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‘During chemo, I had a certain amount of energy and had to decide where I wanted to put it – into hating or healing. I chose the latter’

‘I’m back to short hair,” laughs Georgie Crawford, thumbing the end of her cropped ponytail but showing no sign of remorse at the loss of her long-haired wig. We are sitting in a quiet coffee shop in Dublin following her photo shoot. Dressed in pencil trousers, heels and a floaty white blouse – her short… Read More »

Certain E-Cigs May Aggravate Asthma

Following recent statewide bans on specific varieties of e-cigarettes as a result of hundreds of illnesses and several deaths across the country, new findings published in Scientific Reports are shedding light on how some e-cig flavors could worsen symptoms of asthma and other respiratory diseases, reports EurekAlert! For the study, researchers from Australia and the… Read More »

Sprycel (dasatinib) Tablets Now Approved in Combination with Chemotherapy in Certain Pediatric Patients with Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Print this page PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for Sprycel ® (dasatinib) tablets to include the treatment of pediatric patients one year of age and older with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in combination with chemotherapy.1 Sprycel… Read More »

FDA approves Pfizer's treatment for certain lung cancer patients

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past Pfizer’s world headquarters in New York April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its lung-cancer treatment for patients with a specific gene mutation who had been previously treated for an aggressive form of the disease.… Read More »