Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Gene therapy to fight a blood cancer succeeds in major study

FOX News
An experimental gene therapy that turns a patient's own blood cells into cancer killers worked in a major study, with more than one-third of very sick lymphoma patients showing no sign of disease six months after a single treatment, its maker said Tuesday.
Many U.S. high schools don't offer athletic training services and few employ full-time athletic trainers, according to a new study.
Patients suffering from leg cramps at night don't get any more relief from these symptoms with a magnesium pill than they do with a dummy pill, a recent Israeli study suggests.
Parents may notice medical errors and bad reactions to treatment that aren't documented in their children's hospital records, a U.S. study suggests.
Pacemakers may fail to properly regulate patients' heartbeats near certain appliances and tools that generate electric and magnetic fields, a German study suggests.
German drugmaker Merck KGaA and U.S. partner Pfizer have been granted priority review status in the United States as they seek to widen the use of immunotherapy drug avelumab to include bladder cancer.
BBC News - Health
One in 12 people aged 16 to 59 in England had taken an illicit drug in the last year.
NYT > Health
Vitamin makers have discovered that consumers have a sweet tooth for gummy candy versions of their products.

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