Regeneron’s new drug for an eye disorder called wet macular degeneration was unanimously approved on Friday by a committee of experts of the Food and Drugs Administration. The panel voted 10-0 and deemed the new drug from Regeneron as safe and effective as treatment for the eye condition commonly seen in the elderly, an FDA […]
Food allergies are on the rise among American children — as many as 6 million have them — according to a survey published today in the journal Pediatrics. One in 12 children in the country has a food allergy the most common of which are allergies to peanuts, milk and shellfish. Other studies estimated that […]
Cancer deaths in the United States are decreasing but cancer is still the number one cause of death among those younger than 85, a yearly report from the American Cancer Society showed. According to the Cancer Statistics, 2011 and Cancer Facts & Figures, 2011 report, about 1,596,670 people will be diagnosed with the disease this […]
Guillain-Barre syndrome, a peripheral nervous system disorder, has caused the legs of Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel to weaken according to a report in the New York Times. Danny Wuerffel injured his shoulder when playing for the Washington Redskins in 2002 and sought the help of orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews. The quarterback was back […]
The lifespan of Americans vary widely from one area to another, with residents of those areas having obesity and smoking problems experiencing shorter life expectancies, a report published in Population Health Metrics said today. A recent, separate estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that an American born in 2009 could expect […]
Medical errors are just as likely to happen in doctors’ clinics and physicians’ offices as well as in hospitals where they are thought to happen more often. This is the result of a new study that looked at the rate of malpractice claim payments in the United States from 2005 to 2009. That rate […]
Formaldehyde exposure can cause rare malignancies such as throat cancer and sinus cancer according to the National Institutes of Health. On Friday, the NIH released an updated list of cancer-causing substances. Formaldehyde, styrene and aristolochic acids are among the eight chemicals added to the list. Formaldehyde is a common ingredient in many household products such […]
Weight gain had long been reported by many people who quit smoking but it’s not until now that scientists finally understood the mechanism behind it. As reported Friday in the journal Science, researchers have discovered that nicotine supresses the appetite by activating cells in the brain responsible for the feeling of satiety. It means that […]
The E. coli outbreak that originated from Germany could have been detected earlier by German health authorities. This is the emerging consensus of other health officials who have criticized Germany’s handling of the deadly outbreak. German authorities have investigated for over a month now the exact origin of the E. coli outbreak that has so […]
Skin cancer drugs vemurafenib and ipilimumab were shown in separate trials to have extended the survival rates of patients with advanced melanoma. The findings represent a breakthrough in the sense that although not a cure, the two skin cancer drugs have succeeded in new ways in combating the disease. First is by targeting a mutation […]
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