HEALTH BRIEFS: Week of June, 10, 2013
HEALTH BRIEFS: Week of June, 10, 2013
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas
The Texas State Independent Living Council and the ABLE Center for Independent Living has scheduled a Town Hall meeting to discuss the transportation needs, obstacles and concerns of people with disabilities in the Permian Basin region. … MIDLAND …
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Drug treatment Omegaven that could save infants' lives not yet approved by FDA
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Dr. Mark Puder of Boston Children's Hospital developed a treatment with a drug made with fish oil called Omegaven that he's been using to help reverse fatal liver disease in infants. Despite the drug's effectiveness, it has yet to be approved by the …
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New Brain Cancer Drug Enhances Radiation Treatment
Filed under: Drug Treatment Centers Texas
Top-Brain-Cancer-Treatment Researchers from University of Texas Southwestern collaborated with VCU Massey Cancer Center and VCU School of Medicine on the development of a novel drug that increases the sensitivity of deadly brain tumors to radiation.
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Judge revokes release for man in Hinesburg meth lab case
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In October, 2012, police responded to the site of a clandestine methamphetamine manufacturing operation in the woods behind this Texas Hill Road home in Hinesburg. Jacob Berino, who was allegedly operating the meth lab when it exploded, was ordered …
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