An estimated 5,600 people in the United States are diagnosed every year with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and as many as 30,000 Americans have the disease at any given time. Unfortunately, there is no cure for ALS, and it leads to death most typically two to five years after […]
Neuromed Pharmaceuticals is shelling out $30 million US to acquire the American rights for a pain release drug that is close to gaining regulatory approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration.
The licensing deal announced Tuesday to develop and commercialize OROS Hydromorphone (AP-77), from ALZA Corporation, will propel the University of BC spin into […]
UK firm Futura Medical is in the running for a second license contract for one of its drug delivery platforms after pharma heavyweight GlaxoSmithKline came to the table to discuss terms.
GSK has given Futura a down-payment of £150,000 (€220,000) to start negotiations and carry out pilot studies of its DermaSys technology, a gel-based system for […]
Business owners, store managers, landlords and other interested people who’ve struggled with bad check payments should attend a public library presentation next week for the new Criminal Worthless Check Diversion Program.
Law enforcement agencies in Pierce and St. Croix counties, along with the River Falls police, have joined the program that’s run by Financial Crimes Services, […]
Did you daydream today? Maybe you drove a mile or so and realized you don’t remember driving.
Guess what? You were in a hypnotic state.
Hypnosis typically brings about images of a pocket watch being dangled in front of a willing participant. Movies and sitcoms would lead you to believe that hypnosis would cause you to bark […]
On January 15, 2007, GW Pharmaceuticals reported results achieved by Sativex, its mouth spray made from pot, in a multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of nearly 300 patients with diabetic neuropathic pain.
The study participants were already taking the best available pain treatments, without relief. Even among those difficult patients, 30 percent showed an improvement in […]
April 10, 2007 ( PowerHomeBiz ) Grand Rapids, MI — From the three-point line, Grabber hits nothing but net by signing an agreement with Chattem, Inc. to distribute Icy Hot Pro-Therapy products exclusively to sporting goods stores nationwide. Hot and cold therapy has long been a traditional method of treating sports-related strains […]
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Epidurals can cause serious problems including meningitis, infections and paralysis, doctors warned yesterday.
They want a national database set up to identify major complications after a six-year study exposed a series of disturbing cases.
Epidurals, or spinal pain relief injections, are given to thousands of surgical patients. At least 100,000 women each year have epidurals […]