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Pfizer Bets on Gene Therapy, Ready For Early Stage Clinical Trials

December 8, 2014 by Kieron Robertson Leave a Comment

It seems that gene technology is finally coming of age and there could be hope for persons suffering from diseases caused by genetic aberrations. With Pfizer Inc moving into the field of Gene therapy and this could herald a new revolution in the field of medicine. Technology to fix genetic aberration could be ready for […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: Gene Therapy, hemophilia, hemophilia B, King’s College London, Michael Linden, Pfizer, Spark Therapeutics, University College London Gene Therapy Consortium

FDA Values ‘Lost Pleasure’ Of Junk Food With Calorie Count Rule

December 8, 2014 by Jenna Lewis 7 Comments

French Fries, brownies and other high calorie foods – all taste great, is laden with bad cholesterol but are big money spinners for chain restaurants. When calorie counts on restaurant menus daunt people from ordering brownies, French fries, and similar high calorie delicacies, FDA estimates that it will cost the industry up to $5.27 billion […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: brownies, Calorie Count Rule, FDA, French fries, Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Junk Food, Lost Pleasure, Public Citizen, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

New Drug Can Cure Malaria in 48 Hours

December 8, 2014 by Kelly Holzschlag Leave a Comment

Malaria was to a large extent was controlled in the sixties and the early seventies but has thereafter returned with renewed gusto. Worse the latest varieties of Malaria are chloroquine resistant. This has made the goal of eliminating Malaria like the small pox a distant and utopian dream. According to the WHO, one child in […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: (+)-SJ733, Anopheles mosquito, chloroquine resistant, Malaria, R. Kiplin Guy, RBC, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Immune Boosting Drugs Show Promise in Treatment of Hodgkin’s

December 8, 2014 by Daniel Austin Leave a Comment

Encouraging results have been obtained for drugs by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Merck & Co. for treating Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The drug acts by boosting the immune system by blocking a pathway called PD-1 and fight the cancer cells which managed to evade the natural defenses of the body. Another Merck’s drug, Keytruda has been given […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: AstraZeneca Plc, Bethesda, Bristol-Myers, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Hodgkin's, Immune Boosting Drugs, Keytruda, Merck, Merck & Co., National Cancer Institute, nivolumab, Opdivo, pembrolizumab, Roche Holding AG

Arizona County May Ban Hiring Smokers

December 7, 2014 by Kieron Robertson 3 Comments

On December 16, the Pima County Board will vote on a policy which will debar any smoker from being hired. The Pima County Board of Supervisors will be voting also to impose a 30% health insurance surcharge on such workers who smoke or use tobacco products. The smokers will be forced to quit if they […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: Arizona County, Boston University, Chuck Huckelberry, Dr. Michael Siegel, Pima County Administrator, Pima County Board of Supervisors, public health professor

FDA’s Advisory Panel Approves Actavis (ACT) Anti-Biotic

December 6, 2014 by Daniel Austin Leave a Comment

The US Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee has prescribed trail anti-biotic, ceftazidime-avibactam from Actavis plc for treating intricate intra-abdominal diseases (cIAI) and convoluted urinary tract diseases (cUTI) brought on by drug resistant bacteria. The medication has been co developed by Actavis and Astrazeneca plc under an agreement which gives Actavis the […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: ACT, Actavis, Actavis Anti-Biotic, Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, Astrazeneca, ceftazidime-avibactam, convoluted urinary tract diseases, FDA, intricate intra-abdominal diseases, US Food & Drug Administration

Jakafi approved by FDA for Rare Bone Marrow Disease

December 6, 2014 by jeff Leave a Comment

The US FDA has announced that it is approving Jakafi (ruxolitinib) to treat a rare type of Bone Marrow disease known as Polycythemia vera. The disease actually causes an excess of RBC’s in the Bone Marrow. The increase in RBC also leads to a spike in other components of the blood like the platelets and […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: hydroxyurea, JAK 1, Jakafi, Office of Hematology and Oncology Products, Polycythemia vera, Richard Pazdur, ruxolitinib

Cuban Doctor Successfully Treated For Ebola in a Swiss Hospital

December 6, 2014 by Jenna Lewis Leave a Comment

A Cuban doctor who was successfully treated for Ebola in a Swiss hospital has left Switzerland and is reunited with his family. The Cuban, Felix Baez Sarria contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was flown to Geneva for treatment on Nov. 20. The Geneva University hospital said that Felix Baez was successfully treated for Ebola […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: Cuban Doctor, Ebola, Felix Baez Sarria, Geneva, Jacques-Andre Romand, Sierra Leone, Swiss Hospital, Switzerland, West Africa

Smoking Reduces Y Chromosomes: One More Reason to Quit Smoking

December 6, 2014 by Kelly Holzschlag Leave a Comment

Smoking is injurious to health! This adage needs no proof since it has been established beyond doubt that cigarette smoke is laden with carcinogens and other harmful components. Now scientists have just uncovered something which will give one more reason to stop smoking. According to a recent study smoking causes a loss of Y chromosomes […]

Filed Under: Health & Lifestyle Tagged With: Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Lars Forsberg, Smoking, Uppsala University, Uppsala University in Sweden, Y Chromosomes

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