In In the Pipeline - Posted 1 week ago

Since I was talking about Nitromed on Friday, let me mention another attempt to combine two known drugs into a new therapy. Another Cambridge company ...

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In DB's Medical Rants - Posted 27 weeks ago

I must congratulate the 2 responders, obviously astute diagnosticians. As they surmised, the liver tests did not support primary liver disease. ...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 29 weeks ago

The FDA has eased restrictions on drugs used to enhance ultrasound images of the heart.Citing serious cardiopulmonary reactions and deaths, the ...

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In Lung Blog - Posted 29 weeks ago

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex health condition involving high blood pressures in the arteries of the lung. A patient may have PH due to ina...

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In In the Pipeline - Posted 34 weeks ago

I was having a discussion the other day about which therapeutic areas have the best predictive assays. That is, what diseases can you be reasonably su...

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In Healthoma.com - Posted 1 year ago

Blood pressure is one problem, which affects 90% of us at some point or the other. So much so that we think of growing old and blood pressure in the s...

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In Health Observances - Posted 1 year ago

On Friday June 15th 2007, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Letairis (a...

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In Medgadget - Posted 1 year ago

Recent research shows that elevated levels of N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in plasma are thought to be associated with ...

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In A Hearty Life - Posted 1 year ago

Protected by its own nutrients and blood supply, a beating heart supported by an investigational organ preservation device was successfully transplant...

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In WSJ.com: Health Blog - Posted 1 year ago

Drug maker Wyeth has reached a settlement with plaintiffs lawyers led by heavy hitting John O Quinn of Houston over a diet-drug lawsuit that three y...

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