Month: May 2015

Deviated noses may be harder to correct than first thought

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More than half of the people with deviated noses that the researchers examined had facial asymmetry, compared to about a third of people without deviated noses. “Many patients who think they have deviated noses actually have combined facial asymmetry,” said Dr. Yong Ju Jang, who is the study’s senior author from the University of Ulsan College of Medicine in Seoul. Jang and his colleague Dr. Jong Sook Yi write May 7 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery that rhinoplasty has become one of the most common facial plastic surgeries. In their practice, the researchers say many people with deviated noses don’t realize they have facial asymmetry.
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Hepatitis C rates jump in four central Appalachian states: CDC

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Rates of hepatitis C infections more than tripled in four Appalachian states from 2006 to 2012, fueled by prescription drug abuse among those who inject drugs, especially in rural areas, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. In those four states alone, hepatitis C infections rose 364 percent from 2006 to 2012. The CDC warned that while rates of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are currently low in these four states, the increase in hepatitis C infections raises concerns about HIV infections, which are also often spread by contaminated needles. Hepatitis C is a contagious liver infection spread primarily through contact with the blood of an infected person.
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Novartis ‘biosimilar’ drug blocked by U.S. appeals court

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A U.S. appeals court has blocked the sale of Novartis AG’s recently approved “biosimilar” form of Neupogen, the blockbuster Amgen Inc drug used to prevent infections in cancer patients. A lower court judge rejected Amgen’s request for an injunction. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on Tuesday, however, that the injunction could take effect while Amgen’s appeal is pending.
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