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Cause of toxigenic E. Coli outbreak in Germany still undetermined |
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BBC: The country's agriculture minister said Germany pointed to Spanish cucumbers "without having reliable data". Meanwhile, German officials have voiced doubts about whether the Spanish cucumbers they are investigating carried the deadly E. coli strain.
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Affymax/Takeda files new drug application (NDA) for peginesatide to treat anemia. |
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Pharma Business Review: Affymax and Takeda Pharmaceutical have filed a new drug application (NDA) for experimental drug peginesatide (formerly known as Hematide) as the treatment for anemia linked with chronic renal failure (CRF) in adult patients on dialysis, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Swedish gene analysis shows that venous thromboembolism has a hereditary component. |
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University of Lund: "The findings are an important guide to the importance of hereditary factors for VTE. In conclusion, a parental history of venous thromboembolism is an important risk factor that should be included in the clinical medical history and examination", says Bengt Zoeller.
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NEJM: Eculizumab of benefit in children suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome due to toxigenic E. Coli. |
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EurekAlert: Within 24 hours of the initial infusion, which was repeated once or twice at intervals of seven days, the clinical condition of the children improved dramatically. Dialysis due to acute kidney failure from HUS could be discontinued. All three children recovered and had no sequelae even six months after the illness.
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Higher fat, lower carb diets pose little cardiovascular risk over the short term. |
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EurekAlert: Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of new studies by heart and vascular researchers at Johns Hopkins. "Overweight and obese people appear to really have options when choosing a weight-loss program, including a low-carb diet, and even if it means eating more fat," says the studies' lead investigator exercise physiologist Kerry Stewart, Ed.D.
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