23Jan/14

Cycling's longstanding, predictable and troubling relationship with depression – The Guardian

Cycling’s longstanding, predictable and troubling relationship with depression
The Guardian
When l’Equipe published the Index of Suspicion it was accompanied by an article on cortisone abuse by Dr Guillaume, who claimed that the use of corticosteroids was as widespread as it had been in the 1970s and 1980s, when it wrecked the knees of many 

23Jan/14

New pill 'melts away' leukemia without chemotherapy – UPI.com (blog)


Drug Discovery & Development

New pill ‘melts away’ leukemia without chemotherapy
UPI.com (blog)
the most common form of the disease. The findings have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and show that idelalisib in combination with rituximab could prevent the leukemia from worsening, even in chemotherapy-resistant patients.
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23Jan/14

Twice-daily pill could turn leukemia into a highly treatable disease – Medical Xpress


Drug Discovery & Development

Twice-daily pill could turn leukemia into a highly treatable disease
Medical Xpress
What’s more, just 13 percent of patients treated with rituximab alone responded to the therapy, compared to 81 percent of the participants in the idelalisib treatment group. A higher percentage of patients who received both drugs – some 92 percent
New pill can ‘melt away’ leukemia without chemotherapyANINEWS
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