Our intrepid reporter takes a run on an anti-gravity treadmill
The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration for use in rehabilitation following an injury or surgery of the hip, knee, ankle or foot; rehabilitation after total joint replacement; gait training in neurologic …
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Pottsgrove grads, best friends od'd seven months apart
The women, interviewed sitting across from one another at the dining room table at the Mackie residence, passed a box of tissues back and forth, remembering their boys before drugs took over. …. In the news at that time, former Philadelphia Eagles …
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New Target for Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs
To work, it must be cut loose by signaling scissors called TACE (TNF-alpha converting enzyme)," said Carl Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., program director of the Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program at HSS. While blocking TACE could be another way to treat …
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Fear of Gun Control Drives Maryland Firearm Sales
21 years old to purchase; Sales regulated; No permit necessary to purchase; Permit required for concealed carry; No license required to own; Registration required through Maryland State Police; Safety training program required through Maryland State …
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Spare parts: Healthy bone and cartilage
As that is accomplished clinically, and the technology receives official approval from the US Food and Drug Administration and other authorities, cartilage will be produced by the same process for more exciting applications. Bonus Biogroup has already …
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FDA approves three new drug treatments for type 2 diabetes
"Controlling blood sugar levels is very important in the overall treatment and care of diabetes," said Mary Parks, M.D., director of the Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. … The FDA …
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Tuscaloosa drug treatment program in financial straits
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AL (WBRC)- FOX6 News has learned that a Tuscaloosa County drug treatment program isn't accepting new clients because of financial problems. This pre-trial diversion program is for first time, non-violent criminal defendants …
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FDA panel backs approval of canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
SILVER SPRING, MD. – The majority of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel supported the approval of canagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes with caveats, including precautions about its use in patients with moderately impaired renal …
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Celgene's Long-Term Plan For Generating Blockbusters
The company is advancing three new blockbuster programs that will help drive revenue to $ 12 billion a year by 2017: Pomalidomide, Apremilast and Abraxane to be approved for extended applications. … Multiple myeloma drug pomalidomide (to be sold as …
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