Boy cuts off locks for good cause
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
Tidwell likes to watch the show in part because Montel Williams, like her, has multiple sclerosis. “A little girl came out who had no hair, because she had ...
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Health column: Living with multiple sclerosis
Daily News Transcript - Norwood,MA,USA
There are four main subtypes of multiple sclerosis: relapsing remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, and progressive relapsing MS. ...
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Out of the Gate: Teva drops on Copaxone results
CNNMoney.com - USA
PLC's Tysabri. Mylan Inc. has the rights to sell a generic form of Copaxone in the US, major markets in Europe and elsewhere. Teva is also developing other ...
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Teva investors in hysteria
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
Cohen notes that Teva also has an oral drug for multiple sclerosis, Laquinimod, which is being jointly developed with Active Biotech AB (OMX: ACTI). ...
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Teva says higher dose of multiple sclerosis drug shows no ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, a progressive, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, affecting the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves, ...
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Copaxone (40mg dose) (Teva)

Ahead of the Bell: Teva shares edge up
Forbes - NY,USA
Teva shares sank 8.5 percent Monday after the company said tests showed a 40-mg dose of Copaxone was no more effective than the original 20-mg version. ...
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Health Winners & Losers: Teva
TheStreet.com - USA
Teva TEVA skidded after the company said that according to top-line results of a trial dubbed "FORTE" the higher, 40mg dose of Copaxone was no more ...
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ADRs in Focus: Israel index dips after Teva report
Forbes - NY,USA
Teva said Monday that data from a late-stage study on the drug Copaxone showed that a 40-mg dose of the drug is no more effective than a 20-mg dose. Teva's ...
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Mon: Teva drops on Copaxone results
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
... TASE: TEVA) was the focus of attention following the failure of the trial of the Copaxone 40 mg dosage, which was shown to be no more effective than the ...
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Movers: Marshall & Ilsley, UBS, Anheuser-Busch
BusinessWeek - USA
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) says top-line results from Phase III study designed to assess efficacy, safety and tolerability of glatiramer acetate ...
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Option Update: Teva Pharmaceutical volatility flat; shares sell off
BloggingStocks - USA
... 40mg dose of its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone was not more effective in reducing the relapse rate than the 20mg dose already approved. TEVA overall ...
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Opexa’s Phase IIb Study of Tovaxin® Receives Positive Review from ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Recently announced two-year follow up data from Phase I/II clinical studies of 22 patients showed 73% of patients on Tovaxin remained relapse free after two ...
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Opexa Therapeutics Says Data Safety Monitory Board Recommends To ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
The primary endpoint of the Phase IIb trail is the cumulative number of contrast enhancing brain lesions using MRI, an important and objective measure of MS ...
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Market Report -- In Play (OPXA)
MSN Money - USA
Opexa's Phase IIb Study of Tovaxin receives 'positive' review from Data Safety Monitoring Board Co announces that the Data Safety Monitoring Board ...
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OPXA: Data Safety Monitoring Board Recommends Continuation of Ph ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (OPXA) announced that the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) overseeing the on-going Phase IIb clinical study of Tovaxin has ...
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Raising awareness about spinal cord research
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
The university research team, led by Dr. Michel Rathbone and Dr. Shucui Jiang, has successfully repaired injured spinal cords in laboratory rats using nerve ...
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• McMaster part of new cancer study
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,ON,Canada
A new cancer research project involving McMaster University is setting out to develop more targeted treatment for the illness. The project, launched today, ...
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vitamin D

Who Needs More Vitamin D?
Washington Post - United States
The July 4 front-page article "Some Seek Guidelines to Reflect Vitamin D's Benefits" nicely summarized the risks of having too much or too little Vitamin D ...
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Vitamin D vanquishes reader's joint pain
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
I have been struggling with joint pain and just found out that my vitamin D level is really low. My doctor put me on a megadose of 50000 IU (international ...
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Low vitamin D levels raise health risks for IBD patients
SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA
Inflammatory bowel disease patients who do not have sufficient levels of vitamin D have lower bone mineral density, raising the risk of osteoporosis and ...
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Prenatal vitamin D linked to kids' dental health
Reuters - USA
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By maintaining adequate vitamin D levels during pregnancy, mothers may be protecting their babies against ...
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Experts Urge Review Of Vitamin D Guidelines
Looking Fit - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The influx of research indicating that vitamin D may have a wide array of health benefits has intensified the debate over whether federal guidelines for the ...
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Is Vitamin D the Wonder Drug of the 21st Century?
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Reading the buzz in the press these days, one might think Vitamin D has a major role to play. A few months ago, I posted a story about vitamin D and breast ...
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FDA Requires Black-Box Warnings For Epilepsy Drugs
Enews 2.0 - London,England,UK
... products included in the FDA’s analysis are Pfizer Inc.’s Neurontin and Lyrica, Meda AB ’s Felbatol, UCB SA’s Keppra, sold by several drug manufacturers.
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FDA: Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicidal Warning
eFluxMedia - USA
Additional drugs included in the FDA’s review are Pfizer’s Neurontin, Meda AB ’s Felbatol, UCB SA’s Keppra, Novartis AG’s Trileptal, Cephalon Inc.’s ...
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Epilepsy drugs may require strictest warning
Boston Globe - United States
Additional products included in the FDA's review are Pfizer Inc.'s Neurontin and Lyrica, Meda AB's Felbatol, UCB SA's Keppra, Novartis AG's Trileptal, ...
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