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OffTheScale Selects Vivofit II to Power Fitness Platform

Sep 16, 2015

OffTheScale (OTS), a new fitness platform being promoted by celebrity fitness trainer and author Jay Cardiello, will be powered by Garmin's Vivofit II fitness tracker. OffTheScale provides a Garmin wearable device to each of its ...

Tags: Garmin wearable device, fitness platform, wearable device

Wholesale Prices Fall From The Boom Years as Oversupply Hits The Industry

Jun 10, 2015

Wholesale prices fall from the boom years as oversupply hits the industry Tumbling prices have left the traditional Chinese medicine industry in poor health. Finding the cure will not be easy. Oversupply, poor planning and increased ...

Tags: Chinese Medicines, traditional Chinese medicine

Kellogg's Introduces New Five Whole Grain Muesli

Apr 2, 2015

Kellogg’s launches new Five Whole Grain Muesli Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s has launched its new Five Whole Grain Muesli in Australia, which the Company said is the “first muesli formulation on the market to ...

Tags: Kellogg, cereal manufacturer, Food

EPA Announce a Major Grant Award to Public Health Institute in Oakland

Dec 17, 2014

On December 17, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator will announce a major grant award to the Public Health Institute’s Regional Asthma Management & Prevention, in Oakland, ...

Tags: asthma triggers, Health

FDA Proposed Format Nutrition Labels

Mar 7, 2014

FDA proposed format nutrition labels The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to update the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect the latest scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic ...

Tags: nutrition labels, American Foods, Us FDA

Clinical Trials Investigating New Uses Have Produced Mixed Results

Feb 19, 2014

Clinical trials investigating new uses for the anti-cancer drug Avastin have produced mixed results. When combined with standard chemotherapy, Avastin extended the survival of patients with advanced cervical cancer by nearly four months, ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

Obesity During Pregnancy Is an Independent Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Morbidity

Feb 14, 2014

In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting-, in New Orleans, researchers will report that obesity during pregnancy is an independent risk factor ...

Tags: Cardiovascular Morbidity

The Telecommunications Giant Appointed Eric Topol, MD, as Chief Medical Advisor.

Feb 14, 2014

Add AT&T to the list of high tech companies seeking to increase their visibility in the medical device industry: The Dallas–based telecommunications giant has appointed digital health notable Eric Topol, MD, as its new chief medical ...

Tags: health

Canada's Strained Healthcare System Reached a Breaking Point

Feb 10, 2014

The recent report by the Health Council of Canada puts Canada in last place among OECD countries for healthcare wait times with major concerns regarding access to care. With only 31 per cent of Canadians getting a same-day or next-day ...

Tags: Health, Medicine, Health Council

An Asthma Improvement Initiative Conducted by Care Physicians Improved Asthma Outcomes

Feb 7, 2014

An asthma improvement initiative conducted by primary care physicians dramatically improved asthma outcomes for high-risk teens, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Dr. Maria Britto, director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic ...

Tags: Teens, Asthma, health

Restaurant Food Accounts for Nearly a Quarter of The Sodium in The U.S. Diet

Jan 24, 2014

ATLANTA, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Restaurant food accounts for nearly a quarter of the sodium in the U.S. diet, federal health officials say. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said Americans eat out at fast ...

Tags: CDC, Chronic Disease, sodium, restaurant

Healthways Has Been Awarded a Contract to Provide Largest Health Coaching Program

Jan 21, 2014

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 ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

Every Week Reporter Ankita Rao Selects Interesting Reading From Around The Web

Jan 20, 2014

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web. NPR: 5 Simple Habits Can Help Doctors Connect With Patients I'd never [before] been encouraged to sit at a patient's bedside -; to stop hurrying for even a ...

Tags: Obesity Origins, Children with Chronic Disease, Health&Medicine

Truck Drivers Are Among The Most Obese Groups of Workers

Jan 16, 2014

Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...

Tags: Health, Medicine, Truck

Joslin Diabetes Center Launched a Pilot Program in Conjunction with Truman Medical Centers

Jan 15, 2014

Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has launched a pilot program in conjunction with Truman Medical Centers, the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City Schools of Medicine to test ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

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