Army urged to drop retrial of SAS sergeant, Danny Nightingale
Source: The Independent
Spa :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-11 16:35:57 -0700 | health-news
Pressure on the Army to drop the case against SAS Sergeant Danny Nightingale for illegal possession of a weapon is likely to grow, as it has emerged that the Ministry of Defence knew he was suffering from brain damage when...
Reading health articles may make you feel ill, and 7 more stories to watch
Source: The Globe & Mail
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-10 08:48:00 -0700 | health-news
EDT (Thinkstock) Here's what's making news this morning in the world of health and medicine. Danger: Reading articles about health and disease may make you feel ill Story continues below ad Malaria hope: Bacteria that make mosquitoes resistant Researchers have...
Onconova completes patient enrollment in Phase 3 study of cancer drug
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-10 07:04:51 -0700 | health-news
Rigosertib inhibits phosphoinositide 3-kinase and polo-like kinase, the two important cellular signaling pathways frequently activated in cancer cells. The patients who failed previous therapy with hypomethylating agents such as azacitidine and decitabine were enrolled in the study.
Mauna Kea AQ-Flex 19 Miniprobe for Optical GI Biopsies (w/video)
Source: Medgadget.com
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-08 08:57:28 -0700 | health-news
The already EU cleared device is 0.8mm in diameter and is compatible with compatible with all Cellvizio 100 systems. From the announcement: With needle-based optical biopsies, we now have access to absolutely unique real-time dynamic views of the cellular and vascular...
Pompe disease campaigner is also drugs company consultant
Source: Dutch News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-07 01:26:52 -0700 | health-news
Maryze Schoneveld-Van der Linden suffers from the rare disease and in July 2012 hit the headlines in the Netherlands when the government was considering stopping paying for the drug Myozyme, made by pharmaceuticals firm Genzyme. She gave numerous interviews explaining...
A Single Legal Drinking Age For Europe
Source: Scoop
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-06 18:34:09 -0700 | health-news
This is one of the conclusions of a report for the European Parliament Working Group on the Quality of Childhood entitled Preventing Alcohol Use Disorders Among Children and Adolescents in the EU, published today Tuesday 7 May 2013. The effects...
Special Report: 'Chemicals of High Concern' Found in Thousands of Children's Products
Source: East Bay Express
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-06 13:23:44 -0700 | health-news
An Environmental Health News analysis of thousands of reports from America's largest companies shows that toys and other children's products contain low levels of dozens of industrial chemicals, including some unexpected ingredients that will surprise a public concerned about exposure....
Christian de Duve, Nobel-Winning Biochemist, Dies at 95
Source: NY Times
Antwerp :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-06 12:55:42 -0700 | health-news
May 6, 2013 Dr. Christian de Duve, a Belgian biochemist whose discoveries about the internal workings of cells shed light on genetic disorders like Tay-Sachs disease and earned him a Nobel Prize in 1974 , died at his home in...
Belgian Nobel Prize winner de Duve dies at 95
Source: Associated Press
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-24 05:29:47 -0700 | health-news
A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of euthanasia...His university, UCL in Louvain-la-Neuve, confirmed it was a case of euthanasia but did...
Vertellus upgrades Belgium facility to manufacture niacin for pharmaceutical use
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Antwerp :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-05 22:55:25 -0700 | health-news
Major changes at the plant comprise upgrades and validation of critical equipment, manufacturing processes, analytical methodology and data collection systems. Vertellus Agriculture & Nutrition Specialties president Bentley Park said, "Among other applications, Niacin increasingly is...
Take a Deep Breath Before This Big FDA Decision
Source: The Motley Fool
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-05 16:26:58 -0700 | health-news
Glaxo's Advair, which came off patent last year , is still going strong because generic competitors have had a hard time creating a biosimilar compound. July 2011 and is a beta-2-andrenergic agonist that helps muscles around the airways of the...
Death of twin brothers fuels debate over Belgian euthanasia law
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-24 01:44:40 -0700 | health-news
The controversial death of brothers Marc and Eddy Verbessem has fuelled renewed debate over legalized euthanasia in Belgium, coming days before the national parliament began a discussion on extending the euthanasia law to include terminally ill children and people with...
This Week in Biotech
Source: The Motley Fool
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-04 17:20:05 -0700 | health-news
S&P Biotech Index up 31% over the trailing-12-month period, it's evident that investment dollars are willingly flowing into the biotech sector. Keeping that in mind, let's have a look at some of the rulings, studies, and companies that made waves...
Hot Off the Press: Arena Pharmaceuticals' First Quarter Results
Source: The Motley Fool
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-02 16:11:39 -0700 | health-news
Finance, shares are down significantly in after-hours trading...Regulatory roadblocks Arena's flagship drug, the obesity treatment Belviq, gained FDA approval last June, but the company is still waiting for the DEA to complete scheduling before it can launch the product in...
When Your Child With ADHD Also Has Another Prescription
Source: WebMD
Manage :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-02 12:17:21 -0700 | health-news
Doctors typically start patients on one medication at a time. They will then monitor your child to see how they respond to the medication and manage any side effects that may occur. Then they can add another medication if the first...
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