It Works! Global, a wellness products and lifestyle company, announced the launch of Greens Chew™, a dietary supplement for antioxidant and prebiotic support. This is the first chewable supplement that It Works! is offering as part ...
Global well-being improvement leader Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide Australia's largest health coaching program, Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service® (Get Healthy ...
Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, today announced the launch of the insulin delivery device NovoPen Echo® in the United States. This is the first and only pen device available in the U.S. with half-unit dosing and a memory ...
Endo Health Solutions (Nasdaq: ENDP) today announced that NuPathe Inc. (NASDAQ: PATH) has terminated its merger agreement with Endo. Endo has received a $5 million termination fee from NuPathe. "We believe that the agreement NuPathe has ...
When Louis Pasteur developed and patented the process of pasteurization in the 1860s, it had nothing to do with milk. He was more concerned with keeping beer from spoiling. But, by the turn of the century, this method of preservation had ...
Tags: Pasteurization, HTST, shelf life, milk
The first warning letters of the year issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration were delivered to a seafood processing facility in Hawaii and a dairy operator in Pennsylvania. A warning letter is FDA’s principal means of ...
Tags: FDA, HACCP, violation, Nobuo T.Hawaii
While many Americans make New Year's resolutions focused on self-improvement, those who are overweight or obese likely prioritize getting down to a healthy weight. However, these resolutions often focus too much on the aesthetic side of ...
Tags: Healthy Weight, Health, Medicine
Healthy food products that are produced in an environmentally-friendly manner will boost the health of the Swiss population while protecting natural resources. The National Research Programme "Healthy Nutrition and Sustainable Food ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Health, Medicine, Healthy food
A virus sweeping through farms in the United States is a growing concern for Canadian pork producers. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea first appeared in the U.S. last spring and has already spread to 22 states. It has not been found in Canada, ...
Tags: Pork Industry, PED, Rajiv Arora, Robert Harding
Researchers cite advances in diagnosis and therapy as likely causes for reduction; caution that a significant proportion of devastating eye disease sufferers still progress to blindness The probability of blindness due to the serious eye ...
MONDAY Jan. 20, 2014, 2014 -- Happier seniors can look forward to greater mobility as they age than their gloomier peers, new research suggests. The findings don't prove that happiness preserves mobility. However, "the research suggests ...
Tags: gloomier peer, CMAJ, University College London, Moving Experience
MONDAY Jan. 20, 2014, 2014 -- Delaying the morning school bell might help teens avoid sleep deprivation, according to a new study. Later school start times appear to improve teens' sleep and reduce their daytime sleepiness. For the study, ...
Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder will be honored by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) with a Gold Medal Award at the opening session of the ACHE's 57th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago on ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Health Care
Colonial Manor Cleburne, Advanced Healthcare of Garland and Winfield Rehab and Nursing, top-notch rehabilitation and skilled nursing centers, located in Cleburne, Garland, and Crockett, Texas, will be providing free flu shots to seniors 65 ...
The HUB Foundation for Organoid Technology announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with STEMCELL Technologies Inc. for the manufacturing and worldwide distribution of cell culture media for growing Organoids. Organoids are ...