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Powder, crack cocaine use varies and overlaps among high school seniors

The use of crack and powder cocaine both varies and overlaps among high school seniors, researchers at New York University and NYU Langone Medical Center have found. Their findings, which appear in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, point to the need to take into account both common and different at-risk factors in developing programming and messaging to stem cocaine use.

6 Dec 2013

Exposure to high-powered blue handheld laser devices can cause serious eye injuries

Exposure for even fractions of a second to high-powered blue handheld laser devices can cause serious eye injuries, according to a study recently released online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The researchers have concluded that the wide availability of these devices, which are often marketed as toys, could lead to an epidemic of ocular injuries, and greater public awareness and government intervention should be encouraged.

6 Dec 2013

College students not only bring dirty socks but also mononucleosis to home

One of the hallmarks of heading home for winter break is the enormous amounts of laundry college students bring as a welcome home present for Mom and Dad. But the dirty socks might not be the only unwelcome guest they transport home. They might also bring mononucleosis, better known as mono.

6 Dec 2013

Approaches to pain measurement used in cancer oncology clinical trials submitted to U.S. FDA

Pain is a common symptom and can be debilitating for patients with cancer. Clinically significant improvements in pain resulting from a cancer treatment can support drug approval and labeling claims in the United States, when it is adequately measured.

6 Dec 2013

Longer reads: HIV secrets, millennials' mental health and sleeping pills without side effects

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

6 Dec 2013

Professor investigates how residential environment factors may be linked to weight

The number of obese Americans is expected to increase to 113 million by the year 2022, making the U.S. the most overweight country in the world.

6 Dec 2013

States with higher alcohol- and traffic-related laws have lower proportion of traffic deaths

States with a higher number of alcohol- and traffic-related laws have a lower proportion of traffic deaths than do states with fewer such laws on the books, a study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development has found.

5 Dec 2013

Measles still poses threat to domestic and global health security

Fifty years after the approval of an extremely effective vaccine against measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases, the virus still poses a threat to domestic and global health security.

5 Dec 2013

Older people ingest too much magnesium, vitamin E in the form of dietary supplements

Many older people are ingesting too much magnesium and vitamin E in the form of dietary supplements. This was discovered by scientists of the Helmholtz Zentrum München in a population-based study; their results have been published in 'The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging'.

5 Dec 2013

Ventana now offers FDA-cleared image analysis and digital read application for IHC breast markers

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Companion Algorithm ER (SP1) image analysis algorithm used with the VENTANA iScan Coreo scanner running Virtuoso software. With this clearance, Ventana is now the only company in the industry offering a comprehensive portfolio of FDA-cleared image analysis algorithms and digital read applications for the five key immunohistochemistry breast markers.

5 Dec 2013

Mylan Pharmaceuticals introduces Cabergoline Tablets USP, 0.5 mg

Mylan Inc. today announced that its U.S.-based subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has launched Cabergoline Tablets USP, 0.5 mg. Cabergoline Tablets USP are indicated for the treatment of hyperprolactinemic disorders, either idiopathic or due to pituitary adenomas. Mylan received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for this product.

5 Dec 2013

St. Jude Medical evaluates effectiveness of PNfS and SCS for chronic low back and leg pain

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, has launched a clinical study to evaluate the combination of peripheral nerve field stimulation, and spinal cord stimulation, to determine whether the two therapies together offer more effective management of chronic low back and leg pain than SCS alone. The first patient in the SENSE Subcutaneous and Epidural Neuromodulation System Evaluation study was enrolled by Dr. Thomas Yearwood, an interventional pain physician at Comprehensive Pain & Rehabilitation in Pascagoula, Miss.

5 Dec 2013

Research: Low level of daily exposure to sunlight can cause skin damage

A low level of daily exposure to a common component of sunlight can cause skin damage at the molecular level after just a few days, new University of Michigan Medical School research shows.

5 Dec 2013

VTT receives innovation prize for technological development work behind allergy vaccine

The European Association of Research and Technology Organisations EARTO has awarded VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland an innovation prize for the technological development work behind allergy vaccine.

5 Dec 2013

Professor receives Research Fellowship to complete biography on nutrition and heart disease researcher

A University of Oklahoma associate professor has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship to complete a biography on nutrition and heart disease researcher Ancel Keys (1904-2004).

5 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: Why can't health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP's resistance to Medicaid

For an "Amazon-like" experience, it isn't enough to have a website that functions on the front end, the back end and in between. ... You also need an Amazon-like culture, which is the product of other Amazon-like realities.

5 Dec 2013

New evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis

The American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) has released new evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis based on an extensive review of the scientific literature on this chronic skin condition characterized by itchy red patches of skin.

5 Dec 2013

Stomach circadian clock limits food intake to specific times of day

University of Adelaide researchers have discovered the first evidence that the nerves in the stomach act as a circadian clock, limiting food intake to specific times of the day.

5 Dec 2013

Enrollment opens for IMO-8400 Phase 1/2 trial in patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia

Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and genetically defined forms of B-cell lymphoma, today announced that enrollment is open for a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of IMO-8400 in patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, following acceptance of its Investigational New Drug application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

5 Dec 2013

TYRX receives FDA clearance to market AIGISRx N Antibacterial Envelope

TYRX, Inc. announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for expanded indications in marketing the AIGISRx N Antibacterial Envelope for use with spinal cord neuromodulators.

5 Dec 2013

Food News and Research

Powder, crack cocaine use varies and overlaps among high school seniors

Exposure to high-powered blue handheld laser devices can cause serious eye injuries

College students not only bring dirty socks but also mononucleosis to home

Approaches to pain measurement used in cancer oncology clinical trials submitted to U.S. FDA

Longer reads: HIV secrets, millennials' mental health and sleeping pills without side effects

Professor investigates how residential environment factors may be linked to weight

States with higher alcohol- and traffic-related laws have lower proportion of traffic deaths

Measles still poses threat to domestic and global health security

Older people ingest too much magnesium, vitamin E in the form of dietary supplements

Ventana now offers FDA-cleared image analysis and digital read application for IHC breast markers

Mylan Pharmaceuticals introduces Cabergoline Tablets USP, 0.5 mg

St. Jude Medical evaluates effectiveness of PNfS and SCS for chronic low back and leg pain

Research: Low level of daily exposure to sunlight can cause skin damage

VTT receives innovation prize for technological development work behind allergy vaccine

Professor receives Research Fellowship to complete biography on nutrition and heart disease researcher

Viewpoints: Why can't health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP's resistance to Medicaid

New evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis

Stomach circadian clock limits food intake to specific times of day

Enrollment opens for IMO-8400 Phase 1/2 trial in patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia

TYRX receives FDA clearance to market AIGISRx N Antibacterial Envelope

Understanding cultivated meat and its global potential eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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