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Are drivers misusing disability placards?
My friend and I are Hispanic baby boomers. Unfortunately, we both suffer from chronic illnesses. My friend has rheumatoid arthritis and has a handicapped placard that we use when I drive her to and from her appointments. Earlier this week, we tried to...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners, Chiropractors, JC Penney Company Inc., Physical Disabilities
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Health issues vary in low-income Imperial County
Staff WriterIn Imperial Valley two in every five people are obese, nearly 13,000 people have been diagnosed with diabetes and 163 children were hospitalized in 2010 due to asthma. The Valley leads the state with these factors, having the highest rates of diabetes,...Tags: Health, Sports, Physical Conditions, Obesity, Lungs and Airways
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Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer
Reuters(Reuters) - A new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer for patients with moderate to severe disease, researchers said...Tags: Bayer AG, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Physical Conditions, Biotechnology, Placebo
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Church work took her abroad on mission trips
Whether working in Central Florida or across the oceans in India or Romania, Barbara "Bobbie" Strickland loved working with children and teenagers through her church. She participated in dozens of mission trips to several countries through Eastpoint...Tags: Religion and Belief, Trips and Vacations, Christianity, Baptist, Human Interest
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Belgium's Galapagos says on track to meet 2013 guidance
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 17 (Reuters) - Galapagos, the Belgian developer of drugs to fight autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, said it was on track to meet its full-year revenue guidance this year. The company, which raised almost 54 million...Tags: Lupus, Diseases and Illnesses, Belgium, Crohn's Disease
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9-year-old Boyne City girl to be honored at Saturday Arthritis Walk in Traverse City
BOYNE CITY -- "My body!" cried Kami Chapp as her mother raced to get answers to her daughter's pain. Kami Chapp from Boyne City is a 9-year-old suffering from what many believe to be a "grown up" disease, but the Chapp family knows firsthand that...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Arthritis, Arthritis Foundation
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FDA approves J&J's Simponi to treat ulcerative colitis
Reuters(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's drug Simponi for patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease affecting the colon. Simponi is already approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis....Tags: Ulcerative Colitis, Abdominal Pain, Food and Drug Administration, Hepatitis B , Diseases and Illnesses
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Roche banks on new drug data to defend cancer business
ReutersZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche hopes data published this week will show it has a viable follow-on product to help fend off cheaper competition for its best-selling cancer drug, which loses patent protection in Europe later this year. Roche is...Tags: National Hockey League, Medical Specialization, Herceptin (drug), Leukemia, Sports
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It's Lyme season [Editorial]
With some exceptions, any illness can strike anyone at any time. One of the more dangerous to emerge in recent decades is Lyme disease. Harford County, as many of us know either first-hand or because of someone we know, is not immune from the tick-borne...Tags: Skin Rash, Lyme Disease, Allergies, Environmental Illness, Headaches
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CORRECTED-Court stops EU regulator releasing drug company data
Reuters(Corrects to make clear competitor sought information on Intermune drug, paragraph 8) By Ben Hirschler LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator has been stopped from releasing clinical trial data about drugs made by AbbVie and...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Trials, European Union, Humira (drug), Litigation
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Abbvie says Chief Scientific Officer John Leonard to retire
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - AbbVie Inc's chief scientific officer will be retiring in the next few months and will be involved in the process of naming a successor, the pharmaceutical company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Chief Scientific Officer John M....Tags: Chemical Industry, Hepatitis C , Science and Technology, Humira (drug), Pharmaceuticals
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Faster drug approvals a tonic for pharma industry
Reuters(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) By Ben Hirschler NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - A pickup in new drug approvals, the promise of faster regulatory decisions and more targeted medicines have...Tags: Pfizer Inc., Diabetes, Lipitor (drug), Biogen Idec Incorporated, Diseases and Illnesses
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