Brenden was the first patient enrolled in what became a nine-patient, four-center trial that also involved patients at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland, the University of California at Los Angeles, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. The trial, funded by the NIH and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine,… Read More »
A man was in critical condition Sunday morning after he was shot as he stood outside of a pharmacy, police said. The adult man whose name was not released by authorities was taken to a local hospital, according to an official with MedStar. Police responded to the shooting call shortly before 5 a.m. at Altamesa… Read More »
The theory that breakfast is the most important meal of the day may not hold true, research suggests. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that those who eat breakfast consume significantly more calories than those who skip the meal – and end up weighing more. For decades, health experts have exhorted people… Read More »
House Democrats are preparing to reshape and reframe Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion to force holdout red-state governments to go along with it, using either the carrot or the stick. A senior Democratic aide described the planned strategy as a “two-pronged approach of increased legislative incentives to adopt the expansion and increased public pressure on states… Read More »
Shares of Amgen fell 3 percent in extended trading after the company issued weak 2019 guidance, which overshadowed its better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, after the market close on Tuesday.