Tag: intensive
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Actress Carrie Fisher suffers medical emergency on London-to-L.A. flight
By Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies, suffered a cardiac episode on Friday during a flight from London to Los Angeles, where she was rushed to a hospital after landing. Fisher, 60, was…
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Actress Carrie Fisher suffers medical emergency on London-to-L.A. flight
By Steve Gorman and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movies, suffered a cardiac episode on Friday during a flight from London to Los Angeles, where she was rushed to a hospital after landing. Fisher, 60, was…
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FDA OKs first treatment for rare genetic disorder
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness that’s the most …
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FDA OKs first treatment for rare genetic disorder
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first treatment for children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness that’s the most …
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Actress Carrie Fisher suffers ‘cardiac episode’ on flight: L.A. Times
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Carrie Fisher suffered a “cardiac episode” on Friday during an airline flight from London to Los Angeles and was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after landing, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing emergency officials. Fisher, 60, who has been on a tour promoting a new…
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FDA approves Biogen drug for lead genetic cause of infant death
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has approved Biogen Inc’s drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic cause of death in infants. It is the first FDA-approved medicine for spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disease that affects about one in 10,000 live births. The drug, nusinersen, which was discovered…
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Rugby-World Rugby criticises handling of North concussion
By Ken Ferris LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – World rugby’s ruling body has criticised the handling of the concussion suffered by Northampton’s George North against Leicester this month, saying that he should have left the field immediately and not returned. A domestic Concussion Management Review Group (CMRG) investigating the incident decided Northampton wrongly allowed the…
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New insurance policy: Abandon ACA exchanges to avoid losses
Aetna became the latest health insurer to cast doubt upon its future in the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges after it called off a planned expansion Tuesday and suggested it could abandon that market completely.