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Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet
Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...
Tags: Erythropoietin, Health Treatments, Drugs and Medicines, Anemia, Biotechnology
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Marshall medical school acquires additional space for research, development
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University's medical school is acquiring more space for research and development. The university announced Monday that the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine will sublease 2,100 square feet of space in the...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Education, Medical Research, Space Programs, Science
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com.
April 29, 2013
Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...Tags: Conjunctivitis, Childhood Diseases and Illnesses, Lifestyle and Leisure, Heart Disease, Behavioral Conditions
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Program that relies on street credibility fights claims of ties to Black Guerrilla Family
Venture out into East Baltimore's McElderry Park neighborhood after a shooting and you're likely to come across Gardnel Carter, a hulking, 48-year-old man who spent two decades in prison for murder. Along with a crew of men with similar backgrounds,...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Gang Activity, Laws, Heroin, Law Enforcement
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New Kidney Center helps those at risk
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Nephrologists traditionally are brought in to care for patients who are suffering from chronic or end-stage kidney disease and approaching the need for dialysis. But two doctors at the Memorial Kidney & Hypertension Center want to intervene...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Dialysis, Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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Herbal remedies demand more study
An estimated 38 million adults in the United States use herbal medicinal products and dietary supplements. Unlike prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, herbal products are not well regulated by the Federal Food and Drug Administration....Tags: Ginkgo Biloba, High Blood Pressure, Drugs and Medicines, Trials, Dietary Supplements
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Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia
Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to...Tags: Lung Cancer, Biology, Breast Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Obesity
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Pauline H. "June" Brannan, artist
Pauline H. "June" Brannan, an artist and former owner of a Mount Washington frame shop, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure and kidney disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The longtime Ruxton resident was 85. The daughter of farmers, Pauline...
Tags: Timonium, Artists, University of Maryland, College Park, Crofton, Heart Failure
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Should seniors qualify as living donors?
Robert Brown was healthy, willing and a good match: So why not give a kidney to his wife, who otherwise would need dialysis? There was just one potential obstacle: Brown was 74, an age once unthinkable for a kidney donor. For this retired psychologist...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Dialysis, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Northwestern University
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Ephraim McDowell Health recognized for diabetes education program
Ephraim McDowell Health recently was awarded the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its quality diabetes self-management education program. The ADA believes this program offers high-quality education that is an essential...
Tags: American Diabetes Association, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Medical Professionals, Amputation, Heart Disease
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Maryland Zoo polar bear 'Alaska' dies
"Alaska," a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from kidney failure, zoo officials said.
The female bear had been confiscated in Puerto Rico by U.S. Fish and Wildlife...Tags: Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Bear (animal), Renal Failure, Symptoms
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Polar bear dies at Maryland Zoo
Alaska, a Maryland Zoo polar bear that had been rescued from a Mexican circus a decade ago, was euthanized Tuesday after suffering kidney failure, zoo officials said. The bear had been confiscated in Puerto Rico by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents...Tags: Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Bear (animal), Renal Failure, Symptoms
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