by Research Team | Nov 27, 2015 | Health News
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 22 people hospitalized and no deaths due to influenza for the 2015-2016 flu season that started with the beginning of October. Last flu season there were a record of more than 2,000 people hospitalized and...
by Research Team | Nov 27, 2015 | Health News
After weeks of criticism from patients, doctors and other drugmakers for hiking a life-saving medicine’s price more than fifty-fold, Turing Pharmaceuticals is reneging on its pledge to cut the $750-per-pill price. Instead, the small biotech company is reducing...
by Research Team | Nov 27, 2015 | Health News
Prince Harry has hailed the opening of his charity’s landmark centre for vulnerable children in Lesotho as a “milestone”. The A 2 million Mamohato Children’s Centre will give young people in the impoverished African country the “best care...
by Research Team | Nov 27, 2015 | Health News
‘If all foods could be made even moderately healthier, perhaps even functional, by the addition of specific seaweeds we could have an effective long-term intervention strategy for heart disease,’ say researchers. Photo credit: iStock.com / marekuliasz...
by Research Team | Nov 27, 2015 | Health News
The cost of prescription skin treatments has skyrocketed since 2009, as the burden of escalating drug prices increasingly weighs on family budgets. Retail prices have surged 401 percent since 2009 for brand-name drugs for skin conditions, according to research...
by Research Team | Nov 27, 2015 | Health News
Costco officials say testing has pointed toward a vegetable mix from a California food wholesaler as the source of E. coli in the company’s chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states. Craig Wilson, Costco vice...
