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CytRx's Tamibarotene Demonstrates Statistically Significant Anti-Tumor Activity In Animal Trial For Multiple Myeloma
CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), a biopharmaceutical research and development company engaged in the development of high-value human therapeutics, announced that tamibarotene, currently under evaluation in a U.S. registration trial as a third-line treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), showed statistically significant anti-tumor activity in human myeloma cells transplanted into animals. Multiple myeloma is an incurable malignant tumor of the plasma cells of bone marrow. Results of the trial were published in the June 2009 peer-reviewed journal Cancer Science (Volume 100, No. 6, Pages 1137-1143).
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Clostridium Difficile Infection: Strategic Approaches For Better Outcomes
In recent years, the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been changing. This trend may be the result of antimicrobial use, infection control practices, or other factors. It is critical for healthcare professionals to be aware of the epidemiology of this virulent pathogen and apply evidence-based principles for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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FDA Approves Samsca For The Treatment Of Hyponatremia
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Statement From CCF Against CDC Nominee Thomas Frieden

Following today"s announcement that President Obama nominated Dr. Thomas Frieden to head the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center for Consumer Freedom"s Senior Research Analyst, J. Justin Wilson, released the following statement: "It is unfortunate that President Obama choose to put the nation"s health in the hands of an overzealous activist who doesn"t give any consideration to the importance of personal responsibility or privacy," said Wilson. "Frieden doesn"t simply blur the line between what is the government"s responsibility in regulating health and what is the individual"s responsibility; he barely recognizes its existence." Thomas Frieden famously told the Financial Times that "when anyone dies at an early age from a preventable cause in New York City, it"s my fault." What constitutes a "preventable cause" for Frieden? Essentially any behavior that he personally disapproves of, including: eating salty or fatty foods, "insufficient" breast-feeding, and using birth control that isn"t city-approved. Following his myriad regulations in New York City, the New York Post quipped that Frieden had turned the city into "a nanny state on steroids." The Center for Consumer Freedom


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