Nutrition education with a food label focus helps diabetics over 65 meet treatment goals
...od label were discussed in the sessions along with product claims to combat misconceptions about label inaccuracies and marketing "gimmicks." Participants were also offered tips for saving money at the supermarket to counter their belief that it was too expensive to eat a healthful diet. One session was c......encourage smoking cessation by controlling tobacco product advertising, encouraging anti-smoking advertising, increasing the prices of tobacco products, establishing and enforcing clean air laws that regulate smoking areas and offering cessation counseling....Gene therapy to treat angina appears safe
...tients who received the gene therapy. There is no product approved to stimulate the growth of new blood vess... agent stayed in the heart and none of the protein product linked to the gene was detected elsewhere in the circulatory system. This indicates that the agent ...Concerta approved for ADHD in first European market
...Johnson [NYSE: JNJ] along with Janssen-Cilag. The product was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...for the mutual-recognition approval procedure. The product will be marketed in the EU and elsewhere by Janssen-Cilag, which has a long track record in developi...Patients who need cardiac resynchronization therapy may be eligible for Cedars-Sinai clinical trials
...combined biventricular pacemaker-ICD (CONTAK-CD, a product of Guidant Inc.). Steven Khan, M.D., principal investigator in the studies, serves as director of Cedars-Sinais Congestive Heart Failure Program and director of Clinical Trials in the Division of Cardiology. He is also an associate professor at the ...USC researchers define role of protein, discover cause of chromosome damage
...chers tracked down that gene, and named it and its product Artemis (after the Greek goddess for the protection of children); they had no idea at all, however, what kind of protein it was, nor what its function might be. Enter Lieber and graduate student Yunmei Ma. Lieber, Ma and their colleagues from the Uni...Tricking diseases into synthesizing their own worst enemies
...lecules but instead fuse irreversibly into various product structures (triazoles) when brought together. Selecting the one triazole that is the best inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase was the job of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme itself. This enzyme has a large binding pocket with separate places for the azi...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, March 19, 2002
...consumer and health professional warning about the product and told the supplement's distributor to take "pro...arket. The distributor does not currently list the product on its Internet site. The ingredients in LipoKinetix appear in other supplements marketed by the man...Research confirms safety and efficacy of RemiFemin for menopausal symptoms
...kehard Liske, PhD, lead author of the study. "The product reduces menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, mo...tates by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. The product is widely available in U.S. supermarkets, pharmacies, drug stores chains, discount department stores...Nicotine patches and gum may pose health hazards
...ort learning, for the first time, that a breakdown product of nicotine, called nornicotine, has the ability to interfere with a broad range of chemical reactions in the body and that this interaction has the potential to trigger adverse health effects. The study suggests that those who take medications while...ARICEPT significantly improves cognition, daily living over Reminyl in Alzheimers patients
...ccording to the recommended dosing on the approved product labeling and dosing adjustments were allowed to reflect real world clinical practice. "This study shows that more than 92 percent of patients were able to tolerate and remain on the maximum effective dose of ARICEPT treatment until their final visit,...Overstocked blood drains nations supply
...ed, a cross-match is performed. The costs for any product that is outdated because it has been prepared but not used must be absorbed by the hospital, the researchers write. Once blood is cross-matched for surgery, it is unavailable to other patients for 24 to 48 hours and the chance of the RBCs becoming o...Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI) issues first recommendation to FDA
...earch) to address issues related to pharmaceutical product quality. In addition to academic and industry members, the Blend Uniformity Working Group of PQRI included FDA representatives from the Office of New Drug Chemistry, the Office of Generic Drugs and the Office of Compliance. Several other working gro...St. John's wort ineffective for depression
...e conventional healthcare. However, just because a product claims to be "natural" does not mean it is safe. A product as gentle as baby aspirin can be toxic at high doses, Davidson said. "Just because St. John's wort w...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
...industry that has, historically, acted together on product liability issues." Edward L. Sweda, Jr., Senior At... lying to the public about an addictive and deadly product would also try to hide its wrongdoing by deliberately destroying incriminating documents thereby pre...Does direct to consumer drug advertising medicalise normal human conditions?
...on of perhaps dubious quality. To limit access to product information arbitrarily because of unfounded fears about direct to consumer advertising impinges on the rights of Europeans to have all the information they need to make informed choices about their health, they conclude....Retinal cell implantation shows promise and improvement in advanced Parkinsons disease patients
... of increased dopamine production. The novel cell product is called Spheramine, developed by Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and uses Titans cell-coated microcarrier (CCM) technology. Participants in the Emory study only had cells implanted on one side of the brain, focusing on the side that was most affected b...Applied Biosystems introduces next generation production level DNA analysis systems
...lyzer. These new systems were co-developed under a product development collaboration begun in 1997 between Applied Biosystems and Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, an affiliate of Hitachi, Ltd. While researchers and production facilities are expected to primarily use the 3730xl DNA analyzer for product...Bethesda 2001: A revised system for reporting pap test results aims to improve cervical cancer
...papillomavirus). The 2001 Bethesda System is the product of a workshop, sponsored by NCI and numerous professional societies, which took place April 30 - May 2, 2001, in Bethesda, Md. The workshop included more than 400 participants. Even broader participation in the revision process was made possible th......e food products being advertised was obtained from product labels as well as from USDA and Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals databases. The food products being advertised to children were analyzed for major nutrients as well as fat, cholesterol, sugar and sodium content. Back in the 1970s, TV ...