Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has launched a pilot program in conjunction with Truman Medical Centers, the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City Schools of Medicine to test ...
Marking a milestone in the evolution of fully-bioresorbable drug-eluting scaffolds for interventional cardiology, the first commercial implant of Elixir Medical's CE Mark-approved DESolve Novolimus Eluting Coronary Scaffold was performed in ...
In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
Elderly people who participate in "brain training" classes to keep their minds sharp continue to see positive benefits 10 years after the training, according to a new study. Even if they took only an initial set of classes aimed at ...
Most clinical studies of vitamins are "flawed by poor methodology", review finds Most large clinical trials of vitamin supplements, including those that have concluded supplements are of no value or even harmful, have a “flawed ...
Tags: vitamin supplements, flawed methodology, useless, micronutrients
The Infiniti Q50 will start at $51,900 when it goes on sale in Australia in February. Infiniti Australia’s mid-sized Q50 sports sedan will cost less than all of its key rivals, undercutting the Audi A4 ($55,500), BMW 3 Series ...
A molecule nobody thought to explore may unlock a potential therapeutic target for a debilitating connective tissue disorder, according to Western-led research. Western professor Dr. David O'Gorman and PhD student Christina Raykha have ...
Tags: therapeutic target, connective tissue disorder, Dupuytren's disease
Ear tubes can improve hearing over the short term in children with a certain type of ear infection. But they don't help children's hearing, speech or language over the long term, according to a new review. Dr. Michael Steiner and ...
Tags: Long-Term Benefits, Ear tubes
Ear tubes can improve hearing over the short term in children with a certain type of ear infection. But they don't help children's hearing, speech or language over the long term, according to a new review. Dr. Michael Steiner and ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Ear Infections
Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers. This is despite the UK having a healthcare system that is free at the point of access, they note. "This ...
Certain types of fractures may indicate lower bone strength in children, a new study suggests. For the study, published online Jan. 7 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, researchers compared bone strength in 115 boys and girls, ...
Aker Solutions completed the sale of its well-intervention services business area to EQT, a Swedish private equity fund. The unit was sold for an enterprise value of NOK 4 billion and the agreement includes an earn-out provision where ...
Tags: Aker Solutions, EQT, sale, well-intervention services business
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has increased production rates and decreased costs for TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (NYSE MKT:TAT; TSX:TNP) in Turkey. Over the last eight months, the two companies have installed the Packers Plus ...
Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) ("Ithaca" or the "Company") announces completion of flow test operations on the second development well on the Stella field and provides an update on Greater Stella Area ("GSA") development ...
Tags: Ithaca, flow test operations, Greater Stella Area, Stella field, A2 well
Spot European-delivered thermal coal traded a hefty $4 higher in early trading Wednesday, as an intervention by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cast fresh doubts on whether US producer Drummond will manage to evade an export ban in ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral