Month: December 2014

Nurse is first Ebola victim diagnosed in Britain

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Medical staff in protective clothing transport a healthcare worker diagnosed with the Ebola virus disease in a quarantine tent prior to her being transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in north London at Glasgow airport, Scotland, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A British health care worker who contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa has been transferred from Scotland to an isolation unit in London for specialist treatment. (AP Photo/PA, Danny Lawson) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEBy William James and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – A health worker who has become the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Britain was being treated at a London hospital on Tuesday after contracting the disease in West Africa. The woman arrived from Scotland at the Royal Free hospital, Britain's designated Ebola treatment centre, in an ambulance accompanied by police vehicles, a Reuters witness said. "The latest update we have on the condition of the patient is that she is doing as well as can be expected in the circumstances," Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said. …

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NeuroDerm says Parkinson’s drug shows promise in study

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(Reuters) – NeuroDerm Ltd said data from a mid-stage study suggested that a higher dose of its Parkinson’s drug could provide an alternative to treatments that require surgery, sending its shares soaring 34 percent premarket. The trial evaluated two liquid formulations of the drug, levodopa/carbidopa (LD/CD), in 16 patients with an advanced form of the disease to assess its capacity to reduce Parkinson’s-related motor complications, the Israel-based company said. …
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Hospira’s injectable painkiller gets FDA approval

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(Reuters) – Hospira Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its injectable drug to manage moderate to severe pain. The drug, Dyloject, can be used alone, or in combination with non-opioid painkillers, the company said. Dyloject forms part of a class of drugs called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which are commonly used as painkillers. (Reporting by Natalie Grover in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
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IMF focus on cutting debt over health spending worsened Ebola in Africa: study

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British health workers lift a newly admitted Ebola patient onto a wheeled stretcher in to the Kerry town Ebola treatment centre outside FreetownBy Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was partially responsible for the scale of the Ebola crisis in three West African countries as its policies hampered healthcare spending in these post-conflict states, according to a new study. Conditions on IMF loans to Guinea, Sierra Leona and Liberia over the past two decades prioritised debt repayments and building foreign exchange reserves over healthcare spending, said research by professors from three leading UK universities. …

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