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Senators question Kaleo` $4,500 tag on opioid overdose treatment

Senators question Kaleo` $4,500 tag on opioid overdose treatment

Published 09/02/2017

U.S. Sen. Clair McCaskill (D-MO) speaks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

U.S. Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill on Thursday asked Kaleo Pharmaceuticals to justify the more than 550 percent surge in the price of its device to treat painkiller overdoses, becoming the second senator to question Evzio's $4,500 price tag.

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False alarms delay future mammograms, linked to later diagnosis

False alarms delay future mammograms, linked to later diagnosis

Published 09/02/2017

By Gene Emery(Reuters Health) - Women who are told that their suspicious mammogram was a false alarm are more likely to delay their next scheduled ma

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Paralyzed patients communicate thoughts via brain-computer interface

Paralyzed patients communicate thoughts via brain-computer interface

Published 31/01/2017

The NIRS/EEG brain-computer interface system is worn by a model in Switzerland in this undated photograph released in London, Britain, January 31, 2017. Laurent Bouvier/Wyss Centre/Handout via REUTERS

Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface that reads the brain's blood oxygen levels and enables communication by deciphering the thoughts of patients who are totally paralyzed and unable to talk.

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