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Weekly Update: H1N1 a ' A New Kind of Flu a ' What You Need to Know! Riley County-Manhattan Health Department Big Picture: KDHE today provided this overview: We are 200 days into this pandemic and H1N1 remains the dominant strain everywhere in the world.

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Blood / Hematology Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group , and Biogen Idec announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a complete response on the companies' applications for Rituxan plus fludarabine and cyclophosphamide for the ...

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has reportedly beguntreatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the body's lymphatic system.This is nothis first battle with cancer.

Genentech Inc. and partner Biogen Idec Inc. said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration is withholding a decision to expand approval of Rituxan as a leukemia treatment, pending further discussion.

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : A miniature heart pump improved survival among severe heart failure patients, say researchers who conducted the first trial of this kind of new-generation device as a permanent treatment.

A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp infringed a Chinese company s intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems.

A Brown County judge has closed the case on a teenager whom the court forced to undergo chemotherapy against his family's wishes.

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry EntreMed, Inc.

Beginning Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, the International Psoriasis Council will host its second symposium at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has completed a $30 million Series B financing led by OVP Venture Partners.

Paul Allen, a Microsoft co-founder, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

For 25 years, Maria Virginia Padilla considered herself a loyal Kaiser Permanente member.

Cephalon Inc. will give Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. a license to sell a generic version of the pain drug Fentora in 2018 as part of a patent lawsuit settlement, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.

Pharmacyclics, Inc. today announced that posters related to PCI-24781 and PCI-32765 have been selected for presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology , December 5-8, 2009 in New Orleans, LA.

Kitty Walker is thinking of turning to flaxseed oil and herbs to cure her non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

REGINA a ' Immunization clinics are being offered in the Regina Qua TMAppelle Health Region for the following: People under the age of 65 with underlying health conditions such as chronic heart disease, diabetes, asthma and chronic lung disease, kidney disease, blood disorders, severe obesity, and liver disease and those with neurological and ...

Now playing: the story of a young Oak Grove residents response to cancer.Running time: five minutes.The production is available online, posted by an aspiring Kansas City-area filmmaker who documented the treatment of a friend diagnosed this year with Hodgkins lymphoma.The video, All For Gio, makes vivid the unknown that newly diagnosed cancer ...

H1N1 immunizations in the Saskatoon Health Region have been expanded to include caregivers of infants, home-schooled children, immune-compromised people and adults 35 and younger with chronic health conditions.

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals ; Blood / Hematology ; Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 22:00 PST ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited announced today that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has accepted the company's New Drug Application for Omapro for the treatment of ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, known for his unblockable signature "skyhook" shot, was diagnosed late last year with a rare type of blood cancer known as Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia .