by Research Team | Dec 19, 2014 | Health News
Drugmaker Merck says it’s bought a Swiss biotech company developing cancer drugs as part of its strategy to be a top player in cancer, one of the hottest pharmaceutical research areas. Merck & Co., based in Kenilworth, New Jersey, will pay up to $110 million...
by Research Team | Dec 19, 2014 | Health News
More Indiana hospitals are being advised to put temporary visitor restrictions in place to try to protect patients and staff from the flu virus. The Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health is recommending anyone going to a health care facility seeking treatment...
by Research Team | Dec 19, 2014 | Health News
Diets low in “glycemic index” are touted as a way to help prevent diabetes and heart disease. But a new study suggests that as long as people are eating healthily, they don’t need to obsess over glycemic index.
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2014 | Health News
Napster co-founder Sean Parker missed most of his final year in high school and has ended up in the emergency room countless of times because of his deadly allergy to nuts, shellfish and other foods. Now that the former Facebook president is the father of two small...
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2014 | Health News
Seventeen years later and thanks to an organ donor whose name had remained a mystery, she now has a four-year-old son and a life she never would have had. At the time of her transplant, having been treated for chronic active hepatitis, she was seriously ill, had...
by Research Team | Dec 18, 2014 | Health News
A dentist whose patient died after developing complications while getting 20 teeth pulled and several implants installed will not be allowed to work until after a comprehensive review of his practice. The Connecticut State Dental Commission voted 5-0 Wednesday to...
