Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Heath inequities between rich and poor, as well as between different racial and ethnic groups, shrank in the U.S. from 1966 to 1980, then widened from 1980 to 2002, as measured in rates death in the young and in infants. This was reported in a study recently published in PLoS ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week reported the results of a study based on a 2006 survey of four US states that suggests ten per cent of adult Americans are not getting enough daily rest or sleep.
The study is published in the CDC's Morbidity and ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Who benefits from antidepressants?
A new study published today in PLoS Medicine suggests that antidepressants only benefit some, very severely depressed patients.
"New generation" antidepressants, such as fluoxetine (Prozac) are widely prescribed for the treatment of clinical depression. However some studies have suggested that these drugs do not help the majority of ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The U.S. Consulate in Kolkata announced that the United States will provide an additional Rs. 4.4 million (US$110,000) for control of Avian Influenza in India following the recent outbreaks in the country. This funding, provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development, will support technical assistance to the Government of ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
The results are in! The Tooth Fairy PollSM from Securian Dental plans reports an increase in the current average "gift" U.S. children receive from the Tooth Fairy. Children receive an average of $2.09 per tooth, which is up from last year's gift of $1.71 - a 22 percent increase. Tooth ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Pyng Medical Corp. (TSX VENTURE:PYT) announced the Company has received Special 510(K) regulatory clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its new and improved version of the award-winning FAST1TM Intraosseous (IO) Infusion System throughout the US, effective immediately.
FAST1TM is the most rapid, reliable and safe alternative to ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its patent application "Abuse-Deterrent Pharmaceutical Compositions of Opioids and Other Drugs", US Patent Application Number 10/614,866. The Notice of Allowance is the USPTO's official communication ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
he Department of Agriculture, USA (USDA), is recalling 64.9 million kilos of beef (144 million lbs); this is the largest recall in American history. Authorities say the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co, California meat plant did not appear to comply with regulations after a series of inspections. The USDA informs that the ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
The University of Southern California (USC) and Second Sight Medical Products Inc, a leading developer of retinal prostheses for treating blindness, announced that they have completed enrollment of the first phase of a US FDA approved clinical study of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System. Second Sight also announced that ...
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