Category: Medicine

Why Encana, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, and Tenet Healthcare Jumped Today

The stock market continued to perform well on Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 to within a point of a new all-time record closing high. The Dow remained stubbornly below 20,000, but major market benchmarks posted gains of around half a percent as the latest release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meeting didn’t raise any alarms or reveal any big surprises from monetary policymakers.

The reasons we don’t study gun violence the same way we study infections

Three decades ago, a pair of researchers wrote in one of the country’s leading medical journals about a common cause of death and injury in the United States that received very little federal funding. “A thorough review of research awards for 1983 failed to identify a single research project on the topic of firearm injuries,” the authors wrote after scouring a database of the research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

The reasons we don’t study gun violence the same way we study infections

Three decades ago, a pair of researchers wrote in one of the country’s leading medical journals about a common cause of death and injury in the United States that received very little federal funding. “A thorough review of research awards for 1983 failed to identify a single research project on the topic of firearm injuries,” the authors wrote after scouring a database of the research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump

The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from beds of ancient volcanic ash in Wyoming.

Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump

The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from beds of ancient volcanic ash in Wyoming.

3 Myths About Marijuana Stocks

What do Hercules, Thor, centaurs, and marijuana stocks have in common? They’re all the subjects of myths. Most myths have at least a little bit of truth interspersed with a lot that is false.

Why ImmunoGen, Inc. Shares Rocketed Higher by 29%

Unfortunately, the reason for ImmunoGen’s surge higher remains a bit of a mystery. The closest thing to tangible news for ImmunoGen that would have the potential to move the company’s stock was a press release this past Wednesday, Dec. 28. The press release was a needed feather in the cap for lead drug candidate mirvetuximab soravtansine .

Will Spinraza Supercharge Biogen’s Top Line Next Year?

SMA is an inherited neurological disorder that results in progressive muscle wasting, impacting a person’s ability to move and even breathe. Although this disease is rare, with a U.S. incidence rate of 1 in 10,000 live births, it is the leading genetic cause of death in infants, and prior to Spinraza’s approval it lacked any form of effective pharmaceutical intervention.

What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Fitbit shares spiked 7% following a rare piece of encouraging news about the fitness device maker’s holiday sales trends. Its activity tracking software was the second most-popular download among free apps on Apple ‘s iTunes this past week, beating such heavyweights as Snapchat, YouTube, and Instagram.

Seattle Genetics Plunges After Drug Studies Halted on Deaths

Seattle Genetics Inc. plunged the most in five years after U.S. regulators halted several early-stage blood cancer studies following the deaths of four patients who suffered from liver damage. The Food and Drug Administration halted the trials testing Seattle Genetics’s acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, therapy, called SGN-CD33A.

3 Precision Medicine Stocks to Buy in January

The National Institutes of Health defines precision medicine as “an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person.” For several companies, this approach is already a reality — and it has created opportunities for investors.

Kubota Pharmaceutical and SBI Holdings Plan Joint Venture

The companies sign a letter of intent to form a joint venture, with one its aims being to create and fund an entity to develop ophthalmology mobile healthcare apps. Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings and financial services and asset management company SBI Holdings announced Monday plans to create a joint venture to organize and manage entities to target specific ophthalmic drugs and devices.

How Much Will Medicare Cost You in 2017?

Medicare covers more than 57 million Americans, providing the healthcare coverage they need. Every year, though, the cost of Medicare typically goes up, and the program passes through those increases to its participants in the form of higher premiums, deductibles, and other expenses.

What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Stocks rose on Friday ahead of a three-day weekend in observance of the holidays. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Biotech Synergy Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in gastrointestinal therapies, soared 22% after it announced positive clinical test results.

J&J’s Decision to Walk Away Set Stage for Renewed Actelion Talks

Johnson & Johnson’s willingness to walk away from talks to acquire Swiss biotechnology company Actelion Ltd. for about $28 billion is the very thing that got the two sides back to the negotiating table. This week, amid rising pressure from shareholders, Actelion surprised investors and re-entered negotiations with J&J, which signaled a willingness to raise its offer if granted exclusivity, said people familiar with the matter.

Women really are better doctors, study suggests

If male doctors were able to do as well as their female counterparts when treating elderly patients in the hospital, they could save 32,000 lives a year, according to a study of 1.5 million hospital visits. A month after patients were hospitalized, there was a small, but significant difference in the likelihood that they were still alive or had to be readmitted to the hospital depending on the gender of the doctor who cared for them, according to the study published in JAMA Internal Medicine .

Yoga for Everyone

It’s time to roll out your yoga mat and discover the combination of physical and mental exercises that for thousands of years have hooked yoga practitioners around the globe. The beauty of yoga is that you don’t have to be a yogi or yogini to reap the benefits.