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Amazing Advances in Medicine from High School Kids

pharmacy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:34:31 +0000

While most teenage girls are researching the most flattering lipstick color, 17-year-old Monta Vista High School senior Angela Zhang was using bioengineering to find a cure for cancer. According to Zhang, her breakthrough is a “nanoparticle that’s kind of like the Swiss Army knife of cancer treatment in that it can detect cancer cells, eradicate [...]

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HHS Health Data Initiative and the Health Datapalooza

pharmacy — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:51:34 +0000

This year’s Health Datapalooza will be held on June 5-6, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The event will feature exciting new products, services, applications, and features based on open source health data. Entrepreneurs across the country are submitting their innovations to be judged by panels comprised of health care professionals, community leaders, [...]

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The Rise in Antidepressant Use Among Youth

pharmacy — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:53:20 +0000

It’s no secret that today’s youth are under constant barrage from media, social networks, and society as a whole regarding how they should look, what they should feel, who they should date, and how they should handle their emotions. The downside to this is an alarming rate of depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses in [...]

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Embryonic Stem Cells Successfully Treat Blindness

pharmacy — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:48:42 +0000

On July 12, 2011, scientists at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute quietly made history. They injected two patients suffering from progressive blindness with embryonic stem cells. The results may forever change the way we view and treat disease. The results of the study were published last month. More than six months after treatment, the [...]

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Sugar: the Newest Controlled Substance?

pharmacy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:56:50 +0000

A team of researchers from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) poses the question of controlling sugar, much in the same way we limit access to alcohol and cigarettes to adults only. Why? Because sugar is equally dangerous. Robert Lustig, Laura Schmidt and Claire Brindis make a strong case. Far from being empty [...]

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Of Mice and Memory – New Treatment for Alzheimer’s?

pharmacy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:49:19 +0000

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine discovered some surprising results while testing an FDA approved cancer drug, bexarotene, on mice. The drug works by stimulating retinoid X receptors. This, in turn, elevates Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) levels in the brain, which helps clear amyloid beta proteins. The results are fast and dramatic. The [...]

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How to handle Pfizer’s contraceptive recall

pharmacy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:49 +0000

Pharmacists are constantly being asked about the efficacy and safety of the medications they are dispensing to their customers. Because of this it is necessary for them to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field. When recalls occur it can be very scary for patients. Especially if it is a medication they have [...]

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Bill Gates, Billionaire, Philanthropist

pharmacy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:11:23 +0000

Bill Gates is the second richest man on the planet. According to Forbes Magazine, his $56 billion fortune is eclipsed only be the $63 billion amassed by Mexican investor Carlos Slim Helu. Gates’ face, his name, and his brand are recognized the world over. What most of the world doesn’t know is that he would [...]

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More Congress members join mega-merger opposition

pharmacy — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:06:51 +0000

Four more members of Congress – the entire delegation from South Dakota, both Republicans and Democrats – have added their voices to the $21 billion proposed Express Scripts/Medco Health Solutions merger bringing the total number of congressmen and women who have objections to 33, but it looks like the merger may still go through. Shareholders [...]

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Getting Back to Sleep

pharmacy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:00:57 +0000

Recently, the FDA approved a new drug with a unique function. It’s designed to treat a very specific type of insomnia, where the sufferer wakes in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablets), a drug manufactured by made by Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Port Richmond, California, [...]

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