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BTG says interventional medicine buys could boost sales to $1 bln
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British pharmaceutical company BTG announced two deals on Thursday that it said could create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion. Chief Executive Louise Makin told Reuters the deals would more than...Tags: Radiation Therapy, Biotechnology, Thrombosis , Science and Technology, Chemical Industry
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Nordion shares jump 11 percent after news on sale of division
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - Shares of Canada's Nordion Inc, a major provider of isotopes used in medical imaging, jumped as much as 11 percent on Thursday, after it said it will sell its targeted therapies division. Nordion said early Thursday that it agreed to... -
EDITORIAL: Thumbs Up for Bike Around Bay
Erie Times-News, Pa.Advertisement Pedal power: Today is Environment Erie's annual Bike Around the Bay. You can still register from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Pilot House, the new home for the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, behind the Intermodal Transportation Center....Tags: Family, Medical Research, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Substance Abuse, Robert J. Lopez
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Sampling ongoing at Charlevoix Superfund site
Back in 1981, the city of Charlevoix received a notice from the Michigan Department of Public Health: its municipal well system was contaminated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the well system was connected to a wedge of contaminated...
Tags: Children's Health, Water, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Environmental Cleanup
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First responders sue in Paulsboro derailment
The Philadelphia Inquirernty-four plaintiffs, including a dozen police officers who rushed to the scene of a November train derailment in Paulsboro, sued on Monday, alleging that the rail company's negligence caused the derailment, and that it downplayed the dangers of a chemical...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation Industry, National Transportation Safety Board
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State moves to restore funding for cancer agency
Austin American-StatesmanThe state's beleaguered cancer research agency edged out of the legislative doghouse Monday when budget conferees recommended restoring funding after months of controversy and an ongoing criminal investigation. The recommendation calls for spending $594...Tags: Cancer, Executive Branch, Medical Research, Crime, Law and Justice, Leukemia
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Before the mancave, Dad doled out life lessons in the garage
My dad was a garage kind of guy. As a girl, I remember him there more than anywhere else around the house. He'd spend hours in his workshop-slash-mancave tinkering, working on the family cars and giving quiet advice. I'd settle in next to him, because...
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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C
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Many in U.S. don't get proper testing for hepatitis C- CDC
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Only half of people in the United States who have ever been infected with hepatitis C get proper testing for the liver-destroying disease, according to U.S. health officials. Proper testing is a two-...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Hepatitis C , Diseases and Illnesses, Merck & Company Incorporated
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Researchers develop 'nanotrain' for targeted cancer drug transport
University of Florida researchers have developed a "DNA nanotrain" that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain's ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs...Tags: Cancer, Medical Research, Leukemia, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry
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Flip Wilson: The Persistence of Geraldine Jones
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn Sunday's Calendar (and online here), I review "Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar," a worthwhile new biography of the late comedian by Kevin Cook ("The Last Headbangers," "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything"). The...Tags: Magic Johnson, TV Land (tv network), NBC (tv network), Saturday Night Live (tv program), Eddie Murphy
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'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab
Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...
Tags: Glynn Turman, Arts and Culture, Yale Repertory Theatre, Jack Johnson, Ruby Dee
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