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California companies are developing new medicines for diabetes: Report

Pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies based in California are researching and developing 58 new medicines for diabetes, a chronic disease that afflicts 220 million patients worldwide, including 23.6 million Americans, a new report shows.

21 Jul 2010

La Jolla Institute forms partnership to investigate potential new therapy for sickle cell disease

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have joined forces with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Washington University in St. Louis to investigate a potential new therapy for sickle cell disease, a severe and chronic illness affecting more than 70,000 Americans and several million people worldwide.

21 Jul 2010

Living with children has a negative influence on parents' ability to exercise: Study

A study conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute has shown unexpectedly that living with children is linked to a reduction in physical activity. Carried out with 756 participants and led by Dr. Simon L. Bacon, Associate Researcher at the MHI and Professor at Concordia University, the study assessed the impact of social networks on exercise, revealing that people with heart disease who live with children exercise less than those people who do not live with children.

21 Jul 2010

Lannett's ANDA for Phentermine Hydrochloride Blue/White Seed Capsules receives FDA approval

Lannett Company, Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Phentermine Hydrochloride Blue/White Seed Capsules USP, 30 mg, the generic equivalent of Sandoz, Inc.'s Reference Listed Drug (RLD) Phentermine Hydrochloride Capsules USP, 30 mg.

21 Jul 2010

Lifestyle changes can prevent arthritis, knee replacement

Taking a few small steps toward protecting your knees when you are younger might help you avoid debilitating problems when you get older.

21 Jul 2010

Active play is important for children’s physical activity

Active play makes a significant contribution to children’s physical activity and could play an important part in the health of future generations, a new study has found.

20 Jul 2010

Advaxis signs definitive purchase agreement with Optimus

Advaxis, Inc., the live, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes immunotherapy company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Optimus Capital Partners, LLC d/b/a Optimus Life Sciences Capital Partners, LLC.

20 Jul 2010

Heart patients living with children exercise less: Study

A study conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has shown unexpectedly that living with children is linked to a reduction in physical activity. Carried out with 756 participants and led by Dr. Simon L. Bacon, Associate Researcher at the MHI and Professor at Concordia University, the study assessed the impact of social networks on exercise, revealing that people with heart disease who live with children exercise less than those people who do not live with children.

20 Jul 2010

New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women

Research at the University of Arkansas took a step toward understanding hypertension in women by using a new technique to examine the release of a neurotransmitter in small blood vessels.

20 Jul 2010

New approach to understand different cancer subtypes

An international team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists finds unique combinations of cells and mutations lie at the heart of cancer subgroup revealed for the first time in a pediatric brain tumor

20 Jul 2010

Vitamin D supplements could help preteen girls set stage for a lifetime of strong bones: Study

"Eat your veggies," "Don't run with scissors" and now "Take your calcium and vitamin D." A clinical study conducted at the School of Exercise Science at Australian Catholic University has shown that taking high quality calcium supplements like USANA's Active Calcium could help preadolescent girls set the stage for a lifetime of strong, mineral-rich bones.

20 Jul 2010

New microbicide gel reduces woman's risk of being infected with HIV, genital herpes

Today at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, members of the International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA) and thousands of other HIV advocates and scientists cheered a long-awaited, much anticipated success in the quest for new HIV prevention technologies. Researchers announced that a vaginal gel has been shown to significantly reduce a woman's risk of being infected with HIV and genital herpes

20 Jul 2010

First Edition: July 19, 2010

Today's headlines include the latest news regarding the politics of implementing health reform as well as developments from the international AIDS conference now underway in Vienna.

19 Jul 2010

Brain cancer survivor completes journey across America to raise awareness, money for brain cancer research

Anne Feeley, a 56-year-old mother and brain cancer survivor, completed her journey across America today, cycling 3,708 miles, to raise awareness and money for brain cancer research and patient care. Feeley pedaled the last 6.5 miles of her journey from Hains Point, VA to cross the finish line at the Capital Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC.

19 Jul 2010

Cangene eliminated from ARS contract

Cangene Corporation today reports that it has been advised by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that Cangene has been eliminated from the competitive range with respect to its bid on a contract for developing a treatment for acute radiation syndrome.

17 Jul 2010

Aetna awards $75,000 grant to support Judge Glenda Hatchett's ParentPowerNow! anti-obesity program

Aetna announced today it will support Judge Glenda Hatchett's ParentPowerNow! anti-obesity program. "Parent Power Now!" is an online community of people interested in working together and learning more about parenting. Aetna has awarded a $75,000 grant and will provide health content for the ParentPowerNow! website, guest speakers to address healthy living on Judge Hatchett's live website radio program, and support for health events scheduled around the country.

17 Jul 2010

Millipore Corporation exchanges common stock with Merck

Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced that Merck KGaA ("Merck") has completed its acquisition of Millipore (the "Acquisition") as of July 14, 2010. As part of the transaction, all issued and outstanding shares of Millipore common stock were exchanged for $107 per share in cash.

17 Jul 2010

Opinions: Science communication for development; International disaster response

"Helping developing countries communicate and use science is essential to international aid and diplomacy. The biggest single factor limiting developing countries' potential for achieving sustainable economic growth - or even attaining the Millennium Development Goals - is their ability to access and apply the fruits of modern science and technology," David Dickson, the director of SciDev.Net, writes in an editorial on the website.

17 Jul 2010

Simple health messages can prevent excess weight gain in young mothers

A simple community program has been shown to be effective in preventing excess weight gain commonly experienced by young mothers. The research, published online today in the British Medical Journal at bmj.com has found that weight gain can be prevented with a program based on simple health messages, small changes to behaviour, and delivered conveniently in a community setting.

17 Jul 2010

Bioethics through the lens of literature

What if I were grown only so that my organs could be harvested, and I had to care for others whose organs are being taken, too, while I wait for my own death? What if doctors cut off a piece of the tumor that killed me and grew it in a lab for the next sixty years? What if scientists discovered a gene that would ensure my happiness no matter what life throws at me?

16 Jul 2010

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Latest Exercise News and Research

California companies are developing new medicines for diabetes: Report

La Jolla Institute forms partnership to investigate potential new therapy for sickle cell disease

Living with children has a negative influence on parents' ability to exercise: Study

Lannett's ANDA for Phentermine Hydrochloride Blue/White Seed Capsules receives FDA approval

Lifestyle changes can prevent arthritis, knee replacement

Active play is important for children’s physical activity

Advaxis signs definitive purchase agreement with Optimus

Heart patients living with children exercise less: Study

New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women

New approach to understand different cancer subtypes

Vitamin D supplements could help preteen girls set stage for a lifetime of strong bones: Study

New microbicide gel reduces woman's risk of being infected with HIV, genital herpes

First Edition: July 19, 2010

Brain cancer survivor completes journey across America to raise awareness, money for brain cancer research

Cangene eliminated from ARS contract

Aetna awards $75,000 grant to support Judge Glenda Hatchett's ParentPowerNow! anti-obesity program

Millipore Corporation exchanges common stock with Merck

Opinions: Science communication for development; International disaster response

Simple health messages can prevent excess weight gain in young mothers

Bioethics through the lens of literature

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