Potential Treatment for Alzheimer's Fails Multiple Studies
Potential treatment for Alzheimer's fails multiple studies
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Published: Wednesday, Aug. 8 2012 4:30 p.m. MDT. Summary. A highly anticipated and promising drug showed poor results in effectively treating Alzheimer's recently, so production is being suspended by the two companies developing the treatment.
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Dr. James West, a Pioneer in Addiction Study and Care, Dies at 98
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Dr. West did not start out focusing on addiction. In 1950 he assisted Dr. Richard H. Lawler and Dr. Raymond P. Murphy in performing the first kidney transplant. The organ recipient, a woman in her 40s named Ruth Tucker, suffered from polycystic kidney …
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Trajenta Doesn't Pass 'Added Benefit' Test for Diabetes Treatment
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After an initial approval of the diabetes management drug Linagliptin, known commercially as Trajenta®, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare examined if the drug met the criteria for an “added benefit” to the comparable therapy …
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