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FDA approves CustomVue Monovision LASIK

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for marketing the first LASIK device designed for treating one eye to see far away objects and the other eye for close-up vision.

12 Jul 2007

Hip resurfacing offers options to boomers' aging joints

Joe Mitchell always assumed his chronic leg pain was due to tight muscles, but as the pain became more intense in recent years, his physicians uncovered the culprit: an arthritic hip. He explored treatment options, and was dismayed to learn that he was not an immediate candidate for the main treatment for arthritic hips: hip replacement surgery.

12 Jul 2007

Genes play a large role in sour taste perception

Scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center report that genes play a large role in determining individual differences in sour taste perception.

12 Jul 2007

Senomyx issued new U.S. patent for "T1R taste receptors and genes encoding same"

Senomyx, Inc. has announced the issuance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of U.S. Patent No. 7,241, 880, "T1R Taste Receptors and Genes Encoding Same."

12 Jul 2007

Understanding obesity stigma

The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is pleased to announce the release of its newest patient- focused brochure, titled "Understanding Obesity Stigma."

12 Jul 2007

Dairy products protect against metabolic syndrome

A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the metabolic syndrome, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health .

12 Jul 2007

Taxing certain foodstuffs could prevent 3,000 heart attack and stroke deaths every year

Taxing certain foodstuffs in the UK could prevent up to 3200 deaths from heart attacks and stroke every year, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

12 Jul 2007

New evidence of very recent human adaptation

A Cornell study of genome sequences in African-Americans, European-Americans and Chinese suggests that natural selection has caused as much as 10 percent of the human genome to change in some populations in the last 15,000 to 100,000 years, when people began migrating from Africa.

12 Jul 2007

Flavonoids in tomatoes increase over time in organic fields

Levels of flavonoids increase over time in crops grown in organically farmed fields, according to a rare long-term study scheduled for publication in the July 18 issue of ACS's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry a bi-weekly publication.

12 Jul 2007

Caraco Pharmaceutical Labs announces FDA approval to market generic Tenormin

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Atenolol Tablets USP (atenolol).

12 Jul 2007

Baxter receives FDA approval for new dosage of Advate for hemophilia A

Baxter Healthcare Corporation announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new 3000 IU (5mL) dosage strength of ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method].

12 Jul 2007

Ajinomoto to market Capsiate Natura in the U.S.

Ajinomoto has announced plans to introduce Capsiate Natura, a capsinoid dietary supplement, into the United States market.

12 Jul 2007

Free fruit at school - a fruitless exercise!

According to researchers a government scheme in Britain to hand out free fruit in schools has been fruitless! - as it has done nothing to encourage children to eat more healthily.

12 Jul 2007

Obesity rate in the U.S. has increased at an alarming rate over the past three decades

The U.S. obesity prevalence increased from 13 percent to 32 percent between the 1960s and 2004, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Human Nutrition.

11 Jul 2007

New study of sweetened beverages

A new study of sweetened beverages shows that cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup have similar effects on hunger, fullness, and food consumption at lunch.

11 Jul 2007

Master switch for the production of brown fat discovered

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a long-sought "master switch" in mice for the production of brown fat, a type of adipose tissue that generates heat and counters obesity caused by overeating.

11 Jul 2007

Ranbaxy receives approval to manufacture and market Amlodipine Besylate tablets

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), has announced that RLL has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, 2.5 mg (base), 5 mg (base) and 10 mg (base).

11 Jul 2007

Signalife awarded new U.S. patent

Signalife, Inc. has announced that The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the Company a new and important patent, which the Company has now added to its significant intellectual property portfolio.

11 Jul 2007

Adiponectin serves as energy-conserving signal to the brain

A fat-derived protein known for its effects on the liver and skeletal muscle might also serve as an energy-conserving signal to the brain during periods of starvation, suggests a new study in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press.

11 Jul 2007

FDA says eating tomatoes does not decrease risk of cancer

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review has found only limited evidence for an association between eating tomatoes and a decreased risk of certain cancers, according to an article published online July 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

11 Jul 2007