Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Scientists have used a portable device that tracks changes in brain waves to communicate with people in a vegetative state, some of whom have been locked in their bodies for more than a year.
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
An experimental drug known as MDV3100 made by Medivation Inc. has improved survival rates for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Those on MDV3100 by Medivation outlived those on a placebo by an average of 4.8 months, in a phase 3 trial. The manufacturer Medivation Inc. shares shot up ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
A new study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology on 30 October finds that introducing genetically sterile mosquitoes into the wild shows promise as a way to help fight the dengue-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti. The publication follows a presentation of the results at an annual meeting of ...
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
State spending in the U.S. on Medicaid will surge 29 percent this year, even as governors slash the health program’s benefits and payments to hospitals and doctors, a survey showed.
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Eli Lilly is voluntarily withdrawing Xigris (drotrecogin alfa (activated)) from the market worldwide after a clinical trial (PROWESS-SHOCK trial) showed no survival benefit for sepsis and septic shock patients. In a Safety Announcement the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) wrote that Xigris treatment should be stopped in patients being ...
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