AFP – The European Union is putting the interests of big drug companies ahead of those of millions of people without access to essential medicines, two non-governmental organisations said Tuesday.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) –
New research links high blood pressure in children to bones that are more
mature than average, suggesting that advanced bone age may predict
cardiovascular problems.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — A mammogram is an X-ray of the breasts
that’s designed to detect abnormalities, including possible tumors.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Head lice are a pesky, often itchy problem
that should be remedied to prevent a secondary infection caused by
scratching.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — A drug similar to one now
used to treat blood poisoning holds promise as a treatment for amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease,
researchers say.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — New research raises doubts
about the long-held medical dogma that dangerous blood clots in the lungs,
known as pulmonary emboli, originate from clots in the deep veins of the
legs or other parts of the lower body, which then break up and travel up
through the body.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy
of ClinicalConnection.com:
HealthDay – Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) — Votrient (pazopanib) has
been approved to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney
cancer in which cancerous cells invade the lining of small tubes in the
kidney called tubules, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a
news release.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) — A new look at some old data
adds convincing evidence that high body fluid levels of the antioxidant
urate slow the progressive nerve damage of Parkinson’s disease.