Malaysia's health authorities on Sunday said they are working with UNICEF to bring polio vaccines to the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, where the country's first polio case in nearly three decades was detected last week.
... Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Friday said it won a $752 million jury verdict against Gilead Sciences Inc in a U.S. patent dispute relating to technology for treating cancer.
... The South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Saturday extended a state of emergency due to a measles outbreak which has killed 72 people, mostly infants, as New Zealand announced NZ$1 million ($640,700) to help combat measles in the Pacific.
... (Reuters Health) - Adolescents who are active on social media may be more likely to exercise excessively, skip meals or develop other forms of disordered eating, a U.S. study suggests.
... Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously in favor of Horizon Therapeutics Plc's experimental treatment for active thyroid eye disease, taking the drug closer towards potential approval.
... U.S. health regulators on Friday approved expanding the heart benefit claims Amarin Corp can make in promoting its drug Vascepa to include reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes in high-risk patients, opening a multibillion-dollar market opport... ... Santa Anita Park, where 35 horses have died as the result of injuries in the past year, said on Friday it was introducing new technology for diagnosing pre-existing conditions in racehorses.
... (Reuters Health) - While army suicides have historically decreased during wartime, that trend appears to have reversed in recent decades, a new study of U.S. records finds.
... Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc soared 36% on Friday after U.S. regulators shocked Wall Street by approving the company's treatment for a muscle-wasting disorder less than four months after rejecting the drug over safety concerns.
... (Reuters Health) - (Reuters Health) - Terminally-ill patients who discussed their options for end-of-life care tended to survive longer than those who had not, a small clinical trial in Denmark found.
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Archive for the ‘Fitness Articles’ Category
Malaysia to work with UNICEF on polio vaccination in Sabah state
Bristol-Myers wins $752 million in U.S. patent case against Gilead
Samoa extends measles state of emergency, NZ to fund Pacific vaccination campaign
Social media use linked to teen disordered eating behaviors
FDA panel votes unanimously in favor of Horizon’s thyroid eye disease drug
FDA says Amarin can market fish-oil derived therapy for reducing heart attack risk
Santa Anita introduces new technology to aid horses
Two-century trend of Army suicide decrease during war reversed in past two decades
Sarepta shares surge after surprise approval of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy drug
End of life planning tied to longer survival with terminal illness