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Brief bedside visual art intervention reduces pain, anxiety in cancer patients

A brief bedside visual art intervention (BVAI) facilitated by art educators improved mood and reduced pain and anxiety in a study of inpatients with haematological cancers.

19 Apr 2018

Smartphone app effective in promoting proper child car seat practices

A smartphone app designed to promote proper child car seat use among parents proved effective in a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

19 Apr 2018

Triple-negative breast cancer found to be chemoresistant prior to treatment

Difficult to treat and aggressive "triple-negative" breast cancer is chemoresistant even before chemotherapy begins, a new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports. The findings, which are published in the journal Cell, may lead to better and more personalized treatments for breast cancer.

19 Apr 2018

Male fruit flies like sex and alcohol

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have found that male fruit flies (Drosophilia melanogaster) enjoy ejaculation and sex and are also keen on alcohol consumption. The results of this novel study that shows that sexual gratification is preserved across species was published in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology this week.

19 Apr 2018

FDA approves marijuana based medication for epilepsy treatment

An advisory panel from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the approval of a novel epilepsy drug that is made up of ingredients from marijuana. The agency normally follows the recommendations of the advisory panels regarding approvals and rejections of applications of new drugs. The recommendation statement came yesterday (19th April 2018).

19 Apr 2018

Breathtaking evolution amongst Indonesian tribe - bigger spleens for free-diving

New evidence shows that the Bajau tribes from Indonesia, who are known to dive deep into the waters for up to 70 metres have evolved to develop larger spleens. Previous studies have shown that free dives and spleens have an association.

19 Apr 2018

Aziyo Biologics, BIOTRONIK enter into US co-distribution agreement

Aziyo Biologics, Inc., a fully integrated regenerative medicine company, today announced that it has entered into a US co-distribution agreement for its CanGaroo Bio Envelope with BIOTRONIK, Inc., a global leader in cardio- and endovascular medical technology.

19 Apr 2018

Researchers present case study of management of rheumatic mitral regurgitation in woman contemplating pregnancy

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0027, researchers Yee-Ping Sun and Patrick T. O'Gara, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA present a case study of management of rheumatic mitral regurgitation in a woman contemplating pregnancy.

19 Apr 2018

Teva and Procter & Gamble Company terminate PGT Healthcare partnership

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has announced that Teva and the Procter & Gamble Company have agreed to terminate the PGT Healthcare partnership that the two companies established in 2011 to market OTC (Over The Counter) medicines.

19 Apr 2018

Teen patient gets a new lease on life

At just 18 years old, Megan Gagliardi was told she might die from a rare genetic heart condition. Now, thanks in part to UAB Medicine's Comprehensive Transplant Institute (CTI), she is celebrating her recent engagement and an important six-year anniversary - all as the University of Alabama at Birmingham celebrates 50 years of transplant success.

19 Apr 2018

Tradeshow Talks with FarmaTrust

The Farmatrust was formed in 2016 with the vision that we will have consumer apps to figure out the authenticity of the drug at a packet level.

19 Apr 2018

Smart-tooth technology shows promise in detecting certain diseases in high-risk patients

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the School of Engineering & Applied Science is redefining the notion of a wisdom tooth.

19 Apr 2018

Interaction between dioxin and HLA gene variant activates events associated with rheumatoid arthritis

It has been known for more than three decades that individuals with a particular version of a gene - human leukocyte antigen (HLA) - have an increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis.

19 Apr 2018

Study: Eyes of adolescents could be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in later life

New research has found that poorer well-being or 'health-related quality of life' (HRQoL) in adolescence could be an indicator of future cardiovascular disease risk.

19 Apr 2018

New breakthrough may allow scientists to orchestrate tissue regeneration in humans

A UNLV scientist and her team have found that frog embryos can fully regrow their eyes after injuries, a breakthrough that may lead one day to the ability to orchestrate tissue regeneration in humans.

19 Apr 2018

Health Canada grants cannabis cultivation license to High Park Farms

High Park Farms, an affiliate of High Park Company ("High Park"), announced today that it has received a federal license from Health Canada to cultivate cannabis under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR).

19 Apr 2018

SC Johnson releases annual Sustainability Report

SC Johnson today released its 26th annual Sustainability Report, The Science Inside, which shares publicly the criteria inside the company's Greenlist™ ingredient selection program.

19 Apr 2018

NovaDigm Therapeutics initiates NDV-3A Phase 2a study for reduction of S. aureus in military trainees

NovaDigm Therapeutics, a company developing innovative immuno-therapeutics and preventative vaccines for fungal and bacterial infections, today announced the initiation of a Phase 2a study evaluating NDV-3A for the reduction of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonization in a high-risk population of military trainees.

19 Apr 2018

Human brain processes sight and sound in the same way, shows study

Although sight is a much different sense than sound, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists have found that the human brain learns to make sense of these stimuli in the same way.

19 Apr 2018

Researchers use smartphone to diagnose people infected with Loa loa worm

The Berkeley researchers figured out that they could quickly determine who has the Loa loa worm using a smartphone, customized to work like a microscope. They could then skip the medication for those people and give it to everyone else. Kamgno, who received the latest version of the phones in 2016, dubbed the mobile microscopes "revolutionary."

19 Apr 2018

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Brief bedside visual art intervention reduces pain, anxiety in cancer patients

Smartphone app effective in promoting proper child car seat practices

Triple-negative breast cancer found to be chemoresistant prior to treatment

Male fruit flies like sex and alcohol

FDA approves marijuana based medication for epilepsy treatment

Breathtaking evolution amongst Indonesian tribe - bigger spleens for free-diving

Aziyo Biologics, BIOTRONIK enter into US co-distribution agreement

Researchers present case study of management of rheumatic mitral regurgitation in woman contemplating pregnancy

Teva and Procter & Gamble Company terminate PGT Healthcare partnership

Teen patient gets a new lease on life

Tradeshow Talks with FarmaTrust

Smart-tooth technology shows promise in detecting certain diseases in high-risk patients

Interaction between dioxin and HLA gene variant activates events associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Study: Eyes of adolescents could be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in later life

New breakthrough may allow scientists to orchestrate tissue regeneration in humans

Health Canada grants cannabis cultivation license to High Park Farms

SC Johnson releases annual Sustainability Report

NovaDigm Therapeutics initiates NDV-3A Phase 2a study for reduction of S. aureus in military trainees

Human brain processes sight and sound in the same way, shows study

Researchers use smartphone to diagnose people infected with Loa loa worm

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