Medications
AbbVie's new hepatitis C treatment gets approval in EU
Drugmaker AbbVie Inc. said Monday that its new, all-pill hepatitis C combo treatment has been approved for patients in the 28 European Union member countries.
Jan 19, 2015
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Pediatrics
Adolescent medicine expert helps parents share the dangers of e-cigarettes with teens
Though many think e-cigarettes are helping to reduce the number of smokers in the US, research is showing the opposite is true when it comes to teens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released data ...
May 29, 2015
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Medical research
A safer approach for diagnostic medical imaging
Medical imaging is at the forefront of diagnostics today, with imaging techniques like MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computerized tomography), scanning, and NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) increasing steeply over ...
Sep 29, 2014
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Health
Ruling will allow doctors to help patients die
Aja Riggs has undergone aggressive radiation and chemotherapy treatment for advanced uterine cancer. The 49-year-old remembers the feeling of her skin burning, the nausea and the fatigue so immense that even talking took ...
Jan 14, 2014
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Pediatrics
Food research prevents illness in infants
Associate Professor Dereck Chatterton at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen has spent more than 15 years carrying out research in order to improve infant formula for children who cannot be breastfed. ...
Nov 22, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Obama offers up to $5 billion to tackle AIDS (Update)
US President Barack Obama on Monday pledged up to $5 billion to fight HIV/AIDS as long as the rest of the world collectively offers double that amount.
Dec 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Testing program monitors stability of vaccines for neglected tropical diseases
A new generation of vaccines for neglected tropical diseases is moving into clinical trials, and understanding the long-term stability and effectiveness of these vaccines over periods of storage is key to their success. Now, ...
Mar 1, 2017
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Medications
Bristol-Pfizer anticlot drug gets key EU approval
European regulators have approved a crucial new anticlotting drug, Eliquis, for preventing strokes and dangerous clots in the circulatory system.
Nov 20, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Health and social inequities drives HIV in young men who have sex with other men
HIV infections continue to rise in a new generation of young, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) despite three decades of HIV prevention as well as recent availability of biomedical technologies to prevent ...
May 19, 2015
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Radiology & Imaging
Building next generation 'smart pill' gut-imaging device with AI sensors for improved cancer detection
Now in prototype development, SmartCap is a new generation diagnostic tool that addresses shortcomings of the 20-year-old wireless capsule endoscopy technology currently used to detect gastrointestinal malignancies and hemorrhages. ...
Jul 9, 2020
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