CROWN POINT,Ind.,Jan.23(UPI)--Noted oncologists call for a single-payer U.S.healthcare system--similar to Canada--because the current system is hurting cancer patients. Dr.Ray Drasga,a longtime community-based oncologist who founded a ...
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers in Canada has found a way around the problem of large nanostructures that are used to combat tumors,remaining in the body after they are no longer needed.In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
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Omnicell,Inc.(OMCL)today announced that its Pandora®business analytics solutions are now available for customers in the Middle East markets.Pandora is a leading medication and supply automation analytics tool in United States hospitals ...
Research to Focus on Repurposing Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Today the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation(ADDF)and the Alzheimer's Society(UK)announced a new partnership that will provide funding for research ...
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The market for cartridges to remove particles from liquids will grow to over$5 billion per year by 2019.This is the latest forecast in Cartridge Filters:World Market published by the McIlvaine Company. The pharmaceutical industry will ...
Do you ever wonder how controversial ingredients end up in your food in the first place? For instance, why are energy drink companies allowed to add novel ingredients such as botanical extracts to their products? And why were companies ever ...
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With U.S. temperatures dropping again, federal health officials warn frostbite can permanently damage the body, and severe cases can lead to amputation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said frostbite causes a loss of ...
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As a fetal surgeon at UC San Francisco, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, has long known that conducting surgery on a fetus to correct a problems such as spina bifida often results in preterm labor and premature birth. Now, MacKenzie and her UCSF ...
As the Northeast and mid-Atlantic joined the Midwest in dealing with yet another deep freeze on Tuesday, doctors are offering advice on dealing with frigid temperatures. "It's best to limit your outdoor activity as much as possible, since ...
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According to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal, nightmares have greater emotional impact than bad dreams do, and fear is not always a factor. In fact, it is mostly absent in bad dreams and in a third of nightmares. ...
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Teens who drink high-caffeine energy beverages such as Red Bull or Monster may be more likely to use alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, a new study suggests. The findings suggest that the same personality traits that attract kids to energy ...
Drugs.com, the leading online clinical drug resource, and TrialReach are partnering to provide patients with information and access to treatments that are still under development. Announced today at Rock Health, this new partnership will ...
Queensland scientists have made significant inroads into our understanding of the deadliest form of ovarian cancer after identifying two enzymes that make it resistant to chemotherapy. There is currently no proven screening test or method ...
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By Russ Daly, DVM, DACVPM Recently, livestock producers and veterinarians have been hearing about changes coming in the way antibiotics are used in food animals. In mid-December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final ...
BioAlliance Pharma, an innovative Company dedicated to the development of orphan oncology, announced today that Validive (clonidine Lauriad) received a Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention ...
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