'Breakthrough' Hepatitis C Treatment Was Tested by Bon Secours Liver Specialist
'Breakthrough' hepatitis C treatment was tested by Bon Secours liver specialist
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On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of the new drug Sovaldi, sofosbuvir, for hepatitis C. In clinical trials, the polymerase inhibitor, the first used in hepatitis C treatment, has shown a more than 90 percent success …
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Costly eye drug costs Medicare billions
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Spending that much may make little sense for a country burdened by ever-rising health bills, but as is often the case in American health care, there is a certain economic logic: Doctors and drug makers profit when more-costly treatments are adopted …
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Support Groups are plentiful in the area to help in many ways
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DIABETES: Bristol, Tenn., Conference Center, BRMC; second Thursday, 6 p.m., no November meetings; Diabetes Treatment Center, 423- 844-2950. … FRIENDS & FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP: Big Stone Gap, Va., Behavioral Health Services, behind Powell Valley High …
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Gene Sequencing Project Finds Family of Drugs with Promise for Treating …
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Newswise — (MEMPHIS, Tenn. – December 9, 2013) Drugs that enhance a process called oxidative stress were found to kill rhabdomyosarcoma tumor cells growing in the laboratory and possibly bolstered the effectiveness of chemotherapy against this …
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