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Study Finds Multiple Myeloma Drug 'Promising'
2015-12-07 20:50:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Merck & Co's immunotherapy Keytruda led to a high response rate for patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma when added to standard therapy in a small, early stage trial, according to data presented on Monday. The Phase I study tested Keytruda in combination with Celgene's Revlimid and the corticosteroid dexamethasone in patients whose disease had progressed after they had already received several other treatments, including several who were not helped by previous treatment with Revlimid.
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J&J leukemia drug cuts death risk vs. chemo in new patients: study
2015-12-07 03:47:40| Food - Topix.net
Johnson & Johnson's and AbbVie's cancer drug Imbruvica significantly reduced the risk of death and disease progression compared with chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with a type of leukemia in a late stage study, paving the way for an expanded approval of the medicine. In the trial of 269 patients aged 65 and older with chronic lymphocytic leukemia , Imbruvica decreased risk of death by a statistically significant 85 percent compared with the chemotherapy chlorambucil, researchers reported on Sunday.
Study: 87% of worlds population in 2013 lived in areas exceeding WHO PM2.5 guidelines
2015-12-06 12:55:32| Green Car Congress
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Researchers Take On 'Great Problem In Data' With Study Of Gunshot Wounds
2015-12-04 04:17:40| Biotech - Topix.net
Twenty years ago - under threat from Congress - the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped studying gun violence. That didn't stop Dr. David Livingston and his colleagues: In a new study, the researchers in Newark, N.J., found - among other things - that over a 12-year period, gunshot wounds have gotten more lethal, and that more patients had multiple wounds.
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One in 10 globally suffer from foodborne diseases, WHO study finds
2015-12-04 04:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: One out of every 10 people worldwide suffer from foodborne diseases annually, and children and the poor suffer most, according to the findings of a World Health Organization task force headed by a University of Florida senior researcher. The announcement, made Wednesday, comes after more than eight years of research and data analysis by a WHO task force composed to measure the effect of foodborne diseases on populations around the globe. "The groups most adversely affected by the foodborne...
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