Reuters - Some doctors are ordering unnecessary and potentially risky blood transfusions for cancer patients in order to make them eligible for research studies, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Drug tests encourage unneeded transfusions: study (Reuters)
Drug tests encourage unneeded transfusions: study
BOSTON (Reuters) - Some doctors are ordering unnecessary and potentially risky blood transfusions for cancer patients in order to make them eligible for research studies, researchers said on Wednesday.
Bydureon (Exenatide) Once-Weekly Injectable Diabetes Drug Rebuffed By FDA Again
The bid to get Byetta (exenatide) once-weekly version for diabetes treatment approval from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has failed for a second time Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Alkermes, Inc. announced. The plan was to sell the once-weekly version of exenatide under the brand name Bydureon…
Teen birth rates highest in southern states
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Birth rates among U.S. teenagers vary widely by region, with the highest rates clustered in southern states and the lowest in the Northeast and upper Midwest, government researchers reported on Wednesday.
Black patients less likely to survive heart disease
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding to previous evidence, researchers have found that black patients with heart disease are less likely to survive than white patients, even those who are younger.
Alarms over radiation from thyroid cancer patients (AP)
AP - Reports of thyroid cancer patients setting off radiation alarms and contaminating hotel rooms are prompting the agency in charge of nuclear safety to consider tighter rules.
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