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Biotech Startup Scours The World For Hidden Gems

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Forbes - Fortress Biotech's team of about a dozen medical doctors and scientists scours the world for drugs in clinical trials that look like they will work, and are ripe for acquisition.

Doctor faces life in prison for thousands of opioid doses

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Las Vegas Review-Journal - Authorities say that, instead of running a legitimate medical practice, Dr. Joel Smithers headed an interstate drug distribution ring.

Fire death called suspicious after car reported stolen

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Houston Chronicle - WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) ? Waukesha police are calling the death of a person who died in a house fire suspicious after a vintage car was reported stolen from the home. The Journal Sentinel reports one person died in the early Thursday morning fire. Police say an orange 1969 Pontiac Firebird soft-top convertible is missing from the house. Authorities have not yet named the person who died in the fire. Police say the medical examiner is still working to identify the body. Police are asking anyone with information about the car to contact them. ___ Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,...

One more dengue patient dies

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Bangladesh Daily Sun - One more dengue patient died in Sunamganj on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Shahanur Mia, 16, son of Mutalib Mia of Sujanagar village in Dirai Municipality of Sunamganj, according to media report. Sylhets Women Medical College Director Ferdous said Shahanur was hospitalised

Kerala: CDMID to provide medical implants on cash and carry basis to three medical colleges

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India Times - KOZHIKODE: Chamber of Distributors for Medical Implants and Disposables (CDMID) here on Saturday said that they have decided to stop replenishing stoc.

Medical experts hail ban on e-cigarettes

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India Times - PUNE: Medical experts in the Pune have welcomed the ban on 'e-cigarettes'.

Piedmont Athens Regional to celebrate 100 years

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Athens Banner Herald - Trying to recall and then contemplate the ramifications of the advancement of medical science in the past 100 years can boggle one's mind.Through most of the 20th century and now into the 21st, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center has helped advance medicine while maturing with Athens.To bookmark that past, the hospital will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Sunday.In 1919, the group of physicians met and started the planning phases for the construction of a 100-bed facility. They opened a

L.A. County-USC Medical Center Resumes Elective Surgeries After Abruptly Halting Operations Over Mold

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KTLA CW Los Angeles - Health officials announced late Friday that they had resumed elective surgeries at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, following a temporary halt to the operations that began earlier this week after the discovery of mold in a room used to sterilize surgical equipment. The L.A. County Department of Health Services said in a statement that the hospital had "begun to ramp up elective surgeries" and was expected to be at full capacity soon. Administrators did not immediately respond to a request for the number

Hadley's first cannabis dispensary could open in November

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Daily Hampshire Gazette - HADLEY ? Hadley's first marijuana shop, which will initially be restricted to medical sales, could open in November on Route 9 near the Amherst town line.The Heirloom Collective Inc. is poised to open at 457 Russell St., a former Sunoco gas station that has been renovated into a dispensary. The Sele...

Nalanda Medical College waterlogged following heavy downpour in Patna

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India Times - Nalanda Medical College waterlogged following heavy downpour in Patna. Heavy downpour led to water-logging in Nalanda Medical College & Hospital in Patna. Heavy rains in the region have thrown normal life out of gear as water-logging was witnessed in several parts of Bihar. Condition is such that floodwater has also entered the residential areas.

Woman succumbs to dengue in Dinajpur

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Bangladesh Daily Sun - A woman died of dengue fever at M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital (MARMCH) in Dinajpur early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shilpi Akter, 26, wife of Delwar Hossen, resident of Salondar village in Thakurgaon district sadar. Civil surgeon of Dinajpur Abdul Kuddus said

Police identify pilot injured in helicopter crash

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Houston Chronicle - SANFORD, Maine (AP) ? Police say the victim of a helicopter crash had flown to multiple Maine and New Hampshire locations on Saturday as part of a licensing process before the accident at the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport. The pilot, who was the only occupant of the aircraft, suffered severe injuries when the helicopter crashed in the grass next to a runway in Saturday morning. He's been identified 50-year-old Jack White of Bowdoinham, Maine. Witnesses told police that the pilot appeared to be practicing landing or near-ground maneuvers when the helicopter started rotating in an uncontrolled spin. Police say it eventually hit the ground and became incapacitated on the grass. White was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.

Can marijuana help treat autism symptoms? A new study aims to find out

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CNN - CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta was given exclusive access to the Montefiore study and GW Pharmaceuticals, the British biopharmaceutical company that grows the cannabis used in the trials.

Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan: Finding humor in a brain tumor diagnosis

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CBS News - The comedian presents a serious, personal and loving story about his better half (also his co-writer and the co-creator of their five children). Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan talk about how everything about their lives changed in the face of a frightening medical emergency, when Jeannie was diagnosed with a pear-shaped brain tumor, and how humor helped get them through it.

Jeannie's story: Jim Gaffigan on his wife's brain tumor

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CBS News - The comedian and his better half (also his co-writer and the co-creator of their five children) talk about how their lives changed in the face of a frightening medical emergency, and how humor helped get them through it

Ruby Rose posted a graphic video of her emergency neck surgery on Instagram after she herniated 2 discs while filming stunts

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Business Insider - "Orange Is the New Black" actress Ruby Rose shared a graphic video with her 14.2 million Instagram followers on Friday of her own emergency neck surgery. The video was marked with Instagram's "Sensitive Content" filter, so viewers had to click past a warning to see the up-close medical procedure. In her caption, Rose wrote "To everyone asking about my new Pez dispenser scar on my neck... A couple of months ago I was told I needed an emergency surgery or I was risking becoming paralyzed."  Rose also wrote that she herniated 2 discs while filming a stunt, but didn't specify what project she was working on. It may have been "Batwoman," the upcoming CW superhero series Rose will star in. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Actress and model Ruby Rose shared an up close and personal video of an emergency neck surgery she received with her 14.2 million Instagram followers. The video was so graphic, it was marked with Instagram's "Sensitive Content" filter, meaning viewers had to cl

New study aims to find out if marijuana help treat autism symptoms

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WITI FOX Milwaukee - LONDON ? Tucked away in the quiet English countryside on more than 47 acres, GW Pharmaceuticals is doing something no other drug company can do: produce the only cannabis-based medication ever approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. That drug, a treatment for two rare types of epilepsy, inspired researchers to consider what other conditions cannabis might help. A new clinical trial at Montefiore Medical Center in New York will examine the effect of a cannabis compound called cannabidivarin, known as

James Steven (Steve) Jaco, 59

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- Mr. James Steven (Steve) Jaco, 59, of McMinnville died Friday, Sept. 27, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Capital City Sunday: Congressman Pocan, Sen. Patrick Testin & Rep. Joan Ballweg

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WKOW ABC Madison - Impeachment inquiry, legalizing medical marijuana & suicide task force. Impeachment inquiry, legalizing medical marijuana & suicide task force.

Man dies while in Salem Police custody

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KGW NBC Portland - After a struggle with officers, the man was taken to Salem Health for medical distress and later pronounced dead.        
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