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Two newer Type 2 diabetes drugs could be linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer

Two newer drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a new UCLA study.

19 Sep 2011

Nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the fish brain

Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.

19 Sep 2011

Positive data from Tarsa's OSTORA Phase III trial on postmenopausal osteoporosis

Tarsa Therapeutics today presented positive safety and efficacy data from its Phase III ORACAL trial of OSTORA-, the company's oral recombinant salmon calcitonin tablet in development for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

19 Sep 2011

Red Cross urges Canadians to contribute for matching program

The Red Cross is reminding Canadians to take advantage of the final day of the Government of Canada matching program to double their donation towards relief efforts in the Horn of Africa.

19 Sep 2011

New York Times examines international response to Somali famine

"Twenty years after the central government collapsed," Somalia is facing drought, food insecurity and conflict larger in scale than when famine conditions hit the nation in the 1990s, "[a]nd given the world's limited interest in a major intervention, that is not likely to change anytime soon," the New York Times reports in a news analysis on the situation.

17 Sep 2011

Power wheelchairs are not 'government waste', they give freedom and independence to people with disabilities

"The public would be better served if policymakers left their desks in Washington and met with us in our homes, where every day is a struggle."

17 Sep 2011

Chad faces food security and health challenges, but opportunity exists for improvement, U.N. official says

U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Chad Thomas Gurtner "says Chad faces daunting food security and health challenges" but that "peace and growing stability in Chad bodes well for the country's future," VOA News reports.

17 Sep 2011

An evening of grace and glamour to benefit people living with HIV/AIDS in Orange County

AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF) will literally roll out the red carpet for its signature fund raising event – Red Ball II on Saturday, September 24 at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach at 6 p.m.

17 Sep 2011

High-fat maternal diet during pregnancy results in deposition of excess body fat in the newborn

New research in mice indicates that babies born to moms who eat a high-fat diet before and during pregnancy have a higher fat mass and smaller livers than babies whose moms consume low-fat fare, according to scientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

17 Sep 2011

HHS awards SwRI $4.4M contract to develop nasal system for treating cyanide poisoning

Southwest Research Institute was awarded a $4.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a nasal-delivery, first-line treatment system to combat cyanide poisoning.

17 Sep 2011

U.N. expresses concern over flooding in Pakistan; UNICEF says 2.5M children affected

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday expressed concern over widespread flooding in Pakistan and "pledged the United Nations' continued commitment to supporting the government in its efforts to respond to the humanitarian needs of the more than five million people in the affected areas," the U.N. News Centre reports.

17 Sep 2011

World should provide funding for peacekeeping troops to ensure humanitarian aid routes in Somalia

With the retreat of the Islamist extremist group al-Shabab out of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where famine is threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, "the U.N.-backed peacekeeping force can and should be quickly expanded," according to Somalia's prime minister and the U.N. envoy to the nation, in order to "allow the force to move out from the capital to secure routes for aid," a Washington Post editorial states.

17 Sep 2011

New diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

17 Sep 2011

Harvard’s own ‘Healthy Eating Plate’ as an improvement upon USDA’s MyPlate

A few months earlier the United States Department of Agriculture unveiled ‘MyPlate’, the replacement for the food pyramid. Now the Harvard School of Public Health says that MyPlate doesn't offer enough about good nutrition, and they have offered their own version.

16 Sep 2011

Anti-nausea drug Zofran being tested for its potential heart rhythm side effects

The United States health regulators Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are looking at the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran generically known as ondansetron, to ascertain whether there is a potential risk of abnormal heart rhythm.

16 Sep 2011

Dr. Oz and apple juice – FDA and experts fume at arsenic false alarm

Television's Dr. Mehmet Oz is being questioned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and others for sounding what they say is a false alarm about the dangers of apple juice.

16 Sep 2011

Chemical composition of chitosan influences antibacterial activity

The polysaccharide (sugar substance) chitosan has a documented antibacterial effect. Hilde Mellegård's doctoral research shows that this antibacterial activity varies according to the chemical composition of the chitosan.

16 Sep 2011

HHS' BARDA contract advances development of novel anthrax vaccine, antitoxin

The advanced development of a novel next-generation anthrax vaccine and a new type of anthrax antitoxin have received support through new contracts funded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

16 Sep 2011

Karolinska Institutet professor earns 2011 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award

This year's ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award in Basic Science Research has been conferred upon Bertil Fredholm at the 24th Congress of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) on 3-7 September 2011 in Paris, France.

16 Sep 2011

Horn of Africa: Fighting food insecurity with forests and trees

Restoring and preserving dryland forests and planting more trees to provide food, fodder and fertilizer on small farms are critical steps toward preventing the recurrence of the famine now threatening millions of people in the Horn of Africa, according to forestry experts from the CGIAR Consortium.

16 Sep 2011

Food News and Research

Two newer Type 2 diabetes drugs could be linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer

Nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the fish brain

Positive data from Tarsa's OSTORA Phase III trial on postmenopausal osteoporosis

Red Cross urges Canadians to contribute for matching program

New York Times examines international response to Somali famine

Power wheelchairs are not 'government waste', they give freedom and independence to people with disabilities

Chad faces food security and health challenges, but opportunity exists for improvement, U.N. official says

An evening of grace and glamour to benefit people living with HIV/AIDS in Orange County

High-fat maternal diet during pregnancy results in deposition of excess body fat in the newborn

HHS awards SwRI $4.4M contract to develop nasal system for treating cyanide poisoning

U.N. expresses concern over flooding in Pakistan; UNICEF says 2.5M children affected

World should provide funding for peacekeeping troops to ensure humanitarian aid routes in Somalia

New diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

Harvard’s own ‘Healthy Eating Plate’ as an improvement upon USDA’s MyPlate

Anti-nausea drug Zofran being tested for its potential heart rhythm side effects

Dr. Oz and apple juice – FDA and experts fume at arsenic false alarm

Chemical composition of chitosan influences antibacterial activity

HHS' BARDA contract advances development of novel anthrax vaccine, antitoxin

Karolinska Institutet professor earns 2011 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award

Horn of Africa: Fighting food insecurity with forests and trees

Enhancing confidence in chemical ionization spectrometry data eBook

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A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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