Traditional Chinese medicine has won more recognition in Western countries in recent years, but the 5,000-year-old medical science still needs a modern interpretation to break into the mainstream Western market. According to the ...
A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
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Smokers and other people at high risk for lung cancer could make matters worse if they take antioxidant supplements, a new study of rodents suggests. Antioxidants appear to accelerate cancer progression by short-circuiting one of the ...
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The list of health woes linked to smoking is like a scroll that keeps unfurling. At a White House press conference Friday morning, half a century after the release of the historic 1964 Surgeon General's report, dozens of the nation's ...
Current guidelines are more detailed regarding some aspects of treatment On 3 January 2014 the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) published the results of a literature search for evidence-based clinical ...
Americans are living longer than ever and their life expectancy is increasing every year, federal health officials reported Monday. People born in 2009 can expect to live 78.5 years. That's an increase from just a year before (when life ...
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Electromed, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ELMD), a global medical device company, today announced it has received notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that its next generation SmartVest® Airway Clearance System, the model ...
Ikaria, Inc., a critical care company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies designed to address the significant needs of critically ill patients, announced today that its investor group and employee shareholders ...
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Cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, mainly because anti-smoking efforts have caused a drop in lung cancer deaths, researchers report. From 2001 through 2010, death rates for all cancers combined decreased by 1.8 ...
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Anoro Ellipta (umeclidinium and vilanterol inhalation powder) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for once-daily treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD, an umbrella term that includes the ...
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Belgium-based FLUIDDA has developed proprietary functional respiratory imaging (FRI) technology that provides a unique entry point into personalized medicine for respiratory diseases. FRI reduces significantly the number of patients ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance's Anoro Ellipta as a once-daily, long-term maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and can even be harmful to some patients, British researchers suggest. Robin Ferner of City Hospital Birmingham, in England, and colleagues conducted a review of studies that reported the ...
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US-based CSL Behring has announced the availability of DNA1 Advanced Alpha-1 Screening (DNA1), a new test kit designed to improve diagnosis of Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (Alpha-1). Alpha-1 is a serious hereditary condition that is ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Theravance have received marketing authorization from the European Commission (EC) for their jointly-developed asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug 'Relvar Ellipta'. Relvar, which is a ...
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