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Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

One man's trash is another man's treasure, as the saying goes. If things go to plan, feces from registered and thoroughly tested healthy donors will in a few years be the standard treatment for the bacterium Clostridium difficile at Danish hospitals.

21 Sep 2018

Study shows how the drive to eat overpowers the brain’s signal to stop

University of Michigan researchers have studied two groups of brain cells that compete for the control of feeding behaviour and found that cells that drive the urge to eat overpower the ones that signal to stop.

21 Sep 2018

As states try to rein in drug spending, feds slap down one bold Medicaid move

States serve as “laboratories of democracy,” as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said. And states are also labs for health policy, launching all kinds of experiments lately to temper spending on pharmaceuticals.

21 Sep 2018

Rural borderland communities vulnerable to high stress impacting mental and physical health

The borderlands between the United States and Mexico are home to numerous Mexican and Central American rural communities, with many members living in poverty and frustrated by limited access to basic resources.

21 Sep 2018

Experts warn health care providers to slow down in allowing smart pill in patient care settings

Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have published a paper in the American Journal of Bioethics that cautions health care providers and policymakers to slow down when it comes to allowing this technology in patient care settings.

21 Sep 2018

Study: Neural signal that urges to eat overpowers the one that says to stop

Almost everyone knows the feeling. You're at a restaurant or a holiday meal, and your stomach is telling you it's full, so logically you know you should stop eating.

21 Sep 2018

Cobalt mining in DR Congo takes a high toll on both creuseurs and environment

In past years, the demand for cobalt has been on the increase due to its many applications. For one thing, the metal is a crucial component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for smartphones and electric cars.

20 Sep 2018

Finding epigenetic signature appears to predict inflammation risk in serious type of IBD

With an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. dealing with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), physicians can have a hard time telling which newly diagnosed patients have a high risk of severe inflammation or what therapies will be most effective.

20 Sep 2018

Eating fatty fish during pregnancy may boost unborn child's brain development

Women could enhance the development of their unborn child's eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy.

20 Sep 2018

BSI accredits Oxehealth's vital signs measurement software as Class IIa medical device

The British Standards Institute has accredited Oxehealth's vital signs measurement software as a Class IIa medical device in Europe.

20 Sep 2018

Sesen Bio to present its three-month Phase 3 VISTA Trial data at Global Congress

Sesen Bio, Inc., a late-stage clinical company developing fusion protein therapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the company will present its three-month Phase 3 VISTA Trial data during a poster session at the Global Congress on Bladder Cancer 2018.

20 Sep 2018

Pfizer’s 20vPnC vaccine receives Breakthrough Therapy designation from FDA

Pfizer Inc. announced today that its 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine candidate, PF-06482077, received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the US Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in the vaccine in adults aged 18 years and older. Pfizer expects to start Phase 3 trials in a few months.

20 Sep 2018

Chaos and agitation: Helping a patient survive a hurricane

As Hurricane Florence barreled toward her coastal community, Patty Younts grappled with a question: Where should a person with dementia go?

20 Sep 2018

Inflammation plays crucial role in preventing heart attacks and strokes, study reveals

Inflammation, long considered a dangerous contributor to atherosclerosis, actually plays an important role in preventing heart attacks and strokes, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals.

20 Sep 2018

New platform examines infectious pathogens that may spread from animals to humans

Large-scale food scares like BSE and dioxin-contaminated eggs raised awareness about the health risks posed when a link in the food chain becomes compromised.

20 Sep 2018

Top three immune boosting recommendations to ward off freshers’ flu

Those heading to university this autumn, or returning student’s, might’ve heard of the dreaded freshers’ flu. But don’t let it fool you, it isn’t actually a form of flu.

20 Sep 2018

Mediterranean-style diet appears to reduce stroke risk in women

One of the largest and longest-running efforts to evaluate the potential benefits of the Mediterranean-style diet in lowering risk of stroke found that the diet may be especially protective in women over 40 regardless of menopausal status or hormone replacement therapy, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke.

20 Sep 2018

Study findings may advance discussion of how to effectively curb human-wildlife conflict

A new Biotropica study examines mountain gorillas in Rwanda and their foraging for sodium-rich food in both national park areas and lands managed by local communities.

20 Sep 2018

Researchers simulate how different breast tissues respond to heat from MRIs

No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and monitoring cancer shouldn't treat them all the same.

20 Sep 2018

NIH and FDA call for eliminating involvement of RAC in human gene therapy experiments

Recently, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration called for the eliminating involvement of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee in human gene therapy experiments, marking the end of an era of federal government oversight

20 Sep 2018

Food News and Research

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

Study shows how the drive to eat overpowers the brain’s signal to stop

As states try to rein in drug spending, feds slap down one bold Medicaid move

Rural borderland communities vulnerable to high stress impacting mental and physical health

Experts warn health care providers to slow down in allowing smart pill in patient care settings

Study: Neural signal that urges to eat overpowers the one that says to stop

Cobalt mining in DR Congo takes a high toll on both creuseurs and environment

Finding epigenetic signature appears to predict inflammation risk in serious type of IBD

Eating fatty fish during pregnancy may boost unborn child's brain development

BSI accredits Oxehealth's vital signs measurement software as Class IIa medical device

Sesen Bio to present its three-month Phase 3 VISTA Trial data at Global Congress

Pfizer’s 20vPnC vaccine receives Breakthrough Therapy designation from FDA

Chaos and agitation: Helping a patient survive a hurricane

Inflammation plays crucial role in preventing heart attacks and strokes, study reveals

New platform examines infectious pathogens that may spread from animals to humans

Top three immune boosting recommendations to ward off freshers’ flu

Mediterranean-style diet appears to reduce stroke risk in women

Study findings may advance discussion of how to effectively curb human-wildlife conflict

Researchers simulate how different breast tissues respond to heat from MRIs

NIH and FDA call for eliminating involvement of RAC in human gene therapy experiments

Enhancing confidence in chemical ionization spectrometry data eBook

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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