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Bill O'Brien and members of Penn State's senior class to join elite company at the Maxwell Football Club National Awards Gala
03/01/2013
Penn State's Eric Shrive will be recognized for his work off the field where he was selected with the 2013 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award. Shrive has raised nearly $70,000 for kidney cancer patients and research. The event will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.
Bill O'Brien and members of Penn State's senior class to join elite company at the Maxwell Football Club National Awards Gala
03/01/2013
On Friday, O'Brien and members of the Nittany Lions' senior class will be in Atlantic City to take part in the Maxwell Football Club National Awards Gala at the Harrah's Atlantic City Resort.
Which States Have Opted Out of Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
02/28/2013
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to opt out of the law's Medicaid expansion, leaving each state's decision to participate in the hands of the nation's governors and state leaders.
AVEO and Astellas Announce FDA Advisory Committee To Review Tivozanib
02/28/2013
ODAC reviews and evaluates data concerning the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational human drug products for use in the treatment of cancer, and makes recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. According to the timelines established by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the review of the NDA is expected to be complete by July 28, 2013.
Chocolate: Good For You
02/28/2013
Reduces dementia -Lowers kidney cancer risk -Reduces sun damage to skin -Reduces persistent coughs...
New Test Spots Kidney Cancer Early
02/28/2013
A team at Washington University, St. Louis, has developed a test for early detection of renal cancers.
Learn About HealthIt.gov
02/27/2013
Health information technology (health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information. Health IT includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records to maintain people's health information.
Celldex Therapeutics: Breakthrough Drugs At A Bargain Price
02/27/2013
Celldex Therapeutics (CLDX), even after the recent run up in share price, presents one of the few values left in an overbought market. With around 80 million shares outstanding, the present market cap of near $700 million is a bargain that will not last much longer as the rest of Wall Street finally catches on.
Pharma Pipeline Transparency Makes It Hard To Hide Negative Clinical Trials
02/26/2013
Over the last decade, pharmaceutical companies began to become very transparent about their R&D productivity by periodically publishing the contents of their R&D pipelines on the company websites.
Dropout from treatment, lack of nutrition lower cure rate of paediatric cancer
02/25/2013
As opposed to an 80 per cent cure rate for paediatric cancer in western countries, the five-year survival rate is only around 60 per cent in Puducherry, according to data available with the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in-hospital registry.
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