Photofrin is a photodynamic therapy (PDT) drug first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1995 for the treatment of esophageal cancer, and later approved in 1998 for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer. Most recently, Photofrin received Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) from the FDA as an adjuvant therapy for the...
Read MoreDeadly Carbon Monoxide Leak at DC Apartment Complex
Deadly carbon monoxide fumes overtook a three-story apartment complex in the Northwest Bloomingdale neighborhood of DC earlier this month. A Washington, D.C. Fire Department spokesperson said that two workers at the Parker Flats at Gage School condominiums were using a pressure washer in an unventilated, underground garage. The carbon monoxide fumes overtook the men...
Read MoreAgency Head Wants More Power over Unsafe Buses
A House hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this month addressed tougher regulations on bus companies. The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Anne Ferro, asked legislators to give her agency more power to crack down on bus companies in the long distance bus industry. Ms. Ferro said that 2011 has been the worst...
Read MoreSleep Disorders Linked to Traumatic Brain Injury
According to doctors, traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients suffer from sleep disturbances more than the general population. Doctors report that TBI sufferers experience insomnia, post-traumatic hypersomnia and sleep apnea, which can affect cognition, attention and judgment. As many as 65 percent of patients with mild...
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