An expert says the Mexican diet -- more dangerous than fast-food -- combined with a sedentary lifestyle is the main cause of Mexico's obesity epidemic. Dr. Enrique C. Morales Villegas, director of the Cardiometabolic Research Centre in ...
AtriCure, a developer of solutions to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib), has announced the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval to begin enrollment in a clinical study of its AtriClip left atrial appendage exclusion system. ...
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New and undiagnosed cases of diabetes continue to rise at epidemic rates, with as many as one in three men, women and children projected to be affected by the metabolic disorder by 2025. The high circulating blood sugar levels associated ...
The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's dementia worldwide currently totals 30 million, with new cases expected to triple by the year 2050. What has changed over the past 50 years to account for such an epidemic rise in this once ...
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Editor's Note: Since the publishing of this article, Dr. O'Shea now claims that he never wrote The Doctor Within, even though the book is directly attributed to him at the following website, and even lists his name as the direct contact: ...
Tags: peanut oil, vaccines, allergy, epidemic
Olive oil has been in the news lately. Both the Guardian and the Daily Mail in the UK reported that some Italian extra virgin olive oil producers have been lying about their products. Italy has a much greater demand for olive oil than the ...
That lovely group of lavender blossoms can do more than look pretty. For centuries lavender has been used to calm nerves, eliminate insomnia and headaches, and reduce gastrointestinal ills. And during this century and the last, there have ...
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A new poll released today shows a large gap between parents’ perceptions of their children’s weight and expert definitions. According to their parents, 15% of children are a little or very overweight, while national data suggest ...
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Soda taxes are back, and thank goodness. The sugary beverage industry has spent billions of dollars across the United States trying to defeat any proposal that addresses the serious health costs of the soda and energy drinks we consume, and ...
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More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) appeal to delay the upcoming food safety regulations. As per the court ruling, the agency will have time till 20 December to publish draft ...
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There's a shortage computer hackers willing to fight back against cyber criminals on behalf of government and businesses, a former White House security chief has warned. "As with anything, it really comes down to human capital and there ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent to Atlantic Pharma for its SMART/Script abuse deterrent drug delivery system. Designed to thwart dose dumping of orally delivered prescription opioids, the new drug delivery ...
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With the increasing manufacture through different processes in all sorts of industries, the amount of squander being generated has also considerably risen. These leftovers when either solid or liquid can range from food products to chemical ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical technology company, has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its new MediGuide Enabled Ablation Catheters designed to treat specific irregular heartbeats. Utah Valley ...