Conner makes final stand as Pittsburgh faces Northwestern

When running back James Conner takes the field at Yankee Stadium in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl for the last time as a member of the Pittsburgh Panthers, a range of emotions will be swirling. Conner, a junior, has overcome cancer and a torn MCL to become of one the Panthers’ most prolific and dynamic backs in school history.

Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Accepts New Drug Application…

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.A today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted Portola’s New Drug Application granting priority review for betrixaban, an oral, once-daily Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant, for extended-duration prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in acute medically ill patients with risk factors for VTE. A priority review shortens the FDA review timeline to six months from the standard review period of 10 months.

How to Prevent a Hangover During the Holidays

… may reduce its ability to defend against infections. If you drink a lot and smoke, chances of affecting your throat’s health increase – and sore throat symptoms may hound you the next morning as much as those from a hangover. Chloraseptic Sore …

Finally Some Good News from Paul Krugman

Both his [Trump’s] pick as budget director and his choice to head Health and Human Services want to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and privatize Medicare. His choice as labor secretary is a fast-food tycoon who has been a vociferous opponent both of Obamacare and of minimum wage hikes.

PTAB Upholds Validity of BMS Patent

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision upholding the validity of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s U.S. Patent 8,476,239, which had been challenged by Momenta in IPR2015-01537. According to documents filed with the PTAB during the IPR, the ‘239 patent covers stable formulations of a protein called “CTLA4Ig.”

Athletic defender Yeray diagnosed with testicular cancer

Athletic Bilbao’s 21-year-old defender Yeray Alvarez will undergo surgery next week after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. Athletic president Josu Urrutia and club medical chief Jotxean Lekue held a news conference on Friday, at the behest of the player, in which they confirmed the diagnosis and expressed their admiration for the player’s positive approach.

Orascom aims at two out of nine seats of Brazil’s Oi

Dec 23 Orascom TMT Investments SARL will have two out of nine seats on the board of Brazilian telephone carrier Oi SA if its binding offer to buy the company is successful, Karim Nasr, a representative of Orascom, told Reuters in a Friday interview. The remaining board seats will be filled by four independent people and three representatives of the company’s new shareholders, mainly creditors of Oi who agree to participate in a proposed capital injection, Nasr said.

BRIEF-Align Technology enters agreement to buy four parcels of real estate

Dec 23 U.S. energy companies added oil rigs for an eighth week in a row, extending a seven-month drilling recovery as crude prices remained near a 17-month high. Drillers added 13 oil rigs in the week to Dec. 23, bringing the total count up to 523, the most since December 2015, but still below the 538 rigs seen a year ago, energy services firm Baker Hughes Inc said on Friday.

Donations of 60,000 flood in for Southampton rock star diagnosed with cancer

Since going live earlier this week, Delays frontman Greg Gilbert’s Go Fund Me page has seen donations pour in from more than 2,500 fans and friends across the globe, including from stars such as Ellie Goulding who contributed A 2,000 to the cause. Greg’s partner said she could not face the “heartbreak” of having her daughters grow up without a father, so she took action.

BRIEF-Neovasc announces update in litigation with Cardiaq

Dec 23 U.S. energy companies added oil rigs for an eighth week in a row, extending a seven-month drilling recovery as crude prices remained near a 17-month high. Drillers added 13 oil rigs in the week to Dec. 23, bringing the total count up to 523, the most since December 2015, but still below the 538 rigs seen a year ago, energy services firm Baker Hughes Inc said on Friday.

Nurses Call on Senate to Reject Tom Price as HHS Secretary Policies…

Nurses Call on Senate to Reject Tom Price as HHS Secretary Policies Would ‘Substantially Erode Our Nation’s Health and Security’ WASHINGTON – National Nurses United later Thursday called on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, as well as the full Senate, to reject the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Impax Laboratories Is Undervalued

Investors in the company have been let down time and again. Some factors for the continued weakness in shares include: A poor acquisition, whereby the company acquired a portfolio of generic drugs from Teva and Allergan for $586 million, only to then take an impairment charge of $285.2 million after failing to calculate the extent of the price reductions it would have to make on the products it acquired to retain key clients.

New bionic eye ops on the NHS

Five local blind patients will be among the first in the country to receive revolutionary bionic eye implants funded by the NHS. NHS England will provide funding for further testing of the Argus II, also known as the Bionic Eye, for 10 patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa , an inherited disease that causes blindness.

Love Conquers All At The Universal Hip Hop Museum

In the 45 years since Hip Hop was founded in the South Bronx of New York City, it has been a form of artistic expression to help people deal with various forms of adversity, such as poverty and racism . Hip Hop offered a range of healthy and creative behaviors in which people could participate, ” The Five Elements of Hip Hop ,” including emceeing , deejaying , b-boying , graffiti art , and knowledge.

Ten Supplements to Avoid

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Ten Supplements to Avoid

At Beauty Headlines we are passionate about cutting through the advertising and marketing noise while delivering clear simple info and advice on health and beauty matters in the 21st century. Check BeautyHeadlines.com daily for the latest trends, tips, and honest advice without all the noise.

Film on fitness-fanatic seniors needs funding

Brazilian-born and German-raised filmmaker Elton Hubner has shot an hour-long documentary on the challenges facing active seniors. But he has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to finish the project Photograph By submitted Brazilian-born and German-raised filmmaker Elton Hubner has shot an hour-long documentary on the challenges facing active seniors.

Film on fitness-fanatic seniors needs funding

Brazilian-born and German-raised filmmaker Elton Hubner has shot an hour-long documentary on the challenges facing active seniors. But he has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to finish the project Photograph By submitted Brazilian-born and German-raised filmmaker Elton Hubner has shot an hour-long documentary on the challenges facing active seniors.

Pensioner Asks About Son’s Well Being Before Falling Into Coma And Died In Turkey

Sharipah Saadah Mohamed, a Malaysian government pensioner who died today after falling into a coma due to high blood pressure while traveling in Turkey, managed to communicate with her second son before the mishap. In the communication via WhatsApp on Dec 13, Sharipah Saadah asked more about the wellbeing of her son Mohd Khail Haron, 31, who is physically disabled and is suffering from leg pain.

Pensioner Asks About Son’s Well Being Before Falling Into Coma And Died In Turkey

Sharipah Saadah Mohamed, a Malaysian government pensioner who died today after falling into a coma due to high blood pressure while traveling in Turkey, managed to communicate with her second son before the mishap. In the communication via WhatsApp on Dec 13, Sharipah Saadah asked more about the wellbeing of her son Mohd Khail Haron, 31, who is physically disabled and is suffering from leg pain.