Julie Steenhuysen

Type: Person

Name: Julie Steenhuysen

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Mother says Pennsylvania girl's lung transplant a success

(Recasts with girl out of surgery, adds quotes)June 12 (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who only became eligible for an adult organ transplant because of a federal judge's order is out of surgery after a double-lung transplant ... [Published TrustLaw - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Donor, Julie Steenhuysen, Peter Cooney

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. group amends transplant policy for kids after lawsuits

2:11am BST* Group adds temporary category to allow children to qualify* Group to study transplant policy for childrenBy Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO, June 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. group that sets policy for organ transplants voted on Monday to give some children ... [Published Reuters UK - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Julie Steenhuysen, United States, Lawsuit, Cystic Fibrosis, Allotment

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer

| Julie Steenhuysen |CHICAGO (Reuters) – Researchers have been working for years to determine whether genetic glitches are driving high rates of especially deadly breast cancer in black women in the United States.Now, the most comprehensive ... [Published Borneo Bulletin - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Breast Cancer, African-Americans, The University of Chicago, mutations

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Urgently Needed Antibiotics Research Is Put on Risky Fast Track

With hospitals and doctors in need of solutions to combat so-called “super-bug” infections, the federal government wants to fast-track new medications—and that has some health experts concerned.For instance, the Department of Health and Human Services ... [Published AllGov - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Antibiotics, Antibiotic, infections, Drugs

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Study finds strong genetic links for blacks with breast cancer

By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - Researchers have been working for years to determine whether genetic glitches are driving high rates of especially deadly breast cancer in black women in the United States.Now, the most comprehensive genetic study ... [Published 1440 WNFL - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Breast Cancer, African-Americans, mutations, genetic counseling

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

PREVIEW-Immunotherapy is not just for melanoma anymore

By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena BeasleyCHICAGO/LOS ANGELES, May 31 (Reuters) - Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer over a year ago, Gabe Tartaglia was loath to undergo the kind of harsh chemotherapy that had devastated his sister before her death three ... [Published TrustLaw - May 31 2013]

Entities: Nivolumab, Patient, Immunotherapy, Skin Cancer, Lung Cancer

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Drugs That Harness Immune System To Fight Cancer Show Promise

By Julie Steenhuysen and Deena Beasley ... [Published Huffington Post - May 31 2013]

Entities: Immune System, Cancer, Drugs

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Baxter's Alzheimer's disease drug fails in late-stage trial

JULIE STEENHUYSENIn a blow for Alzheimer's patients, Baxter International Inc said it will scrap late-stage trials of its antibody treatment for the disease after the drug failed to improve cognitive decline and functional ability in patients.Baxter's ... [Published PharmaGossip - May 08 2013]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Drugs, Patient, Baxter International Inc

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Two kinds of H7N9 story we could do with less of

Sometimes I run across online reports that automatically disqualify themselves, like stuff that assumes every new bug is another example of biological warfare. Then we have the kind of feel-good story that backfires, like this Reuters report: REUTERS ... [Published H5N1 - May 06 2013]

Entities: H7N9, Thomas R Frieden, Pandemic

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Experimental HIV Vaccine Fails; Study Halted

CHICAGO, April 25 (Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health has halted a study testing an experimental HIV vaccine after an independent review board found the vaccine did not prevent HIV infection nor reduce the amount of HIV in the blood. The ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Vaccine, Julie Steenhuysen, Independent Review, Allergy

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 2 reports

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-New technology speeding progress on bird flu vaccine

Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:09pm EDT (In 20th paragraph, corrects title of Mike Shaw to make clear he runs a CDC laboratory instead of being director of the CDC) * Faster DNA method shaved 2 weeks off vaccine process * Chinese researchers say counter ... [Published AdBanks.net - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Virus, Vaccine, Bird Flu, Robin Robinson

First reported Mar 18 2013 - Updated Mar 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mammograms Every Other Year Don't Raise Advanced Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, March 18 (Reuters) - In the latest installment in the mammogram debate, a new study finds that getting a mammogram every other year instead of annually did not increase the risk of advanced breast cancer in women aged ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Mar 18 2013]

Entities: Mammography, Breast Cancer, Karla Kerlikowske

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