BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Novartis AG said Wednesday it has received approval in Japan to market four drugs to treat asthma, cancer, hypertension and blindness.
The Swiss pharmaceuticals company said the approvals covered omalizumab, known as Xolair, for treating severe bronchial asthma in adult patients; nilotinib, or Tasigna, to treat certain forms of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia, a rare form of cancer; a new Read the rest of this entry »
A group of academics carried out 600 tests in the city’s universities and gay bars. Of the 33 men who were found to be positive, 12 were unaware they had the condition.
initiative to warn gay men, and others who have a wide range of sexual partners, against complacency, and comparing a possible outbreak to the epidemic of the 1980s caused by drug addicts sharing needles.
Dutch-based Wolters Kluwer Health carried out the study in the Capital and Read the rest of this entry »
12:00 AM CST on Saturday, February 7, 2009
birthday, Jessica Jeffrey is giving someone else – an anonymous stranger, no less – a huge gift.
At 7:30 a.m. Monday, the morning of her 49th birthday, Jeffrey will lie face down on a hospital bed at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and let doctors harvest bone marrow from her lower back.
Quite possibly, Jeffrey’s generosity will save the life of another woman, a 40-year-old Read the rest of this entry »
Greensboro, NC — Medical marijuana supporters took their case to the Greensboro City Council Wednesday night.
Members of the North Carolina Cannabis Patients Network want to legalize marijuana to treat illness.
The group aims to encourage dialogue on the issue in Greensboro.
Harold Watts, nc cannabis patients network
“We’re really looking forward to some town hall debates where we can bring in the opposition,” said Harold Watts with the NCCPN. Read the rest of this entry »
In a report screened on Wednesday night on ABC News in the US, it was claimed
that Stanford was suspected of laundering money for the notorious Gulf
cartel, and that one of his private jets was detained as part of the
investigation last year.
The reports come 36 hours after the Security and Exchanges Commission charged
the Texan financier with an alleged $8bn fraud. Stanford is still at large
having failed to respond to the SEC’s Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, 03/09/2008
Two Tasmanian horticulturalists are putting their money where their mouth is, challenging each other to a 12-week weight loss program in the name of rural men’s health.
With 50 per cent more fatalities in Tasmania blamed on suicide than road deaths each year, Dave Neilan and Chris Thompson will donate all funds raised to the Rural Alive and Well Program.
At an official weight of 120 kilograms, Mr Neilan starts the challenge Read the rest of this entry »
THURSDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) — In what they called a
“landmark agreement,” former President Bill Clinton and
the American Heart Association announced Thursday the launch of a
national initiative on childhood obesity, aimed at getting up to 6
million American kids covered for routine visits to both primary
care physicians and dietitians.
“I think we want the children of America to know, No. 1,
that we want them to be healthy, we want them Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has defeated an effort by Republicans to make it harder for states to extend government-sponsored health insurance to children of legal immigrants.
By voice vote, senators rejected an amendment that would have required states to extend health coverage to most other low-income children before including legal immigrant children.
The vote came amid debate on legislation to boost spending on the State Children’s Read the rest of this entry »
01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Islanders may enjoy Girl Scout cookies sold by local troops without worrying about the salmonella outbreak under investigation by federal officials, according to the Girl Scouts of Rhode Island.
The Food and Drug Administration has advised consumers to avoid all products containing peanut butter or peanuts ground into paste until the completion of an investigation into a salmonella Read the rest of this entry »
Heart Attack Care: Drugs vs. Stents
Feb. 18, 2009 — Opening blocked arteries with balloon angioplasty and
stents can save lives during a
, but the invasive treatment offers
little added value over heart
alone in patients first treated days and
even weeks later.
Now a new analysis shows that avoiding stenting in stable late-presenting
patients could result in a yearly savings of around $700 million in health care
costs.
“What we have here Read the rest of this entry »