by Research Team | Nov 14, 2014 | Health News
Prostate cancer drug developer Dendreon is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a plan that leads to either a sale of the company or a takeover by its lenders. The Seattle company listed more than $664 million in total debts and $364.6 million in assets in a...
by Research Team | Nov 14, 2014 | Health News
Associated PressShawn Turner alongside a soybean field near her home in Cisco. The timing of the health law’s expanded coverage couldn’t have been better for the 54-year-old medical transcriptionist in central Illinois.
by Research Team | Nov 14, 2014 | Health News
US school students are smoking more e-cigarettes and experts say nicotine – including the nicotine in e-cigarettes – is especially harmful to children. OLDER people are better at guessing the age of others, perhaps because they spend more time thinking...
by Research Team | Nov 10, 2014 | Health News
As the threat of antibiotic resistance grows, researchers have come upon a new strain of gonorrhea – and it doesn’t respond to the typical treatments, LiveScience reports. The strain was revealed earlier this year, and now researchers are offering a...
by Research Team | Nov 10, 2014 | Health News
The department says that 14 people have now been hospitalized as a result of the illness this season, which began Sept. 28. There have been no deaths due to the flu this season, after a record 61 people died in the state due to flu last flu season.
