Boston University School of Medicine is the lead institution on a $13.6 million grant-funded study to develop early detection tools for lung cancer for active military personnel and veterans, a university news release said.
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Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center proved that used pacemakers could be refurbished and implanted in patients who cannot afford a new device. Their research has been put in to practice, and use pacemakers were sent from…
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A new study found evidence refuting the claim that nitrates in hot dogs cause colon cancer, according to findings presented at 10th AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
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The Mississippi attorney general’s office has recovered $6 million from three pharmaceutical companies that misreported prescription drug prices to Medicaid, according to an AG news release. Attorney General Jim Hood said two settlement agreements were reached: one with Par Pharmaceutical;…
Biotech company Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., has set aside $780 million to cover the costs of settling federal and state probes into its sales and marketing practices, according to a Bloomberg report. The company is under civil and…
The CDC has released a guide for basic infection control and prevention to be applied in outpatient oncology settings.
Insight Pharmaceuticals in Langhorne, Pa., is recalling one lot (34,092 bottles) of Nostrilla Nasal Decongestant nasal spray from the consumer level because it may contain the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia.
Three physicians from Carolina Bone & Joint in Charlotte, N.C., have been fined $85,000 each by the state medical board for allegedly ordering unnecessary procedures, according to a Charlotte Observer report. The fine is the largest amount issued since the…