News tagged with new administration
Genes culled from desert soils suggest potential medical resource
Despite their ecologic similarity, soils from three geographically distinct areas of the American southwest harbor vastly different collections of small, biosynthetic genes, a finding that suggests the existence of a far ...
May 21, 2012 |
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Toward an improved test for adulterated heparin
Scientists are reporting refinement of a new test that promises to help assure the safety of supplies of heparin, the blood thinner taken by millions of people worldwide each year to prevent blood clots. The ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 21, 2011 |
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NASA's smaller programs could be at risk
The cost of NASA's two flagship programs - a new space telescope and its next rocket - is poised to devour much of the agency's shrinking budget in coming years, putting at risk everything from efforts to develop futuristic ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 05, 2011 |
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US regulators approve new hepatitis C drug
US regulators on Friday approved the first new treatment for hepatitis C in more than a decade, a Merck pharmaceutical known as Victrelis, to be taken with the current two-drug regimen.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 14, 2011 |
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FDA panel endorses Vertex hepatitis C drug
(AP) -- Federal health experts say an experimental hepatitis C drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a significant step forward in treating the virus, despite a high rate of rashes among patients taking the tablet.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 28, 2011 |
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US panel gives nod to Merck hepatitis C drug
A US government advisory committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to urge the Food and Drug Administration to approve a new drug made by Merck to fight hepatitis C, a disease which attacks the liver.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 27, 2011 |
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FDA says Vertex hepatitis drug is highly effective
(AP) -- Federal health officials say a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals successfully treats a clear majority of patients in less time than older medicines that have been used for 20 years.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Powerful laser pointers create risks
The latest generation of high-powered laser pointers may seem like a fun Christmas gift, but experts caution consumers to weigh the potential harm.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Translating Chinese medicine for the West
In a traditional Chinese medicine store in central Beijing, part of the Tongrentang chain founded 342 years ago, three white-coated workers follow traditions that stretch even further back in time. They sort and chop an exotic ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Abbott withdraws diet pill in US, Canada
(AP) -- Abbott Laboratories said Friday it will withdraw its diet pill Meridia in the U.S. and Canada, almost a year after studies showed the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Reviving the FDA: NEJM perspective
In a Perspective piece published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine family medicine physician Susan Okie gives a comprehensive overview of change, and planned change ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Study backs new heart valve without cracking chest
(AP) -- Thousands of older Americans who need new heart valves but are too frail to survive the surgery might soon get a chance at an easier option - a way to thread in an artificial aortic valve without ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Doctors see eye hazard in powerful laser pointers
(AP) -- A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available online.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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FDA cites quality problems at NY brain-imaging lab
(AP) -- A respected brain-imaging center run by Columbia University has halted some research after federal officials repeatedly complained that patients were getting drugs that failed purity tests.
Jul 18, 2010 |
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Experimental diet pill shows promise, little risk
(AP) -- An experimental diet pill helped about half the people who tried it lose some weight and keep it off a year later, without the heart problems that some earlier drugs caused, a study found.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 14, 2010 |
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