Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. ...
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TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- People who've had weight-loss surgery need to closely monitor their nutritional intake and may require dietary supplements, according to the results of a small, new study. Researchers looked at 23 patients ...
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DuPont named AnnaMaria DeSalva vice president of corporate communications. In the newly established role, DeSalva, will be responsible for leading, developing and executing the company's strategic communications and brand management around ...
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Natera, a leading innovator in prenatal genetic testing, today announced the initiation of a distribution partnership with ProPath, a wholly physician-owned provider of pathology services to clinicians and medical facilities in the United ...
InControl Medical, LLC, a women's health company focusing on female urinary incontinence, has received FDA clearance for their proprietary, patented, InTone®MV, providing women who suffer with vaginal atrophy a smaller, more comfortable ...
Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, but routine vaccinations may help decrease risk, according to preliminary research (abstract 39) presented at the American Stroke Association's ...
Medical technology company Cogstate Limited (ASX:CGS) has today announced its technology will be used in a large paediatric clinical trial in the United States. Under the contract worth approximately US$1.4 million over four years, the ...
New American Diabetes Association (ADA) screening guidelines may lead to the missed diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in children, according to a new study by University of Michigan. The research, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, ...
Chi-Huey Wong,professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute(TSRI),has won the 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering contributions to the synthesis of compounds vitally important to biology and medicine. Sometimes ...
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CROWN POINT,Ind.,Jan.23(UPI)--Noted oncologists call for a single-payer U.S.healthcare system--similar to Canada--because the current system is hurting cancer patients. Dr.Ray Drasga,a longtime community-based oncologist who founded a ...
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Male cancer survivors evaluated in a long-term study cut their risk of dying in half by exercising and burning 2,500 calories a week, U.S. researchers say. Study co-author Kathleen Y. Wolin of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of ...
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FootBalance hired Inverness Sales Group to expand awareness and distribution of the FootBalance System in the southwest region. Sean Logan,principal at Inverness Sales Group,and Brad Barber,brand ambassador for Inverness Sales Group,are ...
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The Worldwide Innovative Network(WIN)Consortium in personalized cancer medicine is proud to announce that AstraZeneca,DKFZ and EORTC have joined the Consortium.WIN is a unique global network of leading academics,industries,payors and ...
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BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics has received a notice of allowance from the US Patent Office for its ‘Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of CNS Diseases’ (serial number 12/994,761) patent application. This patent relates to ...
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Sectra, an international medical imaging IT provider, has obtained the ‘Best in KLAS’ award from the research firm with the same name in the ‘2013 Best in KLAS: Software and Services’ report for its acute care PACS. ...
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