The combination of tomato, olive oil, garlic and onion in a sofrito increases the amount of polyphenols and carotenoids, which are bioactive compounds that may help to prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer, according to new research ...
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C4 Imaging, a US-based medical device company, has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Sirius MRI marker. Sirius is a positive-signal MRI marker that will be used following treatment of ...
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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new type of nanoparticle, which can be taken orally and gets successfully absorbed through the digestive tract. The nanoparticles ...
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Novogen, a biotechnology company, has announced the filing of a family of provisional patents in the US covering anti-tropomyosin (ATM) drug technology. ATM drugs represent an entirely novel approach to anti-cancer therapy, blocking the ...
Prostate cancer stem cells evolve into different cells as the disease progresses and this becomes a moving target for treatment, U.S. researchers say. Drs. Andrew Goldstein, Owen Witte and Tanya Stoyanova and colleagues at the University ...
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Men with prostate cancer who ate a low-fat diet and took fish body oil supplements may have lower risk of cancer recurrence, U.S. researchers say. Lead author William Aronson of the University of California, Los Angeles, and chief of ...
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CIVCO Medical Solutions, a medical technology company, has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its EX3 stepper, which is used while performing real time planning for low dose rate (LDR) or high dose ...
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In case you missed it, the mainstream media is currently engaged in a gratuitous misinformation orgy following the release of a new observational study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, which absurdly claims that ...
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Quackity quack, the quacks are back, and this time they're targeting fish oil supplements, claiming that taking fish oils raises your risk of prostate cancer. Hogwash. This is just another case of pure fearmongering quackery by the ...
A new study out of California has identified some practical steps that men can take to avoid developing prostate cancer, and all of them involve making simple dietary changes. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco ...
There are a number of scientifically-proven reasons why supplementing with high-quality fish oil is an important part of a healthy diet. Your brain, joints, muscles, heart, and skin all rely on the omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients in ...
Bayer HealthCare has received marketing authorization from the European Commission (EC) for its Xofigo injection for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, symptomatic bone metastases and no known visceral ...
For many industries, innovation helps to drive down product prices. Over the past few decades, entry-level computers have decreased in price from thousands of dollars to only a few hundred. 1980 saw the debut of IBM's personal computer, ...
OPKO Health, a multinational pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, has commenced a pivotal, multi-center clinical validation study for the company’s 4Kscore test for the prediction of prostate cancer prior to prostate biopsy. The ...
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Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC), a developer of medical isotopes, has filed 510(k) pre-market notification to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Yttrium-90 RadioGel brachytherapy cancer product. In accordance to ...