The Federal Drug Agency has given Merck the thumbs up for ‘Keytruda’ (pembrolizumab), an immuno-oncology drug, to be used for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression, with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations. This makes Keytruda the only anti-PD-1 therapy to be approved in the first line […]
Prof. Saverio Stranges, a visiting academic of the University of Warwick Medical School, United Kingdom as well as the scientific director of the department of population Health at Luxembourg Institute of Health, alongside his colleagues, have released what will from now on be known as the most important medical study EVER to be completed. Well, […]
The Federal Drug Agency has given Merck the thumbs up for ‘Keytruda’ (pembrolizumab), an immuno-oncology drug, to be used for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have high PD-L1 expression, with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations. This makes Keytruda the only anti-PD-1 therapy to be approved in the first line […]
The year 2016 has been an interesting and it a lot of ways unexpected one. It was designated as the International Year of Global Understanding by the International council for Science, the International Social Science Council and the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences. It was a year where the unexpected occurred in the […]
The FDA or Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Sciences, and is one of the federal executive departments of the United States. The function of the FDA in short is to protect the consumer and promote public health by controlling and supervising all food […]
HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Pumps by HeartWare Inc.: Class I Recall The Medtronic HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) helps deliver blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It is used in patients who are at risk of death from end-stage left ventricular heart failure and who are awaiting heart transplants. The […]
Every cancer patient these days expects some sort of side effect from the particularly harsh chemotherapy drugs on the market. It has become almost common place to expect that you might feel nauseous, or you will lose your hair, but what about having your hair never grow back again? Claims have surfaced against Taxotere (docetaxel), […]
Over 4.2 Million Americans use blood thinning medication, amounting to several billion dollars every year, with those numbers growing annually. The need for blood thinning medication ranges from short term post-operative medication to ongoing chronic medication. As with most billion dollar medications, some of the largest global pharmaceutical companies compete for a share of the […]
The C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuit is against Atrium Medical Corporation for failure to warn about their defective hernia mesh. The individual hernia mesh lawsuits are not Atriums only problem, the FDA conducted several investigations into the company and eventually sued Atrium in 2015. However the FDA has not issued a class 1 recall on Atriums […]
Aspartame, the active ingredient in almost all sugar substitutes, as well as the replacement ingredient for sugar in a lot of soda brands, has been described as “By far the most dangerous substance added to most foods today”, according to mercola.com. Aspartame was discovered by accident in 1965 by a chemist of G.D. Searle […]
Prof. Saverio Stranges, a visiting academic of the University of Warwick Medical School, United Kingdom as well as the scientific director of the department of population Health at Luxembourg Institute of Health, alongside his colleagues, have released what will from now on be known as the most important medical study EVER to be completed. Well, […]
The name quinoa, pronounced ‘keen wah’ seems to be everywhere at the moment, but I for one had no idea what anyone was talking about! Is it rice? Couscous? Flour? All I knew was it was some kind of grain that is supposed to be very high in protein, so I did some investigating and […]
Wrinkles. Everyone has them right? Despite this, there seems to be an obsession with wrinkles, making plastic surgeons bank balances expand, and the average suburban women’s decrease, but at least so do her wrinkles! But this article isn’t focusing on how to get rid of your wrinkles, but rather how to prevent yourself from getting […]
