According to a story by Channel 6 Action News out of Philadelphia, there’s been an alarming increase in the number of relatively young people suffering strokes.
The story cites figures by the Center for Disease Control, which found the rate of people hospitalized for stroke between the ages of 15 and 44 has gone up 37 percent between 1995 and 2008.
The report includes an interview with a local woman, Kathy Doyle, ...
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According to an article in the New York Times, 10 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies are banding together to form a “nonprofit organization” called TransCelerate BioPharma that will be devoted to streamlining clinical trials and getting drugs on the market sooner.
The report quotes unidentified “people behind the effort” as saying this will be the largest cooperative venture of its kind among the pharmaceutical giants. Garry Neil, the interim chief ...
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An article in Newsday answers questions that readers might have about the 60 forms of cancer related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks now covered through the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently added certain forms of cancer to the fund, established in 2010 and named for police detective James Zadroga, who died after working at Ground Zero.
The list of covered cancers ...
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An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association alleges that an effort by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to speed approval of new medicines has led to drugs making it onto the market without proper safety analysis.
The article specifically mentions the blood thinner Pradaxa, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The JAMA article is by Thomas J. Moore, who has written two books on drug safety and is ...
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According to a Bloomberg story, nearly 16,800 adverse events associated with metal-on-metal hip implants were reported in the United States from 2000 through 2011.
Metal-on-metal hip implants, which have both a ball and socket coated in an alloy made of cobalt and chromium, were originally introduced as an ostensibly more durable alternative to earlier plastic and ceramic models. But a number ...
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According to a story in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, a businessman in Hanover, Pa., has purchased a 50-year-old electronic map illustrating the Battle of Gettysburg from the U.S. General Services Administration for $14,000.
The National Park Service sold the 12-ton, steel-and-plaster topographical map in an online auction. It had been part of a former visitors’ center that has since been razed, but was not included in a new center that ...
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