Widely used diabetes drugs have different effects on men's and women's hearts, a new study suggests. Researchers examined how three commonly prescribed treatments for type 2 diabetes affected 78 patients who were divided into three ...
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Cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, mainly because anti-smoking efforts have caused a drop in lung cancer deaths, researchers report. From 2001 through 2010, death rates for all cancers combined decreased by 1.8 ...
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Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
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There's good news for people trying to quit smoking: Aids such as nicotine gums and patches or smoking cessation drugs such as Chantix won't harm the heart. The new findings may ease concerns that some products that help people "butt out" ...
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The indiscriminate use of antibiotics by the agriculture and aquaculture industries poses a threat to public health, but a Canadian expert suggests a user fee. Aidan Hollis, an economics professor at the University of Calgary, and ...
A potential new way to identify premature infants at high risk for delays in motor skills development may have been discovered by researchers. The researchers conducted brain scans on 43 infants in the United Kingdom who were born at less ...
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The effect that AIDS is having on American kids has improved greatly in recent years, thanks to effective drugs and prevention methods. The same cannot be said, however, for children worldwide. "Maternal-to-child transmission is down ...
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A genetic variant occurring in a significant number of people with heart disease appears to raise the odds for heart attack or death by 38 percent, a new study suggests. This "stress reaction gene," which Duke University scientists ...
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US-based biotechnology company United Therapeutics has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Orenitram (treprostinil) extended-release tablets, indicted for the treatment of pulmonary arterial ...
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Gentium have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of Jazz Pharmaceuticals will make a cash tender offer of $57.00 per share for all outstanding Gentium ordinary shares and American ...
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Alsa Refinish, a California-based company, has process and utility patent applications in place for a medication delivery method. If successful, Alsa will hold patents for a device that delivers medications and herbal preparations ...
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Pfizer Inc. announced that it has settled its litigation against Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA Inc., relating to Pfizer's patent covering the use of Viagra? to treat erectile dysfunction (sildenafil citrate 25, 50, and 100 mg tablets), which ...
Creganna-Tactx Medical, a global Top 10 provider of medical device outsourcing solutions, will showcase the expertise of its CaliforniaCenter of Excellence for Emerging Therapies at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) ...
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Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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Regenesis Biomedical has announced that the US Food and Drud Administration (FDA) has approved the removal of the contraindication for use of the company's Provant therapy system in patients with metallic implants in the area of treatment. ...
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