News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 4, 2014
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The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a draft guidance recommending dabigatran etexilate (Pradax...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 4, 2014
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New research suggests the low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) dalteparin is more cost-effective than unfractionated heparin...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 4, 2014
Immunotherapy that can be effective against tumors in young, thin mice can be lethal to obese ones, according to research published in The Journal of ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 3, 2014
The increased risk of leukemia reported among children born close to overhead power lines is likely not a result of alterations in air pollution, rese...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 2, 2014
Researchers say they’ve developed a synthetic molecule that can reverse the effects of all heparin products, both in vitro and in vivo.
Finding a d...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: November 1, 2014
The EMA and the US Food and Drug Administration previously granted Atir orphan status for the prevention of acute graft-vs-host-disease (GVHD) followi...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 31, 2014
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Single and double cord blood transplants produce similar outcomes, according to a study of young patients with hematologic disorders.
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News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 31, 2014
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan designation for a human alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) product known a...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 30, 2014
A survey of nearly 5000 US physicians showed that the average doctor spent 16.6% of his or her working hours on non-patient-related paperwork.
This...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 30, 2014
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A new method of genome editing can cure hemophilia B in mice, researchers have reported in Nature.
This new technique doesn’...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 29, 2014
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The International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) has published new criteria for diagnosing multiple myeloma (MM) in The Lancet ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 29, 2014
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Text messages reminding patients to take malaria medication can improve treatment adherence, according to a study published in P...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 29, 2014
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the complement inhibitor AMY-101 orphan status as a treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal
hemoglob...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 29, 2014
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News Author: HT Staff Publish date: October 28, 2014
Obese youths with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are known to have worse outcomes than their lean counterparts.
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