Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
According to a report released by the CDC,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,teen births in the U.S. dropped 37% over the past 20 years.It was also showed that the number of teens that are having sex has decreased and that those who are having sex use at least one method of birth control. But [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The price of an expensive drug that prevents preterm delivery has been cut to less than half.The move comes after complaints from groups of doctors and patients about the high cost of the newly approved drug.KV Pharmaceutical Co. said on Friday it is cutting the price from 1,500 to $ 690 per dose.K-V said in [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Yervoy (ipilimumab) marked by Bristol-Myers Squibb laboratory, the first life-prolonging treatment of patients with advanced melanoma, according to a statement released on Friday.”Yervoy is the first therapy approved by the FDA that clearly showed that prolongs the life of patients suffering from metastatic melanoma,”said Richard Pazdur, director of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Dallas Wiens, 25,who was seriously injured by a high voltage cable in 2008, received the most complete face transplant carried out so far in the U.S., according to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who performed the procedure.The operation,in which were involved 30 doctors with different specialties,was held last week at Brigham and Women’s in Boston(Massachusetts),a prestigious [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The benefits of tamoxifen, used to prevent breast cancer, outweigh its side effects in postmenopausal women under 55 who have a increased risk of developing the disease, according to the company Archimedes Inc. in San Francisco (USA). Research shows that tamoxifen may protect against breast cancer for years after the treatment ends,however, is difficult to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Alba Ramirez is the first person to undergo an autologous stem cells transplant from her own umbilical cord. The operation took place on July 12, 2009 in the Niño Jesús Hospital in Madrid. The girl from Cadiz, born in San Fernando, suffered a brain tumor,more specifically medulloblastoma, a grade 4 tumor, which was removed in [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The cholera outbreak emerged in Haiti has confirmed killed at least 140 people and there are a thousand 500 more with symptoms, confirmed yesterday the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency co-coordinator of the UN, Catherine Bragg. Bragg, who recently traveled to Haiti to monitor the international aid to earthquake victims in January, told [...]
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