Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a variety of new drugs, including the new drug for patients with metastatic melanoma. Dr. Art Mollen explained to Scott Pasmore that “Yervoy” can extend a patients life with metastatic melanoma. As far as FDA is concerned, melanoma is the leading cause of death from skin disease. [...]
A group of researchers followed 15,000 initially healthy Canadians for more than 10 years to see if universal access to health care meant that the rich and poor were both likely to stay healthy. The results are astonishing. The researchers ran this data two different ways in the study. High Income patients vs. Low Income [...]
The 2011 Affordable Care Act is facing a variety of legal challenges by many who say this is unconstitutional. Experts say that the U.S. Supreme Court will have to settle this debate that could derail much of the effort to cover this countrys uninured citizens. In the meantime, The Department of Health and Human Services [...]
In London, experts have found that the cancer drug used for breast cancer patients could keep new tumors away for more than four years. The found that patients who have received Herceptin – the ‘wonderdrug’ in 2005, are still less likely to have the tumors recur. Usually breast cancer patients have the surgery to remove [...]
Nektar is part of the health care sector and drugs industry that has a market cap of $1.1 billion. As of Wednesday close of trading, shares are down 24.1% for the year. This Clinical-Stage Biopharmaceutical Company focuses on developing a pipeline of drug candidates that will utilize its PEGylation and polymer conjugate technology platforms. Nektars [...]
Within the past months, cancer centers across the country have experienced a significant shortage in chemotherapy supplies. Drug shortages have occurred in the past, but nothing such as this. Many chemotherapy drugs that are short in supply this year are widely used generics, so this has had a huge impact on cancer care providers. The [...]
The question is, is soy a Health Food? My answer may disappoint and challenge several of my vegetarian friends, but it is my belief that fermented soy products provide a health risk and the health challenge to those who use them as a source of protein. Fermented forms of soy such as Tempeh, miso are [...]
Gingrich speech in Derry New Hampshire
Options in the Medicare Crisis…
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Plan to privatize the Medicare Health Program for the elderly
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Debate Over Cutting the Deficit
