The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) celebrates the nation's longest running public health campaign: National Poison Prevention Week (NPPW), from March 17 to 23, 2013. As a longtime supporter of NPPW, one of the CPSC's ...
Tags: Poison Prevention Efforts, Packaging, NPPW
Scratch headaches off the list of excuses for avoiding sex. Surprisingly, German researchers recently found that among 800 migraine sufferers, two-thirds of those who had sex during their migraines reported that their headache pain felt ...
Tags: Migraine Headaches, Health, Drugs
Let's hope that the pounding you feel in your chest today is love. But let's face it, while it may not seem romantic, the best gift you can give a loved one is a healthy heart. So here are five simple things you can do to keep your heart ...
Tags: Valentine's Days, healthcare, health
For many people (me included), football and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly. That's especially true on Super Bowl Sunday, when beer ads rule the commercial breaks. This year, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, maker of Budweiser, has ...
Tags: healthcare, Post-Super Bowl Hangover, tips
I’ve been stung by fire ants more times than I can count. It’s a moment of blind panic; an initial frozen blink of time when you realize you’re being swarmed by ant devils. Panic steps aside for primal instinct and fits of ...
Tags: fire ants, ant devils, tent revivals
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer have announced the US FDA's approval for Eliquis (apixaban), used to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. In 2007, Pfizer and Bristol-Myers ...
Tags: US, FDA, Eliquis, patients, nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
The Department of Health in the UK, has issued guidance on the use of antiviral drugs to manage people with flu-like illness in England who are at higher risk of developing complications from flu, following the Health Protection Agency ...
Tags: antiviral drugs, flu, Health Medicine
ICAP Patent Brokerage,a provider of post trade risk and information services,has announced for sale a patented multi-purpose topical analgesic cream,designed for treating arthritis,other chronic pain syndromes as well as muscle ...
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Medication marketer UrgentRx plans to launch new packaging aimed at on-the-go over the counter (OTC) consumers. The US-based OTC company's new packaging will sport a modern look, focus on the symptoms first and highlight the brand's ...
Tags: packaging, retail outlets, OTC consumers
The Curiosity rover that landed on Mars on Aug. 6 features the largest, most advanced scientific payload of any Mars mission yet — and, as usual, Reali-Slim® thin section bearings. The 5 pairs of duplexed bearings from Kaydon ...
Tags: bearings, duplexed bearings, steering actuators, rover's wheels
Corgenix Medical has received additional patent covering its AspirinWorks technology from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is issued for the AspirinWorks Test Kit, which measures thromboxane metabolites in urine to evaluate ...
Tags: AspirinWorks technology, AspirinWorks test kit, Corgenix Medical
Janssen Research & Development has submitted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) with FDA, seeking approval to use Xarelto (rivaroxaban), an oral anticoagulant, to reduce the risk of stent thrombosis in patients with acute coronary ...
The European Commission has cleared an oral anticoagulant, Eliquis, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Pfizer. Eliquis 5mg, trade name of apixaban in Europe, is indicated as a twice-daily drug for preventing strokes and systemic ...
Tags: BMS-Pfizer Oral Anticoagulant, oral anticoagulant, Eliquis, apixaban
Accumetrics has received Health Canada license for its VerifyNow system, designed to measure platelet reactivity in patients on antiplatelet medications including aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors (clopidogrel). As per the license, VerifyNow ...
Tags: VerifyNow system, platelet reactivity system, P2Y12 inhibitors, aspirin