Google spent a lot of time at I/O talking about Assistant and Google Home. In fact, it gave a free Home to everyone who attended I/O. Today, a lot of those devices are spitting out errors instead of controlling smart home devices and answering questions. According to multiple online complaints, …
Read More »Loxo’s targeted drug helps variety of advanced cancers in small study
Three quarters of patients with a wide variety of advanced cancers responded to a Loxo Oncology Inc therapy that targets a specific genetic defect, according to data from a small study presented on Saturday at the year’s most important oncology meeting. The drug, larotrectinib, directly targets an acquired rather than …
Read More »Childhood cancer survivors have fewer long-term side effects: study
Better treatment strategies for pediatric cancers are helping survivors live longer, with fewer serious health problems related to their treatment, U.S. researchers said on Friday. The finding, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, is based on analysis of data from 23,600 participants in the Childhood …
Read More »APPLY NOW – Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry Online Recruitment Form 2017
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) was established by the president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan following the signing into law of the NC act on 22nd April, 2010. NOGIC JQS was created in line with section 55 of the act which states that the board shall establish, maintain …
Read More »South Korea raises bird flu alert after confirming first case since April
South Korea said on Saturday it will raise the bird flu alert level to the second highest after small flocks of farm birds tested positive for the H5N8 virus, the first in the country since early April. Asia’s fourth-largest economy has been hit hard by the spread of the highly …
Read More »U.S. state, local government lawsuits over opioids face uphill battle
A used needle sits on the ground in a park in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., May 30, 2017, where individuals were arrested earlier in the day during raids to break up heroin and fentanyl drug rings in the region, according to law enforcement officials. A growing number of U.S. states, counties …
Read More »APPLY NOW-Central Bank of Nigeria Online Recruitment Form 2017
The Central Bank of Nigeria was established by the CBN Act of 1958 and commenced operations on July 1, 1959. The CBN Act of 2007 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria charges the Bank with the overall control and administration of the monetary and financial sector policies of the Federal Government. …
Read More »Early use of J&J’s Zytiga extends prostate cancer survival
Adding Johnson & Johnson’s Zytiga to standard hormone therapy reduced by nearly 40 percent the chance of death for men newly diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer that had spread to other parts of the body, according to new trial results. The data, which supports expanding the drug’s use to earlier …
Read More »Apple set to expand Siri, taking different route from Amazon’s Alexa
But the Cupertino, California company is likely to stick to its tested method of focusing on a small amount of features and trying to perfect them, rather than casting as wide a net as possible, according to engineers and artificial intelligence industry insiders. Currently, Apple’s Siri works with …
Read More »Early use of J&J’s Zytiga extends prostate cancer survival
Adding Johnson & Johnson’s Zytiga to standard hormone therapy reduced by nearly 40 percent the chance of death for men newly diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer that had spread to other parts of the body, according to new trial results. The data, which supports expanding the drug’s use to earlier …
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