Heart Failure Killed BritonThe Moscow TimesThe Briton who died over the weekend after a brief bar scuffle in Moscow was killed by heart failure, not injuries, a source in the investigation told Komsomolskaya Pravda on Tuesday. Earlier reports said trav…
Zapped by Taser backers – News & Observer
Zapped by Taser backersNews & ObserverStill, both Tuttle and I agree a Taser was "involved" (Tuttle's word) in events that resulted in Anthony's brain death and expiration after he was taken off life support a few days after his arres…
Unsung Heroes: Cancer, heart disease don't slow volunteer – NewsOK.com
Unsung Heroes: Cancer, heart disease don't slow volunteerNewsOK.comHeart failure patients face another kind of demon. They know their life has a special kind of fragility. Significant heart failure is often accompanied by long stays in an intensive…
Corticosteroids boost survival of very premature infants, study finds – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UAB NewsCorticosteroids boost survival of very premature infants, study findsMilwaukee Journal SentinelDoctors have known for years that giving corticosteroids to pregnant women at risk of delivering prematurely can accelerate lung development, but a n…
Pop Filter Hot Pick: The Sprout Fund marks 10 creative years with TENACITY … – Pop City
Pop CityPop Filter Hot Pick: The Sprout Fund marks 10 creative years with TENACITY …Pop CityFrom pioneering work in the fields of radio broadcasting, transplant surgery and steamboating, to popular foods such as the Banana Split and Big Mac and helpf…
An organ donor saved my life – ABC Online (blog)
TopNews United StatesAn organ donor saved my lifeABC Online (blog)New South Wales has the lowest organ donation rate in Australia, and Australia compares very poorly with other countries. One issue in the government's sights is the fact that even i…
The Ethics of pokies, organ donation, changing sides and finding a bargain – ABC Online (blog)
The Ethics of pokies, organ donation, changing sides and finding a bargainABC Online (blog)If you find an absolute bargain at a garage sale and pay fifty cents, knowing full well that its real worth is thousands, is it ethical? This is just one of the …
Capital Research Global Investors' Q3 Healthcare Stock Allocations – Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Capital Research Global Investors' Q3 Healthcare Stock AllocationsWall St. Cheat SheetThe Company's products and experimental therapies address cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, organ transplant rejecti…
TVs to Biologics: Samsung Dives into Biosimilars with $300M Biogen Idec JV – BioWorld Online
TVs to Biologics: Samsung Dives into Biosimilars with $300M Biogen Idec JVBioWorld OnlineIt markets Tysabri (natalizumab) and Avonex (Interferon beta-1a) for multiple sclerosis, and Rituxan (rituximab) for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Its development pipeline…
New drugs show promise for advanced breast cancer – Washington Post (blog)
USA TodayNew drugs show promise for advanced breast cancerWashington Post (blog)In the second study, researchers gave 724 postmenopausal women whose tumors responded to the hormone estrogen either the drug exemestane, which is already used, plus a plac…