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Roche Breast cancer drug can increase Patients’ lives

Sep 28, 2014

Perjeta, a drug used in the treatment of advanced breast cancer has shown unprecedented survival benefits in a medical trial. According to researchers, patients who received the drug made by Roche (a Swiss drug...

New York readies itself for UN Climate Change Summit 2014

Siddhant Ghatge

Sep 20, 2014

Innovation

To combat the hazardous effects determined by climate change, a number of international meetings have taken place in the last decades. Under the United Nations’ umbrella on September 23, New York will host anot...

Ebola Outbreak: CDC flies back exposed WHO employee to US via charter flight

Charles Omedo

Aug 28, 2014

Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chartered a private flight to fly back one of its exposed employee back to the United States for treatment after exposure to Ebola. The CDC employee work...

First American Infected by the Ebola Virus Arrives in the US For Treatment

Abby Smith

Aug 3, 2014

Health

An American doctor, Kent Brantly became the first American stricken by the Ebola Virus. He arrived at the Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia on August 2, 2014 on a specially charted Air Ambulance. ...

Excessive Alcohol consumption causes 1 in 10 or 88K deaths in the US

Platonium

Jun 28, 2014

Health

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alcohol is responsible for 1 in 10 deaths in the US. The conclusion was derived after a study which involved analysis of all the accidents and ...

Viewing Too Much TV Linked To Early Death, American Study Reveals

Platonium

Jun 28, 2014

Health

One of the major causes of concern for health authorities is the increasing incidence of obesity at a much younger age. Sedentary life style , junk food laced with bad cholesterol, lack of physical activity are...

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