman donated a kidney to a stranger, she set off a series of organ swaps that resulted in five more sick people getting new kidneys at a San Francisco hospital.
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Men are 'more narcissistic and entitled than women' A new study on narcissism that analyzed decades of data from almost half a million participants concludes that men are more narcissistic than women.
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There's an emoji for 'feeling fat' — and a petition to ban it In the time of text, emoji play an outsized role in conversation. When we can't quite find the words to say, there is a cartoon arsenal of smiles, frowns, airplanes, jumping dolphins and eggplants to help us best express what we really mean.
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'Judgement Free' Gym Revokes Membership Of Woman Who Complained About ... A national gym chain that touts its "non-intimidating" environment revoked a Midland, Mich. woman's membership, claiming she violated its "No Judgement Zone" policy by telling other gym-goers about an incident in which she believed she encountered a ...
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale hospitalized with flu FILE - Former Vice President Walter Mondale listens as Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton address the inauguration attendees after he took the oath of office as Minnesota governor in this Jan. 3, 2011 file photo taken in St. Paul, Minn.
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Ohio State student pushing for students to be heard on disciplinary panels A student from Ohio State University is leading a national push to let students sit on campus disciplinary panels that judge complaints of sexual assaults involving other students.
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Woman Petitions Facebook To Remove The 'Feeling Fat' Status Update Option A group of activists have a message for Facebook: Fat is not a feeling. Facebook's status update box allows users to select an emoticon associated with a certain feeling from a drop-down box.
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FDA Approves First US Biosimilar; Hold Your Breath On Cost Savings In a much-anticipated decision, the Food and Drug Administration announced this morning the approval of filgrastim-sndz, the first non-brand, complex biopharmaceutical - or biosimilar - in US pharmaceutical history.
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Susan G. Komen LA County Race For The Cure LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - The 19th annual Susan. G. Komen Race for the Cure event kicked off at Dodger Stadium Saturday morning. The race celebrated breast cancer survivors, honored those who lost their battle to the disease and raised money to ...
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Rare 6-way kidney swap is nearly complete at SF hospital Doctors at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco were on track Friday to finish up a final round of surgeries in a six-way kidney swap that started Thursday with three patients successfully receiving new kidneys from three compatible donors.
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Woman Complains to Major Gym About Transgender Person in Locker Room ... Planet Fitness canceled the membership of a woman who complained that a transgender person was using the women's locker room - and their response has ignited debate in the small Michigan city.
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FDA approves knockoff of Amgen's Neupogen chemo recovery drug Amgen Inc., the Thousand Oaks biotech giant, has for decades sold some of the nation's top-selling drugs with little competition.
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Clean air improves kids' lung, says study Cleaner air results in better lung health in children, says a new study done in California. Efforts to enhance air quality can improve children's lung health in the short term and might also make a difference for those kids later in life, showed the study.
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US FDA approves Astellas drug for invasive fungal infections (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc's drug for the treatment of two rare, often fatal invasive fungal infections that target patients with blood cancers.
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'Remember': Pakistan Schools Renamed For Massacre Victims The government in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has started renaming dozens of state-run schools after the students killed by Taliban militants in a horrific gun attack at a military-run school last December.
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| Astellas bags FDA approval for a new anti-infective Japanese pharma giant Astellas won FDA approval for an anti-fungal treatment targeting two rare but dangerous infections, the latest drugmaker to take advantage of new incentives for anti-infective products.
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Hospira Statement on FDA Approval of the First Biosimilar in the United States LAKE FOREST, Ill., March 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospira, Inc. HSP, +0.06% applauds Sandoz and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on today's FDA approval of the first biosimilar in the United States.
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What's the 'normal' penis size? New study claims to have found out (CNN) - It's the personal health question most men want answered more than just about any other: how do I measure up? Until now, even if you managed to work up the confidence to ask your doctor, you couldn't have much confidence in their answer.
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Former Vice President Mondale hospitalized with flu Jan. 6, 2015: Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale arrives to witness the first day of the 114th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Does your baby drink coffee? 15 percent of Boston toddlers do How young is too young for a morning cup of joe? For babies in Boston, coffee in their bottles is much more common than it seems. Boston Medical Center's new study shows that "about 15 percent of 2-year-olds drink as much as four ounces of coffee a day," ...
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Scent-trained dog detects thyroid cancer in human urine samples A trained scent dog accurately identified whether patients' urine samples had thyroid cancer or were benign (noncancerous) 88.2 percent of the time, according to a new study, to- be presented Friday at the Endocrine Society's 97th annual meeting in San ...
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Daily 'Sleep Debt' of 30-Mins Increases Risk of Obesity, Diabetes The dangers of sleeping too much or too little are becoming quite worrying clear as of late, with extensive global studies having added hard evidence to long-standing scientific theories.
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NIH Director Says Precision Medicine Requires Transparency And Exquisite Data Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, indicated that the data harnessed by Obamacare's Precision Medicine Initiative will require software transparency and what he called "exquisite" data to be pieced together from existing studies ...
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Frankie, a German Shepherd, can Detect Thyroid Cancer by Smell A German Shepherd named Frankie is able to detect the presence of thyroid cancer in urine samples of patients with an accuracy of 90 percent.
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Adorable mutt can sniff out thyroid cancer The dog was able to sniff out thyroid cancel in 30 of 34 urine samples, raising hope that canines could help reduce the need for expensive and invasive biopsies.
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1st generic biotech drug gets FDA's OK WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials have approved the first lower-cost copy of a biotech drug to reach the U.S. market, a long-awaited milestone that could generate billions in savings for insurers, doctors and patients.
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What is "Normal?" University of Utah Urologist William Brant praised the new study on penis length Friday, explaining that "men have no idea what is normal.
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The couple that plays (tennis) together... Having a workout buddy to cheer you on is a well-known prescription for success. Even better is if that buddy is your spouse. New research shows if you improve your workout regimen, your loved one may be more likely to do the same.
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