Archive: 20/04/2015
Cardinal Health paying $26.8 million in FTC settlement
Cardinal Health will pay $26.8 million as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges it monopolized the sale in 25 markets of diagnostic drugs known as low-energy radiopharmaceuticals.
Apr 20, 2015
Study re-examines sports restrictions for children with heart rhythm disorder
Sports participation may be safer than previously thought for children with the heart rhythm disorder long QT syndrome, and authors of a new study in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology say restrictions should be eased to allow ...
Apr 20, 2015
Two different carotid artery stenting procedures show little difference in effectiveness
Use of either proximal embolic protection devices (P-EPDs) or distal filter embolic protection devices (F-EPDs) during elective carotid artery stenting results in low rates of in-hospital stroke and death, according to a ...
Apr 20, 2015
Oral milk thistle extract stops colorectal cancer stem cells from growing tumors
In results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2015, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study shows that orally administering the chemical silibinin, purified from milk thistle, ...
Apr 20, 2015