The controversial drug thalidomide could soon be available to patients across Europe – 40 years after it was banned.European Union authorities are considering whether the drug should be given to patients with a rare form of cancer and those with leprosy.
At present, thalidomide is unlicensed in Europe and can only be prescribed under strict controls.
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Rare surgery helps enhance quality of life after arm amputation
Surgeons and other medical professionals gather around the operating table Tuesday at Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., during a surgery on a 19-year-old man who had bone cancer. The 10-hour operation involved amputating the man’s left arm, shoulder blade and collarbone. What makes the [...]
André Picard
(From Monday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 03:09AM EDT)
Imagine for a moment that you have a cancerous tumour eating away at the bone and muscle in your leg. You can choose to amputate the leg or undergo surgery that removes the cancer and leaves the limb intact.
It seems like [...]
Nick Ternette, seen in a file image below, is angry about the amputation of his legs but learning to accept it, his wife says. (CBC)Well-known Winnipeg activist Nick Ternette was in intensive care on Thursday after both his legs were amputated due to a massive infection.
Winnipeg activist Nick Ternette
Ternette, 64, was admitted to the Health [...]
I’ve been contacted by Patrick Cox whose message below is self-explanatory.
You can check out his Website on:Â http://www.malecancer.net./ to get an idea of what it’s all about.
Patrick says:
I represent a male cancer charity who is seeking a bold and daring
male amputee to pose naked for a male cancer campaign. Asking if you could
post this [...]
We are very grateful to Ray Blackwell for the following article. Also for the very welcome donation he raised for the Douglas Bader Foundation with his efforts.
Thank you, Ray – you’re an inspiration.
“You would have thought at nearly 71 I would be pursuing more sedate pastimes like gardening [...]
Published Date:
16 May 2009
By Joe Robinson
Amputee footballer, Martin Heald
A FYLDE footballer’s dreams of World Cup glory lie in tatters today after a “disgusting” snub by English soccer chiefs.
Amputee Martin Heald,17, has been left devastated after the FA ruled it will not pay the cash needed to fly the national team to [...]
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19 year old Evan Reynolds lost his left hand in a road traffic accident in 2006 when his arm became trapped between the side of a car and a gatepost. LEIGH DAY & CO. solicitors were able to secure Evan substantial damages which will cover the future costs of his Touch Bionics i-LIMBâ„¢ prosthetic which [...]
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