Those with HIV are living normal lifespans and their doctors should aim on preventive care for heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis, U.S. researchers say. The Human Immunodeficiency Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases ...
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Nuvilex has announced last week that it has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to a cellulose-based live-cell encapsulation technology for the development of treatments for diabetes. In order to pull off the acquisition, Nuvilex had ...
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Corgenix Medical, a developer of diagnostic test kits, has filed pre-market notification with the US Food and Drug Administration under Section 510(k) of the US Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for its hyaluronic acid (HA) enzyme-linked ...
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There is a lot of controversy in nutrition and it often seems like people can’t agree on anything. But there are a few exceptions to this. Here are the top 10 nutrition facts that everyone actually agrees on (well, almost ...
In January, when the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a meta-analysis of 100 studies that probed the relationship between body mass index and mortality — studies that found slightly overweight people have ...
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About 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease can be prevented in people at high risk if they switch to a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits ...
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Americans live sicker and die younger than people in other wealthy countries — and the gap is getting worse over time, a new report shows. Men in the USA have shorter lives than men in 16 developed nations. American women also fall ...
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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Nuvilex, an international biotechnology company providing cell and gene therapy solutions for the treatment of diseases, has acquired the exclusive worldwide rights to use the cellulose-based live-cell encapsulation technology for the ...
Tags: Nuvilex, Live-Cell Encapsulation Technology, biotechnology, cell, gene
The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where death in childhood is rare, too much food is a bigger problem than too little, and life is long and often darkened by ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance for the marketing of Iceland-based Kerecis' proprietary fish-skin, omega-3, tissue-regeneration product for treating chronic wounds in the US. The product known as ...
Tags: Kerecis, Fish-Skin treatment, chronic wounds, FDA
LabStyle Innovations, the developer of Dario, has announced the official European launch date for the Dario iOS mobile application. Dario is a cloud-based, mobile health (mHealth) platform for diabetes and related blood glucose ...
Denmark-based medical device company Novo Nordisk has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its NovoLog (insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection) FlexTouch and Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) ...
US-based iHealth Lab has announced that its portable Bluetooth-enabled blood glucose monitor system is now available for sale at select stores. According to the company, users can regularly monitor their blood glucose levels by using the ...
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The medicinal products market is changing. Sensitive biopharmaceuticals require more robust packages. Falsification has to be prevented with special seals and codes. And additional package features are necessary so that patients can safely ...