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Man first in Europe to trial new antibody drug for prostate cancer

Man first in Europe to trial new antibody drug for prostate cancer

By Lauren Beavis A Brit has become the first patient in Europe to trial a pioneering antibody drug that "attaches" to cancer cells. Brian Holmes, 70, has suffered from metastatic prostate cancer for two years and has exhausted all traditional lines of treatment. But the pensioner has now

Jobs, EMS and a 'Center of Excellence': How will MT spend $233M on rural health this year?

Plans are taking shape for how Montana intends to dole out hundreds of millions of dollars in the next year to bolster rural health care, an ambitious undertaking that’s going to require the slow-moving apparatus of state government to work at lightning speed. It’s a breakneck pace

Report: Hospital drug prices can vary up to 2,000X across country

(The Center Square) - The price for the same prescription drug in different hospitals nationwide could have more than a $10,000 difference, according to a new report. A report from 3 Axis Advisors used publicly available hospital data to analyze the cost differential between the same generic prescription drugs in

Different Dems? At Butte debate, candidates make pitch to challenge GOP

BUTTE — Montana Democrats gathered in the Motherlode Theater in Butte on Tuesday night for the first debate among the party’s four primary contenders for the state’s western district congressional seat. More than 100 people attended Tuesday’s debate, which came on the heels of a Monday event in

Butte high school football player recovers from life-threatening spleen injury, finds new athletic passion

Butte high school football player recovers from life-threatening spleen injury, finds new athletic passion

BUTTE, Mont. – A high school athlete in Butte faced a life-threatening situation after a severe injury during a football game last fall. Preston Jensen, a senior at Butte High, experienced a ruptured spleen, a critical organ for filtering blood and maintaining a healthy immune system, during the Bulldogs'

Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship fearing new US sub attack

Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship fearing new US sub attack

Sri Lanka has offloaded crew of an Iranian navy vessel and assumed countrol of it, the South Asian nation's president said Thursday, a day after a deadly US submarine attack on another ship. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a televised address that his country's navy

Even patients are shocked by prices insurers will pay — and it costs all of us

Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for about $100,000. Jamie Estrada of Albuquerque, New