New York Bans Tobacco at Sports Venues
New York City, a town known for professional baseball, has sent a line drive straight at smokeless tobacco, knocking it and other nicotine alternatives out of the park and away from the cheap seats...
Injectable Liquid Illuminates Cancer Cells, May Help Surgeons Locate and Remove Tumors
A blue liquid injected into a cancerous area illuminates cancer cells much more brightly than healthy tissue, giving surgeons a better chance of removing the entire malignancy at once, according to CBS News. Microscopic cancer...
Paging Dr. Frankenstein: Your Brain is Ready
A U.S. biotech company has received ethical permission to regenerate the brains of dead people. Yes, you read that right. Bioquark Inc., which works on the development of novel biologics for complex regeneration and disease...
Insurance Providers Merge, Change U.S. Healthcare Market
The recent news that Anthem, California’s largest healthcare provider, will purchase insurance giant Cigna for nearly $50 billion caps off an extended period of mergers among America’s biggest healthcare companies. Earlier in July, a deal...
Oral Insulin Trial Succeeds in Type 2 Diabetes Test
An Israeli drug maker says trials on its experimental oral insulin have proven effective in markedly reducing night-time blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes. Oramed Pharmaceuticals conducted a 28-day study of 180...
Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan Offered Free to Students
An Irish pharmaceutical company will partner with an American distributor to offer a free carton of Narcan nasal spray – a drug which blocks opioid overdose effects – to all United States high schools,...
Study: Greater Risk of Heart Disease to Those with Low Income
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every 43 seconds, someone in the U.S. suffers a heart attack, and many of these incidents result in...
Clinical Trial: Targeting Inflammation Could Reduce Heart Attack, Cancer Risks
The New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a four-year clinical trial that supports the use of the drug canakinumab, in conjunction with regular statin use, as an effective way to reduce...
Hospital Quality Ratings Delayed after Calls from Congress
Federal hospital quality ratings slated to be released in April were postponed until at least July after the hospital industry and Congress pressed for a delay. The delay occurred one day before the Centers for...
Heroin Death Rates Increasing for Middle-Aged White Americans
In this age of advanced medicine and health consciousness, death rates are falling in the United States. Every age group, racial group and ethnic group are living longer and healthier lives – except one. A...