Surgery
Australia's first 3-D printed spine implant
RMIT University in Melbourne has worked with a medical device company and a neurosurgeon to successfully create a 3D printed vertebral cage for a patient with severe back pain.
Nov 19, 2015
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Medications
Insulin degludec plus liraglutide: Again no hint of added benefit in type 2 diabetes
The fixed combination of the two drugs insulin degludec and liraglutide (trade name: Xultophy) has been approved since June 2015 also in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus when oral antidiabetics (OADs) combined with a ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Health
Health groups back efforts to protect tobacco control measures under trans-pacific partnership agreement
As the United States and 11 other countries conclude negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, we welcome reports that a proposal offered this week would protect the rights of participating nations ...
Oct 8, 2015
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Health
Health hazards of occupational exposure to talc
Talc, a substance commonly used in a number of manufacturing processes, including many in the food processing industry, is a health hazard and exposure to it should be closely monitored, say researchers from The Netherlands.
Sep 28, 2015
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Medications
Groups seek details on Senate probe into painkiller ties
Anti-addiction activists are calling on a Senate committee to release findings from a 3-year-old investigation into links between painkiller manufacturers and nonprofit medical groups.
Sep 16, 2015
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Health
Call for government to curb the production and sale of cheap salty junk food
A World Health Organization adviser is calling for the government to stop food manufacturers and distributors producing and selling unhealthy, cheap, salty junk food.
Sep 11, 2015
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Health
New federal food safety rules issued after deadly outbreaks
Food manufacturers must be more vigilant about keeping their operations clean under new government safety rules released Thursday in the wake of deadly foodborne illness outbreaks linked to ice cream, caramel apples, cantaloupes ...
Sep 10, 2015
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Medications
Secukinumab in plaque psoriasis: Manufacturer dossier provided no hint of an added benefit
Secukinumab (trade name: Cosentyx) has been approved since January 2015 for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) examined in a dossier assessment ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Glaxo plant with Legionnaires' bacteria is quiet for second day
All was quiet Wednesday at a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical plant that was shut down after the drug maker discovered the bacteria that cause potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease in a cooling tower at the site.
Aug 12, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drugmaker Glaxo shuts down plant over Legionnaires' bacteria
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline shut down a plant Tuesday that produces inhaled medications after discovering the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease, a potentially fatal form of pneumonia.
Aug 11, 2015
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