Race Affects Hepatitis C Recurrence After Liver Transplant: Study
SATURDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Hepatitis C patients who
receive a liver from a white donor have significantly more aggressive
recurrent hepatitis than those who receive a liver from a black donor,
researchers have found.
Race Affects Hepatitis C Recurrence After Liver Transplant: Study
SATURDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Hepatitis C patients who
receive a liver from a white donor have significantly more aggressive
recurrent hepatitis than those who receive a liver from a black donor,
researchers have found.
Amazon Indians hit by deadly epidemic in Venezuela
Venezuelan health workers say an epidemic that may be malaria has killed dozens of people, decimating three villages of the Yanomami Indians, whose struggle for survival in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest has attracted worldwide support.
Amazon Indians hit by deadly epidemic in Venezuela
Venezuelan health workers say an epidemic that may be malaria has killed dozens of people, decimating three villages of the Yanomami Indians, whose struggle for survival in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest has attracted worldwide support.
Black patients fare well on Vertex hepatitis C drug
A closer look at data from a late stage trial of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's eagerly anticipated hepatitis C drug telaprevir showed impressive cure rates for black patients and for patients with advanced liver disease.
Black patients fare well on Vertex hepatitis C drug
A closer look at data from a late stage trial of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's eagerly anticipated hepatitis C drug telaprevir showed impressive cure rates for black patients and for patients with advanced liver disease.
Scientists Report Early Success in Growing Mini Liver in Lab
SATURDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists who created
functioning miniature livers say their success is an early, but important,
advance in the quest to grow replacement human livers in the
laboratory.
Scientists Report Early Success in Growing Mini Liver in Lab
SATURDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists who created
functioning miniature livers say their success is an early, but important,
advance in the quest to grow replacement human livers in the
laboratory.
Haiti cholera death toll grows by 7 to 337
Haiti reported seven new deaths Saturday from the cholera outbreak, bringing to 337 the number killed by the diarrheal disease since it first appeared earlier this month.
Haiti cholera death toll grows by 7 to 337
Haiti reported seven new deaths Saturday from the cholera outbreak, bringing to 337 the number killed by the diarrheal disease since it first appeared earlier this month.
US approves Novartis brain tumour drug
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said Saturday that the US Food and Drug Administration had approved a drug for treating certain benign brain tumours which previously required surgery.
US approves Novartis brain tumour drug
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said Saturday that the US Food and Drug Administration had approved a drug for treating certain benign brain tumours which previously required surgery.
E-cigarette seller accepts California marketing limits
A distributor of electronic cigarettes has agreed not to target its sales and advertisements to minors or to claim its products are safe alternatives to tobacco, under a consent judgment reached with California.
E-cigarette seller accepts California marketing limits
A distributor of electronic cigarettes has agreed not to target its sales and advertisements to minors or to claim its products are safe alternatives to tobacco, under a consent judgment reached with California.
Latin America 'best placed for wiping out malaria'
Latin America has the best chances of any malaria-affected continent of wiping out the disease, while sub-Saharan Africa has the least hope, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet.
Grim stories of US soldiers' trauma in 'Wartorn' documentary
In grainy black-and-white footage, a young American soldier from World War II struggles to get the words out, as the interviewer asks him to repeat himself.
Deaths hit 330 as Haiti fights to halt cholera outbreak
Twenty-five more fatalities brought the toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic to 330 dead on Friday, as medical teams desperately sought to contain an outbreak that they warned could "spread like wildfire."
Merck 3Q profit plunges 90 percent on deal charges
Merck & Co. posted a 90 percent drop in third-quarter profit, due to large charges for its $41.1 billion acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp. last November and a legal reserve for a federal investigation.
Cigna’s 3Q profit falls; 2010 expectations rise
Cigna Corp. said Friday its third-quarter profit fell nearly 7 percent on losses from some discontinued businesses, but commercial enrollment grew and the managed care company raised its 2010 profit expectations.
AP ENTERPRISE: Interest groups target state races
House and Senate candidates aren't the only ones targeted by interest groups in this year's campaign. While they have spent at least $185 million just since Labor Day to influence voters in close congressional races, outside money is pouring at si...