Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Sanofi to Seek U.S. Approval for First Dengue Vaccine in Months and other top stories.

  • Sanofi to Seek U.S. Approval for First Dengue Vaccine in Months

    Sanofi plans to seek U.S. approval for its dengue vaccine as early as this year after reaching the market in parts of Latin America and Asia where the mosquito-borne infection is widespread.The French drugmaker is focusing on the most vulnerable countries before bringing the vaccine, called Dengvaxia, to more developed regions, with a goal of getting the product on the market in about 30 nations from Malaysia to Colombia, Guillaume Leroy, dengue vice president at Sanofi’s vaccines unit, said in..
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  • J&J Warns Diabetic Patients About Hacking Risks of Insulin Pumps

    J&J Warns Diabetic Patients About Hacking Risks of Insulin Pumps
    Johnson & Johnson is warning users of its OneTouch Ping insulin pump that hackers could exploit a cybersecurity flaw to infuse additional doses of the diabetes drug without their knowledge, which could be life-threatening. “The probability of unauthorized access to the OneTouch Ping System is extremely low,” the company said in a letter to patients alerting them to the risk. “It would require technical expertise, sophisticated equipment and proximity to the pump, as the OneTouch Ping system is ..
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  • Ben Stiller Reveals He Was Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer 2 Years Ago

    Ben Stiller Reveals He Was Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer 2 Years Ago
    Ben Stiller says he survived deadly prostate cancer two years ago because of early detection – and now he wants to spread the word about getting tested. The 50-year-old actor said in an interview on The Howard Stern Show Tuesday morning that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 48. “It came out of the blue for me,” Stiller said. “I had no idea.” Although Stiller says he had no history of prostate cancer in his family and had no symptoms, his doctor suspected the cancer due to a Prostate..
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  • Zika Vaccine Could Actually be Profitable, Companies Say

    Zika Vaccine Could Actually be Profitable, Companies Say
    The race to find protection against the Zika virus is fueled by something often missing from tropical disease research: the potential for big profit. The prospect of a blockbuster vaccine against a mosquito-borne virus has accelerated the pace of development and attracted the interest of big drugmakers, including Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Although Zika infections are mild or asymptomatic in most people, demand for a vaccine is expected to be strong because it ..
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  • Flint residents too scared of the water to wash. That's making them sick.

    Flint residents too scared of the water to wash. That's making them sick.
    Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder drinks filtered tap water with Flint resident Cheryl Hill while listening to her concerns about the city’s ongoing water crisis at her home on April 18. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP) Residents of Flint, Mich., are still afraid of the city’s water. That fear, caused by the 2015 findings of elevated lead levels in the town’s water supply, had led many of the town’s residents to forgo some basic hygiene, such as washing their hands or bathing with water..
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  • Complementary and alternative medicine and influenza vaccine uptake

    A recent study investigated complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and influenza vaccination among about 9,000 children in the 2012 National Health Interview Survey.
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  • Don't give kids homeopathic teething tablets, FDA warns parents

    Don't give kids homeopathic teething tablets, FDA warns parents
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week warned parents against using homeopathic teething tablets and gels as regulators investigate reports of infants and children suffering seizures and other health issues after taking the natural remedies. The FDA zeroed in on tablets and gels distributed by CVS Pharmacy and Hyland's Homeopathy in a warning released Friday, although regulators noted that other retailers might sell the products or similar ones in stores nationwide and online. The t..
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  • Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel Prize for Study of 'Self-Eating' Cells

    Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel Prize for Study of 'Self-Eating' Cells
    “I grew very frustrated,” he told the Journal of Cell Biology in 2012. He switched to studying the duplication of DNA in yeast. That work led him to a junior professor position at the University of Tokyo where he picked up a microscope and started peering at sacks in yeast where cell components are degraded — work that eventually brought him, at age 43, to the discoveries that the Nobel Assembly recognized on Monday. Dr. Ohsumi later moved to the National Institute for Basic Biology, in Okazaki..
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  • 91-Year-Old Who Inspired Thousands With End-of-Life Road Trip Dies

    91-Year-Old Who Inspired Thousands With End-of-Life Road Trip Dies
    Norma, who is nearly 90-years-old, is seen here in a picture posted to her Facebook page titled, "Driving Miss Norma." 0 Shares. Email. A 91-year-old woman who chose to hit the road over spending her days undergoing chemotherapy treatments and ...
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  • Democratic and Republican doctors treat patients differently

    Democratic and Republican doctors treat patients differently
    New research says politicized medical issues, like abortion or marijuana use, get different treatment recommendations along physicians' party lines. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) How will your doctor help you deal with issues like pregnancy, drug use or safety? A new study suggests that instead of looking at their résumés or diplomas, you might want to check their voting record. Apparently, Democratic and Republican doctors don’t just vote differently. When faced with hypothetica..
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