Topic: United States
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying the autoimmmune disease lupus have found that blood platelets are key in its development and say their findings in the lab suggest blood-thinning drugs may offer a new way to treat patients. The researchers found that lupus ...
The neurological disease multiple sclerosis can be more active in the spring and summer, according to a new study that detected brain lesions two to three times more frequently in warmer months. "Our results showed that the appearance of lesions on brain ...
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German pharmaceuticals and chemicals company Merck KGaA is banking on an experimental multiple sclerosis (MS) pill to lift operating margins at its embattled drugs unit, it said on Wednesday. Earnings before interest, tax and special items at its Merck ...
Spanish health care company Grifols plans to buy Talecris Biotherapeutics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3.4 billion. Grifols will offer $19 in cash and a portion of its newly issued, nonvoting shares for each share of the Research Triangle Park, ...
Attention graduates of Montana's Libby High School: asbestos researchers are looking for you. People who attended Libby High between 1950 and 1999, and then moved away, are being asked to submit to tests to help determine the extent of contamination caused by ...
LONDON (Reuters) - European scientists have found a full range of markers in the blood of kidney transplant patients which could predict whether their new organ will be a success and whether they need large amounts of medication to help it. The ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 1 and 2 percent of children in the U.S. and Canada may have allergies to peanuts or tree nuts, with the U.S. rates seemingly on the rise, two new studies suggest. Peanuts and tree nuts such ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Allergic reactions to soy may be a cause of asthma symptoms in some workers at soy processing plants, a new study suggests. Soy is among the most common sources of food allergies, and some studies have found ...
Darryl Durr, 46, was executed Tuesday in Ohio for the 1988 rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl after the Supreme Court rejected a flurry of final appeals, including one claiming he was allergic to certain anesthetics. Durr was declared dead at ...
Achoo! Pollen is everywhere, and plaguing allergy sufferers across the nationPollen: It's on your car, in the air and especially in your sinuses. From Florida to Texas to Colorado, 2010 is shaping up to be a monster of an allergy season. The ...
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