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Showing posts with label Medecine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medecine. Show all posts
US doctors cure child born with HIV | Society | The Guardian
US doctors cure child born with HIV | Society | The Guardian: "Mississippi doctors make medical history made with first 'functional cure' of unnamed two-year-old born with the virus who now needs no medication"
BBC News - German medicine rocked by Leipzig organ donor scandal
BBC News - German medicine rocked by Leipzig organ donor scandal: "Prosecutors are investigating an organ donor scandal in the east German city of Leipzig in which doctors allegedly manipulated an organ waiting list."
Maybe we should investigate if Cheney was also placed ahead of the heart list. (My comment)
Maybe we should investigate if Cheney was also placed ahead of the heart list. (My comment)
CDC says one new death from meningitis; number of cases at 197 | Reuters
CDC says one new death from meningitis; number of cases at 197 | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Another person has died from fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, bringing the death toll in an unprecedented outbreak to 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday."
Who is going to jail?
Who is going to jail?
BBC News - Aspirin may 'slow elderly brain decline', study finds
BBC News - Aspirin may 'slow elderly brain decline', study finds: "An aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research finds."
Meningitis outbreak expected to spread as officials look into steroid source | Society | guardian.co.uk
Meningitis outbreak expected to spread as officials look into steroid source | Society | guardian.co.uk: "Virus has killed four and infected 26 across five states as officials investigate steroid injections as a possible cause"
Half of drugs prescribed in France useless or dangerous, say two specialists | World news | The Guardian
Half of drugs prescribed in France useless or dangerous, say two specialists | World news | The Guardian: "The doctors claim that the state wastes money on unnecessary medicine that they blame for up to 20,000 deaths annually"
We can assume the same thing is happening in the US and elsewhere. And although thousands of people are killed by the legal drug makers, it seems to be accepted; no is charged with murder and no one goes to jail.
We can assume the same thing is happening in the US and elsewhere. And although thousands of people are killed by the legal drug makers, it seems to be accepted; no is charged with murder and no one goes to jail.
Brain implant allows paralysed woman to control a robot with her thoughts | Science | guardian.co.uk
Brain implant allows paralysed woman to control a robot with her thoughts | Science | guardian.co.uk:
The BrainGate implant can decode a patient's brain signals and instruct a robotic arm to reach and grasp objects"
What is the woman intellectual ability? Is it worth staying alive?
The BrainGate implant can decode a patient's brain signals and instruct a robotic arm to reach and grasp objects"
What is the woman intellectual ability? Is it worth staying alive?
Doctors seek end to 5 cancer tests, treatments | Reuters
Doctors seek end to 5 cancer tests, treatments | Reuters: (Reuters) - "The nation's leading association of cancer physicians urged doctors to stop offering five common tests and treatments for cancer patients, a move that threatens to further inflame concerns about the rationing of medical care."
The question is do the wealthy get the tests, and do they live longer?
The question is do the wealthy get the tests, and do they live longer?
Special Report: A prescription for corruption | Reuters
Special Report: A prescription for corruption | Reuters:
"...Officials at drugs companies AstraZeneca Plc, Sanofi SA and Actavis confirmed they were served in July and August 2011 with criminal indictments related to allegedly improper payments to physicians including Borojevic at his state-run institute, and said they had filed certain procedural objections. Icelandic pharmaceutical company Actavis gave the most expansive statement: "The allegations include bribery of state officials in order to obtain preferential status when it comes to the sale of oncology products in Serbia," said the company, which moved its headquarters to Zug, Switzerland in 2011.
All declined further comment on the proceedings. Also charged with alleged bribery in the case were representatives of Roche, Merck KGaA and PharmaSwiss - a unit of Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc - all of whom declined to comment..."
"... Over the past year eight of the world's top 10 drugmakers - Pfizer Inc, Novartis AG, Merck & Co Inc, Sanofi, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly & Co - have all warned that they may face liabilities related to charges of corruption in numerous overseas markets..."Study Finds Foster Children Often Given Antipsychosis Drugs - NYTimes.com
Study Finds Foster Children Often Given Antipsychosis Drugs - NYTimes.com: "The report, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, is the first to investigate how often youngsters in foster care are given two antipsychotic drugs at once, the authors said. The drugs include Risperdal, Seroquel and Zyprexa — among other so-called major tranquilizers — which were developed for schizophrenia but are now used as all-purpose drugs for almost any psychiatric symptoms."
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