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• Alert Another Tainted 'Sartan' Recalled for Impurity Sandoz, along with FDA, has recalled one lot of losartan potassium hydrochlorothiazide tablets because of the presence of the probable human carcinogen NDEA.
  News Alerts, November 2018
• In Rural France, Macron Seeks Remedy for 'Healthcare Deserts' When Joelle Dupas falls ill, she goes to a medical center in her home town in rural western France where all 12 doctors have come out of retirement.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Merck Drug Keytruda Succeeds in Late-Stage Esophageal Cancer Trial Merck & Co's blockbuster drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) met the main goal of the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-181 trial testing the treatment in patients with advanced esophageal or esophagogastric junction carcinoma whose tumors express PD-L1, the U.S. drugmaker said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Surgeons Design Inexpensive Headlamp to Make Operations Safer in Poor Conditions Surgeries in poorer countries can become dangerous when electrical power goes out, as it often does.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Babies' Brain Development May Not Depend on Sleeping Through the Night Infants who don't sleep through the night don't seem to be at higher risk for cognitive or motor development problems, a Canadian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Alert EMA Panel Backs First Oral-Only Drug for Deadly Disease Fexinidazole is for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in adults and children aged 6 years and older.
  International Approvals, November 2018
• Alert EU Green Light for Apalutamide for Nonmetastatic CRPC The next-generation antiandrogen has received a positive opinion for nonmetatatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), considered to be an unmet medical need.
  International Approvals, November 2018
• Prednisone Cuts Risk of Dangerous Immune-System Rebound During HIV-TB Treatment Giving low-dose prednisone soon after initiation of HIV therapy to people who are both infected with tuberculosis and have very low CD4 counts can prevent their immune system from dangerously rebounding against the TB infection, doctors report.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Transdermal Nitroglycerin May Help Ease Tendon Pain Nitroglycerin patches help patients with common injuries to tendons, a research review suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• AIPM 2018Coverage for Integrative Pain Therapies on the Horizon Healthcare providers, policy makers, insurers, and other stakeholders are making progress in ensuring improved access to integrative pain management therapies such as yoga, acupuncture, and massage.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• AASLD 2018Nivolumab Effective in Liver Cancer, Child–Pugh B Status New data from the CheckMate 040 trial suggest another indication is in the works for the checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Insurer Faces $25.5m Payout After Denial of Proton Therapy Health insurer Aetna denied proton therapy because it was 'experimental.' This jury verdict raises the possibility that other denial-of-care suits will follow.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Ebola May Have Long-Term Neurological Sequelae Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors may have long-term neurological complications that are not well understood, according to a new case series.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Cuba to Withdraw Doctors From Brazil After Bolsonaro Snub Cuba said on Wednesday it would pull thousands of its doctors from Brazil after the South American nation’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro questioned their training and demanded changes to their contracts.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Where Are the Men? Experts Target Missing Link in Contraception
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• JK Rowling Charity Urges Global Action to End Orphanages, Trafficking
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Single Injection of Platelet-Rich Plasma Yields Minimal Benefit for Photoaged Skin Compared with placebo, a single injection of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) may reduce signs of photoaging as perceived by recipients of the treatment, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Some Infants at High Risk of Meningitis May Be Missed Without Lumbar Puncture Feverish young infants discharged from an emergency department (ED) without cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) testing may be at risk for meningitis and should be followed closely, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• World's Top Aid Agency to Promote Resilience With New Body
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Pfizer Loses Blockbuster Drug Patent Fight in UK Supreme Court Pfizer lost the final round in a long-running patent battle in Britain on Wednesday after the country's highest court ruled against it in a case involving its $5 billion-a-year pain drug Lyrica.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018