MIAMI - A Vietnamese girl is finally free of a disfiguring 16-pound (7-kilogram) facial tumor, after a surgery that lasted at least 12 hours in Miami.
The Schwannoma tumor had consumed the lower half of 15-year-old Lai Thi Dao’s face. It had been growing since she was 3 and eventually accounted for roughly one-third of her body weight. Read more…
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WatchMojo NewsletterScienceDaily (Apr. 29, 2008) — A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance. In findings published April 28 in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report that they have blocked HIV infection in the test tube by inactivating a human protein expressed in key immune cells. Read more
Take a baby boom, add six decades, and what have you got? A booming market for home healthcare companies, which provide a low-cost, long-term alternative to hospitals at a time when medical costs are rising.
As if to illustrate the point, Amedisys surprised Wall Street Wednesday with better-than-expected earnings and an increase in its guidance for the rest of the year. The company, which bought rival TLC Healthcare Services in late March for $395.0 million, said it was looking forward to growing on its own and through further acquisitions. Read more
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