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U.N. agencies appeal for additional assistance for food, health and education in Mali

"A top United Nations relief official who just returned from a trip to northern Mali said Tuesday that desperation, hunger and fear had pervaded the region in the year since Islamist militant extremists seized control, and that only $17 million of the organization's appeal for $373 million in emergency aid had been donated so far," the New York Times reports.

28 Feb 2013

Lunchroom makeover improves children’s diet

Making fruits and vegetables more attractive in high school cafeterias and lunchrooms can help increase their consumption among students, say researchers.

28 Feb 2013

Proper eating habits in dementia patients can improve their physical health and lessen symptoms of depression

A new analysis has found that a combination of methods that help patients with dementia remember proper eating habits can improve their physical health and lessen symptoms of depression. Published early online in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, the study indicates that clinicians should consider using this intervention in individuals with dementia who also have poor nutrition and signs of depression.

28 Feb 2013

Medical Adhesives for Reusable or Disposable Medical Devices

An interview with Robert Michaels, discussing the major challenges faced by engineers designing medical devices and the development of new medical adhesives.

From Master Bond Inc. 28 Feb 2013

Article summarizes connection between Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk

This Nutrition and Cancer article summarizes the connection between a Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in observational epidemiological studies. All studies that met the following criteria were reviewed: human cohort and case-control studies, which examined the effect of the Mediterranean diet as an entire food pattern.

28 Feb 2013

Intralytix’s SalmoFresh food safety product receives GRAS recognition from FDA

Intralytix, Inc. announced today that its latest food safety product, SalmoFresh, has received GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) recognition from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

28 Feb 2013

EpiCept fourth quarter revenue decreases to $0.1 million

EpiCept Corporation today announced operating and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012, and provided an update on the Company's merger with Immune Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Immune).

28 Feb 2013

Excess of vitamin D during pregnancy can increase risk of food allergy in children

Pregnant women should avoid taking vitamin D supplements. Substitution appears to raise the risk of children developing a food allergy after birth.

28 Feb 2013

Researchers investigate effects of Mediterranean diet on older people

We are what we eat. However, little is known on how a specific dietary regime can impact the life of the elderly. Now, researchers from an EU funded project called NU-AGE are investigating the effects of the Mediterranean diet on older people. Their aim is to get clues on how to counteract physical and cognitive decline through diet changes.

27 Feb 2013

Viewpoints: Former Sen. Gramm criticizes Obama on budget cuts; Debate on revamping Medicare needs less heat, more deliberation

While history shows that a divided government can enact significant spending cuts as an alternative to sequesters, that doesn't appear to be the path Mr. Obama intends to follow. Instead of protecting civilian defense workers, the president will continue to force the Pentagon to buy biofuels at $27 per gallon to promote his green agenda.

27 Feb 2013

FDA accepts Antares Pharma's New Drug Application for OTREXUP

Antares Pharma, Inc. today announced that the New Drug Application for OTREXUP, a potential new product for the subcutaneous delivery of methotrexate using Medi-Jet technology, has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicating that the application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review.

27 Feb 2013

HeartWare International fourth quarter revenue increases 42% to $32.7 million

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced revenue of $32.7 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012, a 42% increase compared to $23.1 million in revenue for the same period of 2011.

27 Feb 2013

FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee to review NDA for tivozanib

AVEO Oncology and Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will review the company's New Drug Application for tivozanib for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma during the morning session of its meeting on May 2, 2013.

27 Feb 2013

Is avoiding sequestration possible?

Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., told the Wall Street Journal that he would consider a tax increase if it is accompanied by reductions in entitlement spending.

27 Feb 2013

Groups expect White House to propose new global food aid approach

"The White House may soon propose the biggest change in U.S. food aid since the programs were created during the Cold War -- donating cash for hunger relief instead of shipping American-grown food thousands of miles to global trouble spots, say farm groups and charities," Reuters reports.

27 Feb 2013

Researchers to discuss health issues at Society of Toxicology's Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

Researchers will meet at the Society of Toxicology's Annual Meeting and ToxExpo March 10-16 to discuss a number of health concerns that have received growing public attention over the past several months.

27 Feb 2013

New study reveals major contributors to China's pollution problem

It's no secret that China is faced with some of the world's worst pollution. Until now, however, information on the magnitude, scope and impacts of a major contributor to that pollution - human-caused nitrogen emissions - was lacking.

27 Feb 2013

Examining global efforts against Buruli ulcer

"During my visit to the Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF] Buruli ulcer ward in Cameroon it was wonderful to see the amazing care that the patients receive on a daily basis: antibiotics, state of the art dressings, physiotherapy to help prevent deformities, free food and medicines, and surgery when required," Daniel O'Brien, a specialist adviser with MSF-UK focusing on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and Buruli ulcer, writes in the BMJ Group Blogs.

27 Feb 2013

High iron and zinc intake may reduce risk of pre-menstrual syndrome in women

Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this week by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Harvard.

27 Feb 2013

Baxter files FEIBA NF BLA with FDA for prophylactic treatment of hemophilia A or B

Baxter International Inc. today announced that the company has submitted a biologics license application (BLA) supplement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the approval of prophylaxis treatment of FEIBA NF [Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex], Nanofiltered and Vapor Heated, in patients with hemophilia A or B and inhibitors.

From Baxter International Inc. 26 Feb 2013