by Research Team | Apr 23, 2015 | Health News
Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Novartis has reported a large jump in first-quarter net profit as it recorded gains from deals with other drug companies. Net profit rose to $13.005 billion from $2.968 billion in the year-ago quarter.
by Research Team | Apr 23, 2015 | Health News
Legislation aimed at reversing the state’s liberal vaccine exemption law took a major step forward Wednesday in the state Senate, only a week after support for the bill seemed to be on shaky ground. The dramatic 7-2 vote by the Senate Education Committee...
by Research Team | Apr 23, 2015 | Health News
A conference entitled “The Blunt Truth: Today’s Marijuana” is taking place Thursday and Friday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services is among sponsors of the event at which experts...
by Research Team | Apr 23, 2015 | Health News
In 2013, about 681,000 Americans aged 12 and older said they had used heroin in the past year. That number has remained steady since 2009, but it is still much higher than between 2002 and 2008, when the numbers ranged from 314,000 to 455,000, the U.S. Substance Abuse...
by Research Team | Apr 22, 2015 | Health News
An 84-year-old Ontario woman is hoping that a major insurance company will change its mind about refusing to cover the cost of flood damage to her home that occurred while she was out of town receiving cancer treatment. Ivy Scotland says her home in Pembroke was...
by Research Team | Apr 22, 2015 | Health News
A first-of-its kind genetic datashare program is being launched to zero in on patients with unclear BRCA test results – and save more women from the devastation of breast and ovarian cancer. BRCA gene datashare will help detect cancer risk A first-of-its kind...
