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Dr. Michael Snyderman, XMRV Positive and on Anti-retrovirals for Chronic...
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A recently published study by McGill University researchers (Fitzcharles MA, Ste-Marie PA, Gamsa A, Ware MA, Shir Y) titled, Opioid Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Patients Labeled as Fibromyalgia,...
View ArticleGame plan: When to fight and When to let go – Steve Jobs Decision to Delay...
Steve Jobs was innovative and forward thinking in most areas of his life, but he hesitated when it came to his own health care. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he initially chose alternative...
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Dr. Ian Lipkin and Dr. Mady Hornig, Use Deep Sequencing and Proteomics to...
Dr. Ian Lipkin, Hunting Down Viruses using Deep Sequencing, as Seen in the NYTimes. In the end, cutting edge technology may be the game-changer in chronic fatigue syndrome – a condition that strikes an...
View ArticleAvastin Approval for Treatment of Breast Cancer Revoked
Balancing the needs of so-called “super responders” with the ethics of efficacy and serious side effects can be a delicate balance at best. But the FDA, after hearing an appeal by Genentech (owned by...
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The association of two viruses with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, has been definitively ruled out. No association was found with either Xenotropic Murine Leukemia...
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