Bluefield Daily Telegraph EpiPen price ‘totally insane’: Local residents voice their concerns over cost increase of life-saving drugBluefield Daily TelegraphIn this April 8, 2008, file photo, Mylan Pharmaceuticals CEO Heather Bresch poses for a photo in her office in Canonsburg, Pa. Bresch, is CEO of Mylan, the manufacturer of EpiPens. A two-dose package, costing around ...
MD Magazine ESC: The DANISH Trial Delivers a Shock of HumilityMedscapeThe European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2016 Congress started with a shocker. The first trial presented in the first hot-line session will change the way cardiologists think about implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) use in patients with heart …ESC: ICD Not Necessarily the Best Bet in All HF ...
NBCNews.com Zika Funding Delay in Congress Puts Americans at Risk, Obama SaysNBCNews.comPresident Barack Obama urged Congress to make Zika funding its first priority after members return from a seven-week summer break, saying the delay is putting Americans at risk. “[E]very day that Republican leaders in Congress wait to do their job …All Donated Blood in ...
The Missoulian First Days of Preseason Practice Pose Big Heat Risks for College Football PlayersThe MissoulianFRIDAY, Aug. 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) — As college football players trade in their beach towels for helmets and padding, new research shows their risk of developing sports-related heat illness shoots up. In particular, during the first 14 days of ...
SFGate US judge upholds state law requiring vaccinationsSFGateA federal judge refused Friday to block California’s new vaccination law, which requires children in public and private schools to be inoculated against 10 contagious illnesses and eliminates an exemption based on their parents’ personal beliefs …Judge won’t block California’s strict child vaccination lawThe Mercury NewsJudge declines to ...
CBS News What people really think of men with hair transplantsCBS NewsBad news for the follicularly challenged: A new survey confirms that balding men are seen by others as older and less good-looking. But when the same men got a hair transplant, observers thought of them as younger and more attractive, the study found.Men with ...
CNN US blood supply should be screened for Zika, FDA saysCNN(CNN) The Food and Drug Administration has recommended screening the entire US blood supply for the Zika virus, it announced today, noting that screening donated blood is already underway in Florida and Puerto Rico. The new recommendation applies …FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated ...
NPR MammaPrint Finds Breast Cancer Patients Who Can Skip ChemoMedscapeIn breast cancer patients who were judged to be at high risk by clinical assessment, and who were thus destined for chemotherapy, use of the 70-gene signature test (MammaPrint, Agendia) found that half (49%) of these women could skip chemotherapy.When DNA and medical tests disagree about ...
New York Times Mylan Raised EpiPen’s Price Before the Expected Arrival of a GenericNew York TimesEpiPens used for training school staff members in Virginia. Mylan is under fire for raising the price of the allergy treatment device. Credit Karen Kasmauski for The New York Times. In 2012, the company behind the EpiPen settled a lawsuit ...