Month: January 2015

(Reuters) – Eli Lilly & Co signed two separate deals with Merck & Co Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co to test combinations of its cancer treatments with two recently approved therapies that belong to a promising new class of drugs. Lilly will test its treatments – approved and experimental – in combination with PD-1 inhibitors Keytruda and Opdivo. The treatments are designed to help the body’s own immune system fight cancer by blocking a protein called Programmed Death receptor (PD-1). Bristol-Myers’ Opdivo was approved by the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration on Dec. 22. …
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… and natural food products, specifically fruits and vegetables, to help achieve best results. Its website contains exercise videos and weight loss diets …
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(Reuters) – Antares Pharma Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for additional safety data on its testosterone drug after a patient developed hives in a mid-stage trial. Antares' shares fell 7.6 pct in premarket trading on Tuesday on concerns that the regulator's request could delay the company's marketing application for the drug. The FDA has become more cautious about approving testosterone drugs after it found late last year that more than a fifth of the patients prescribed such drugs did not get their testosterone levels tested before or during treatment. …

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They're sneaky sources of sugar and starch that are hiding within everyday (often seemingly healthy) foods. For example, consider a broccoli-cheddar …
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Thomsitt says extensive research shows the benefits of the Mediterranean diet on heart health and cholesterol and even potentially weight loss.
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It is embarrassing, uncomfortable and hard to lose. … Because Diet Doc knows that people throughout the country waste time and money on fad … weight and why they find it so difficult to lose will first complete a health questionnaire …
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