Mind and Body - Page 744

November 20, 2014

Program Reduces Serious Hospital Infections

A U.S. program to help make sure hospital staff maintain strict hygiene standards lowered death rates in intensive care units by 10 percent

November 20, 2014

Study Finds Way to Predict When Cancer Will Spread

Researchers have found a compound that tumors make when they are likely to spread, and said they hope to use to it predict which patients are most at risk of dying from their cancers

November 20, 2014

FDA Plans Modest Changes to Medical Device System

The Food and Drug Administration is laying out plans to update the 35-year-old system used to approve most medical devices, which has been subject to increasing criticism by public safety advocates

November 20, 2014

New Target, Drug Potential Found for Colon Cancer

British scientists said they have found a new target for treating advanced bowel cancer which could also be used to identify tumors that will respond to Bristol Myers Squibb's cancer drug Sprycel

November 20, 2014

Toddler's Rare Condition Won't Allow Him to Eat Solid Food

Braylen Arnold was one of 150 children in the U.S. to be diagnosed with food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) last year, which mimics food allergies, so the toddler can’t eat wheat, rice, soy or dairy

November 20, 2014

Woman Awarded $160,000 After Docs Amputate Her Leg

A woman from the U.K. has been awarded nearly $160,000 in compensation after doctors mistakenly cut off her leg

November 20, 2014

Man With Hepatitis C Faces Attempted Murder Charge for Spitting on Nurse

And Alaskan man who is infected with hepatitis C is being charged with attempted murder after spitting on a nurse who was trying to restrain him, The New York Daily News reported

November 20, 2014

Feds Want Public Release of Tobacco Warning Statements

The Justice Department plans to ask a federal judge to make public the proposed statements the government wants tobacco companies to publish about the dangers of their products

November 20, 2014

Swedish Hospital Hands Children Pots, Pans to Sound Alarm

An overcrowded hospital in Sweden handed patients in a children's ward pots and pans to raise the alarm in an emergency

November 20, 2014

Lilly, Bristol Stop Enrolling a Lung Cancer Trial

Eli Lilly & Co (LLY.N) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY.N) said on Wednesday they have stopped enrollment in one of two late-stage trials of an experimental lung cancer drug due to concerns it may be linked with blood clots