Friday, 24 May 2013
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health report they have discovered in mouse studies that a small molecule released in the spinal cord triggers a process that is later experienced in the brain as the sensation of itch.
Friday, 24 May 2013
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is allowing marketing of the COBAS INTEGRA 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay (Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay) for the diagnosis of diabetes by health care professionals. This is the first HbA1c test that FDA has allowed to be marketed for this use.
Friday, 24 May 2013
"Stiff Guy Yoga" may sound humorous, but these guys take their workout seriously. And they should. Because when done properly, yoga helps alleviate tightness, tones the body and relieves stress.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered a potential strategy for developing treatments to stem the disease process in Alzheimer’s disease. It’s based on unclogging removal of toxic debris that accumulates in patients’ brains, by blocking activity of a little-known regulator protein called CD33.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
25 April 2013 – On World Malaria Day, WHO recognizes significant accomplishments in preventing and controlling malaria, but highlights the threat of antimalarial drug resistance in south-east Asia’s Greater Mekong subregion. WHO is launching a new Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The emergency response framework will guide a major scale-up of WHO-recommended strategies to combat this public health threat.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a public-private partnership to help identify counterfeit or substandard anti-malarial medicines, including falsified products, with the deployment of the FDA-developed Counterfeit Detection Device, called CD-3.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Blaming the cost to implement health care reform, the state's largest health insurer has proposed eye-popping rate increases to state regulators for individuals and small businesses.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
There are dozens of anti-aging gimmicks out there – but the real secret to turning back the hands of time lies in a healthy lifestyle.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
For children who have had HIV-1 infection since birth, the combination drug therapies now used to treat HIV appear to protect against the heart damage seen before combination therapies were available, according to researchers in a National Institutes of Health network study.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
23 April 2013 – WHO’s innovative new "Guide to Tailoring Immunization Programmes", successfully pilot tested in Bulgaria, helps countries reach children in vulnerable communities. World Immunization Week, that began 20 April, promotes one of the world’s most powerful tools for health – the use of vaccines to protect, or "immunize", people of all ages against disease.