Cancer drug mark-ups bring in big money for NC nonprofit hospitalsKansas City StarCarolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord was paid about $19,000 for a one-gram dose of rituximab, used to treat lymphoma and leukemia. That was roughly three times t…
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Belinostat Registrational Trial … – MarketWatch (press release)
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Belinostat Registrational Trial …MarketWatch (press release)The ZEVALIN therapeutic regimen consists of two components: rituximab, and Yttrium-90 (Y-90) radiolabeled ZEVALIN for therapy. ZEVALIN builds on t…
Hyponatraemia inquiry hears of death of Claire Roberts – BBC News
BBC NewsHyponatraemia inquiry hears of death of Claire RobertsBBC NewsHer parents Alan and Jennifer were told she had suffered brain death but that incident was never reported to the coroner. Seizures. Claire's death is one of five children's d…
Indian women cricket team loses warm-up tie but not heart – India Today
India TodayIndian women cricket team loses warm-up tie but not heartIndia TodayIndia women's skipper Mithali Raj believes the team is well prepared for the World Twenty20. That didn't look to be the case as they surrendered to New Zealand in th…
Cuba Launches First Nanopharmaceutical – Naharnet
NaharnetCuba Launches First NanopharmaceuticalNaharnetCuba has unveiled its first manufactured nanopharmaceutical drug — a tweaked variety of cyclosporine, used to help prevent transplant rejection — official media reported Saturday. "Its main a…
A new 'SARS-like' virus, Scotland's resignation to heart failure and 'bed … – Pulse
A new 'SARS-like' virus, Scotland's resignation to heart failure and 'bed …PulseA gloomy morning and some suitably doom-filled headlines, as the Telegraph and the BBC warn that a new 'SARS-like' virus has been identified in th…
People with severe heart failure can feel 'as though they are drowning' – Indian Express
People with severe heart failure can feel 'as though they are drowning'Indian ExpressSevere heart failure can cause the lungs to fill with fluid and leave patients feeling like they are drowning, according to a new campaign by the British Heart…
British Heart Foundation launches heart failure appeal – BBC News
BBC NewsBritish Heart Foundation launches heart failure appealBBC NewsThe term heart failure does not mean that the heart stops working completely, but that the heart muscle is so badly damaged it cannot pump blood around the body properly, leaving suf…
Soon, a jab that can trick the heart into healing itself – Business Standard
Soon, a jab that can trick the heart into healing itselfBusiness StandardSoon, a jab that can trick the heart into healing itself. Press Trust of India / London September 24, 2012, 14:35 … of ambulances. Scientists at the Imperial College London beli…
Anwesha Foundation holds blood donation camp – Daily Pioneer
Anwesha Foundation holds blood donation campDaily PioneerThe camp had a session of pre-blood donation counselling by members of the Blood Donors' Council who motivated the donors and created awareness among them about the importance of giving back …