Massachusetts-based Repligen Corporation has announced that it is one step closer to winning pharmaceutical sales approval for its new pancreatic cancer diagnostic drug after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted its filing for new drug application (NDA) for priority review. Dr. Walter C. Herlihy, president and chief executive officer of Repligen, said the FDA [...]
February 22, 2012 | Posted in
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A towering $ 60,000 bill, a year of fierce, flu-like symptoms and a running risk of depression are among the possible costs of two new hepatitis C treatments. But according to Stanford University health policy researchers, they might be worth it. Using a computer model of hepatitis C disease – which accounts for different treatments, [...]
February 21, 2012 | Posted in
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Reporter: Mark Kelly l Videographer: Parker Slaybaugh Lynchburg, VA – Fans of local country radio personality Robynn Jaymes held a fundraiser Friday evening to help pay her medical bills. The event, called Rockin for Robynn, was at Lynchburg’s James River Conference Center. Fans also set up a silent auction to raise some additional money for [...]
February 21, 2012 | Posted in
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February 20, 2012 04:49:08 GMT Davis’ wife, Angela, confirms that the veteran rocker passed away at the Enloe Medical Center in Chico, California on Friday, February 17 after battling liver disease for a month. MC5 have just lost another of their members. Michael Davis, the veteran rocker who joined the band as a replacement for [...]
February 20, 2012 | Posted in
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Released: 2/14/2012 6:00 AM ESTSource: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Newswise — Children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may have difficulty functioning in school, particularly because their tendency to internalize problems can impact attendance. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children’s Hospital study appearing in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. “Both IBD and its [...]
February 19, 2012 | Posted in
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By Kerry Grens NEW YORK | Thu Feb 2, 2012 2:21pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who have been infected with the ulcer-causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes later on as people who do not have signs of the infection, according to a new study of [...]
February 19, 2012 | Posted in
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FRIDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) — Children with inflammatory bowel disease may have difficulty in school due to frequent absences that are largely the result of mental struggles such as depression rather than the disease itself, a new study finds. Researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, had students aged 11 to 17 years [...]
February 18, 2012 | Posted in
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By Natasha Courtenay-Smith Last updated at 1:56 PM on 14th February 2012 Looking back at teenage photos, Fiona Argo can barely recognise herself as the young woman with jutting collarbones and stick-thin legs. But she can see why concerned friends and family thought she was in the grip of an eating disorder. Between the ages [...]
February 17, 2012 | Posted in
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February 15, 2012 in News, City By Meghann M. Cuniff The Spokesman-Review Tags:Damien AderDustin GilmanKadin AdermurderTracy Adertriple homicide Colin Mulvany photoBuy this photo The body of Dustin Gilman is placed in the medical examiner’s van after it was discovered on property along the Little Spokane River on Monday.(Full-size photo)(All photos) ADVERTISEMENT Advertise Here Triple murder suspect Dustin William Gilman used his [...]
February 16, 2012 | Posted in
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The life of a Wall Street banker is glamorous — if you don’t mind grappling with alcoholism, eating disorders, Crohn’s disease and arthritis. These were just some of the afflictions observed among one group of about two dozen young investment bankers, according to a study to be published later this month in Administrative Science Quarterly, [...]
February 16, 2012 | Posted in
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