Heavy pot users -- smoking marijuana daily for three years -- had abnormal changes in their brain structures related to working memory, U.S. researchers say. Lead study author Matthew Smith, an assistant research professor at Northwestern ...
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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Obesity increases the risk of developing kidney disease, a new study suggests. Moreover, declines in kidney function can be detected long before people develop other obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure, the ...
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Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and partner, Banner Pharmacaps Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Patheon Inc.), have entered into a settlement and license agreement with Eisai Inc. ...
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Fewer people should take medicine to control their high blood pressure, a new set of guidelines recommends. Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will propose revised rule language and open another comment period on?two of the proposed rules affecting farmers under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA plans to ...
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Children with prominent front teeth, colloquially known as buck teeth, often require orthodontic work to straighten their teeth and improve both their bite and appearance. This can be done in one stage during early adolescence (age 10 to ...
A collaborative pharmaceutical project focused on improving the pathway for developing paediatric formulations has been given the go-ahead after successfully securing an innovation grant. The UK-wide consortium, led by Astra Zeneca, ...
Identifying vitamin deficiencies in babies involves drawing blood, a disheartening experience for all involved. Scientists at Michigan Technological University are working on a painless alternative. Instead of using blood plasma, Adrienne ...
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NuVasive, a medical device company, has announced the launch of its ALIF ACR (anterior lumbar interbody fusion – anterior column realignment) in the US. The ALIF ACR procedure leverages the clinical history of anterior lumbar ...
EMD Serono, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, has announced that Gonal-f RFF Redi-ject, a disposable pre-filled drug injector pen intended for the subcutaneous injection of a liquid formulation of Gonal-f RFF, is now available in the US for ...
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Hundreds of thousands of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) made by Philips Healthcare might not deliver a needed shock to the heart in an emergency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an updated warning. Latest ...
CSL Behring has announced that Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate [human]) has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an expanded indication -- urgent reversal of acquired coagulation factor deficiency induced ...
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Australian researchers have discovered that a short-term diet of foods high in fat and sugar can have a detrimental effect on the brain's cognitive ability. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have demonstrated that ...
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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and Pfizer have entered into a master collaboration agreement to design, develop and commercialize diagnostic tests for therapeutic products across Pfizer’s pipeline. Pursuant to the terms of the ...
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