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Roche Completes Acquisition of BioVeris

...ecsys(R) immunochemistry product line, the fastest growing portfolio of Roche Diagnostics' lab diagnostics business....

US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors

...n. These and other stories have helped to fuel a growing interest among state and federal officials to document and restrict payments to doctors from drug makers. And the Senate Special Committee on Aging, which is led by Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of Wisconsin, on Wednesday held the first of a series...

Global Health Enriching the States Economy

...ural health clinics the study aims to quantify the growing impact of global-health activities in the state. The work by nonprofits, businesses, universities and government in areas such as medical biotechnology, infectious diseases, reproductive health and family planning were all include in the study. The...

Bisphosphonate Increases the Risk of Jaw Bone Deterioration

...spital in Boston write that this study adds to the growing body of evidence linking intravenous bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw. Nonetheless, they point out that the study design makes it difficult to determine whether there is a causal relationship. Do bisphosphonates predispose toward inflam...

Bright Bodies Weight Program Lowers Diabetes Risk, BMI in Obese Kids

...ldren between the ages of 8 and16 to deal with the growing incidence of childhood obesity, particularly in the African American and Hispanic population. The childhood obesity outbreak has also boosted type- 2 diabetes among adolescents. Savoye-Desanti and colleagues measured the efficiency of the weight m...

US to Detain Seafood Imports from China

...ited States added farm-raised fish and shrimp to a growing list of Chinese products deemed unsafe for US cons...afety laws, said recently. The actions come amid growing protests over the massive US trade deficit with China, which stood at 19.3 billion dollars in April ...

Vitamin D Deficiency Still Persists in Babies

... to increase sun exposure. Meanwhile, there is a growing body of research that suggests vitamin D has lifelong benefits for the immune system, and may be an anti-cancer agent, said Dr. Ward. Dr. Ward believes "We shouldn't see any cases at all. This should be eradicated, like smallpox." The disease shoul...

Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children

..., Ministry of Health, Bangladesh. In spite of a growing body of evidence, only 26 percent of the world's children live in countries with access to Hib vaccine. This means hundreds of thousands of children in Asian countries are presently not benefiting from this easy, life-saving vaccine. However, Banglad...

Anxiety Disorders Show in Tiny Tots

...derlined many anxiety disorders in children. The growing prevalence of anxiety disorders in increasingly younger children has prompted researchers at the unit to set up the Creating Confident Kids program for children aged two to six. Whereas other programs offered at the unit treat the children this pr...

Pak Has South Asias Highest Infant Mortality Rate: Report

...ren in a country. The number of street children is growing with almost 25,000 on the streets in Karachi alone, and almost four children are sexually abused daily, the Daily Times quoted the report as saying. The report is a situational analysis of the conditions and environment in which the children are li...

Single Americans Vote Less, but Lean Towards Democrats: Study

Unmarried Americans are a growing segment of the population but vote less than their wedded counterparts in elections, tending to favor Democrats over Republicans, said a study published Friday. Single Americans 15 years of age and older now account for 45.2 percent of the US popu...

Many People With Early Dementia Can Drive Safely, Say Experts

...herefore try to balance mobility and safety in the growing population of older drivers, they say. They review the evidence and find that the risk of crashes in patients with dementia is acceptably low for up to three years after diagnosis. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency currently states that anyon...

Alteon Initiates Phase 2 Trial of ALT-2074 in Diabetes and Haptoglobin 2-2

...ked to obesity and increased oxidative stress, are growing in epidemic proportions in the United States and many other developed countries. The major complications associated with these diseases are cardiovascular in nature, and lead to such events as stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and death. Not all...

Hib Vaccination can Prevent Pneumonia

...hildhood immunization program in 2008. Despite a growing body of evidence, only 26% of the worlds children live in countries with access to Hib vaccine. This means hundreds of thousands of children in Asian countries are currently not benefiting from this simple, life-saving vaccine. However, Bangladesh, P...

RNA Play a Vital Role in Gene Activity

...nance. Overall, the work adds another brick to the growing wall of evidence suggesting that RNA is more than a mere genomic servant. RNA is best known for ferrying protein-coding instructions from DNA, once thought to be the master molecule of the genome, to the cell's assembly factories. But cracks in thi...

Workers Compelled to Stay in Shape to Avoid Pay Cuts

...om lines along with waist lines. Now there is a growing industry of wellness advisers, counselors and cons... Frustrated by health insurance costs that were growing more than 10 percent a year, Ohio State University launched a massive wellness program last year wit...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

...rative diseases to the community," Pyne said. "A growing body of scientific evidence has linked the degeneration of the human genome to an increased likelihood of degenerative diseases, such as cancer an Alzheimer's disease. "This test has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach attempting to ...

China to Replace France as World's Top Tourism Destination by 2014

...rators and airlines are expanding services to meet growing demand in Beijing and across the country. This year alone, China's tourism industry is expected to generate 78 billion dollars, 2.5 percent of GDP, a figure that could rise to 277 billion dollars by 2017, according to the World Tourism Organisatio...

China Unveils Green Plan to Revert Farmland to Forest

Peeved by growing accusations of rampant industrial pollution, China has unveiled a conservation strategy for its flora. The green plan aims at reverting farmland to forests. China is home to 10 per cent of all known plant species, and half of those unique to China...

X-ray Mammography Aids in Breast Cancer Detection

...mography for screening the high risk population, a growing body of evidence [like this study] demonstrates that MRI can detect cancers in these women that are not detected by mammography or physical examination. Also, there are some cancers that are visible on mammography and not on MRI, so mammography sho...

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