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Spain: Ebola test drug out of supply worldwide
The Charlotte Observer
MADRID Doctors treating a Spanish priest who was repatriated from West Africa on Monday after being diagnosed with the Ebola virus said there were no samples of experimental drug ZMapp available in the world right now, and they were considering alternative treatments. | The priest, Manuel Garcia Vie...
Pancreatic cancer drug Abraxane gets go ahead in Wales
BBC News
Pancreatic cancer patients in Wales are to become the first in the UK to get access to a new NHS drug treatment. | Abraxane has been recommended by the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) and will be funded by the Welsh government. | The drug ...
Alberta aims to reduce anti-psychotic drug use in long-term care
CBC
Alberta health officials hope to cut down on anti-psychotic drugs used in long-term care. ...
Anti-cancer drug to go on Welsh NHS
Belfast Telegraph
Chemotherapy drug Abraxane will be available on the Welsh NHS for pancreatic cancer sufferers, ministers have announced. | Abraxane works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells. | Welsh Government officials say the decision to fund the inj...
There Are No More Samples Of The Experimental Ebola Drug ZMapp
Huffington Post
MADRID (AP) — Doctors treating a Spanish priest who was repatriated from West Africa on Monday after being diagnosed with the Ebola virus said there were no samples of experimental drug ZMapp available in the world right now, and they were consider...
Morrisville's Tenax studies experimental drug in cardiac surgery patients
The Business Review
Sep 22, 2014, 9:54am EDT | Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Copy Me Add a brief note: | Send Email Processing... | Fuse | Morrisville’s Tenax Therapeutics, Inc., en...
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A man row his makeshift raft on submerged in Bemina Srinagar, India, Monday, Sep. 15, 2014. Massive dewatering operations have been launched in flood-hit areas of the city as military and civilian rescuers have been using helicopters and boats to evacuate people since Sept. 3, when monsoon rains triggered flooding in the disputed region of Kashmir and Pakistan's Punjab. Disease threatens as Kashmir flood waters turn fetid
Khaleej Times
The Indian federal government said it feared a rise in the number of people getting sick from dirty water and had delivered 25 water filtration plants... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Cannabis (drug) Research is biased against pot to focus on harm, not benefits
Tampa Bay Online
Is America’s scientific research biased to focus on the harmful effects of drugs? | That was one of the questions at the heart of a congression... (photo: Creative Commons / Vjiced [edit])
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Obesity: Africas new crisis Obesity: Africa’s new crisis
The Observer
Size matters: Naomi Kavindu Magutu, right, a 60-year-old former teacher with morbid obesity, at the Ceragem Ukunda Centre in Kenya. Unable to walk pr... (photo: UN / Jerolinmek Piah)
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Hypertension - Blood Pressure Mild hyper-tension can be treated without drugs
The Siasat Daily
London, September 15: | For people with mild hyper-tension, encouraging lifestyle changes should be the first line of recommendations for physicians r... (photo: WN / Yolanda)
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