Matrixx Initiatives Voluntarily Withdraws Zicam Cold Remedy Swabs, Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel
Company Characterizes FDA Action as Unwarranted, Withdraws Two Cold Remedy Nasal Products Citing Commitment to Consumer Safety SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. , June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTXX ) has confirmed that it received a warning letter today from the U.S....FDA Issues Warning for Over-the-Counter Cold Remedy
Zicam nasal products can cause loss of smell, officials stress TUESDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials on Tuesday warned consumers to stop using Zicam nasal cold remedy products because they can cause the loss of a sense of smell. The specific products contained i...Curamin Voted Best New Natural Remedy in the Country
GREEN BAY, Wis., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- It's official...Curamin is the natural products industry's Best New Natural Remedy of the Year. Curamin, the number-one pain-relieving product, is slated to receive a First Place Vity Award from Vitamin Retailer magazine in its upcoming June issue. The annu...Hangover in Paradise No More: Effective Hangover Remedy Reaches Hawaiian Islands
The Power of Tiny Bubbles Drives Away Hangover Symptoms FARMINGDALE, N.Y., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Pillar Rock USA Corp. announces the availability of its product, Hangover Buster(R) in the Hawaiian Islands. This marks the first time that an effervescent (tablet dissolving in water) hangover...Naturally Safe Zucol(TM) Brings Europe's Leading Cold Remedy to United States
- Homeopathic Product Offers Clinically Proven Effective Alternative to Controversial Over-the-Counter Cold Medications - NEW YORK, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite popular belief, common colds do not decrease as the winter season fades. But, thanks to the availability of a new, naturally s...Herbal Remedy Could Halt Peanut Allergy
Tests in mice were successful, and human trials are under way FRIDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new herbal formula based in ancient Chinese medicine may be able to control allergic reactions to peanuts and other foods, researchers from New York City's Mount Sinai School of Medicin...Canadian cold/flu breakthrough remedy undergoes NCI-sponsored trial in leukemia patients
Cancer patients with their weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable when the cold and flu season hits. To help, the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) is sponsoring a landmark trial to see whether a unique Canadian cold remedy COLD-FX can help. The trial will examine whether u...Naturally Safe Cold Remedy Challenges Effectiveness of Over-The-Counter Cold Medications
- U.S. Families Spend Over $3 Billion Each Year on OTC Cold Remedies - NEW YORK, Nov. 11, /PRNewswire/ -- America is about to be hit with runny noses, sore throats and coughs, but recently a new, naturally safe solution has been introduced in the U.S. that is clinically proven to shorten the...Get Your Daily Dose of Vitamin F: Nature's Remedy for Emotional Energy
Personal Fulfillment Expert Reveals Flowers Fuel the Soul and Create Inspiring Spaces ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From A to E, vitamins are responsible for strengthening our senses, bolstering our bones and invigorating our bodies from the inside out. Research proves ...PLC Medical Systems to Demonstrate RenalGuard(R) at EuroPCR 2009
...and how it may benefit patients. CIN is a significant and growing concern worldwide, and we are very encouraged by the prospect that RenalGuard could remedy it." Currently, RenalGuard is the subject of an investigator-sponsored trial to study its efficacy in mitigating against CIN at the University of...RenalGuard(R) Pilot Safety Clinical Trial Data to be Presented at ACC 2009
...ddress this critical problem. CIN is a significant and growing concern worldwide, and we are very encouraged by the potential ability of RenalGuard to remedy it. In addition, we are looking forward to receiving results from the investigator-sponsored clinical trial to evaluate the use of the RenalGuard sys...ORBIS and Alcon Call Attention to the Aging Eye
...w.prnewswire.com/mnr/orbis/35257/ Alcon, the world's leader in eye care products and equipment, is partnering with nonprofit ORBIS International to remedy that situation through advocacy and skills-exchange programs essential to delivering quality eye care services. Today on World Sight Day, a global obs...Study Suggests a Possible Way to Offset Chemobrain Memory Loss
... changes to the brain in women who received chemotherapy for breast cancer. Now the connection between drugs and memory loss is clear, and a potential remedy is suggested as well. "At this point, we have no evidence to say that NAC is safe in patients who are getting chemotherapy," Abraham said. "We need ...Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey Before the House Judiciary Committee
... the Summer Law Intern Program. Even before I became Attorney General last fall, however, the Justice Department had taken many significant steps to remedy the problems that existed. I have since taken several additional steps, and we will continue to take any and all steps that are warranted. It is absol...Arsenic contamination lacks one-size-fits-all remedy
MADISON - Though a worldwide problem, arsenic contamination of drinking water does not have a universal solution. Instead, recent work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers on arsenic-tainted wells shows that appropriate treatment varies depending on the source of the contamination. ...First trial in patients with a potential treatment of the incurable ALS muscle disease
... Leuven (Belgium), Stockholm (Sweden) Permission has been granted to start the first safety and tolerability trial on patients for a remedy for ALS. ALS is an incurable, paralyzing neurodegenerative disorder that strikes 5 persons in every 100,000. The disease commonly affects healthy peop...Research-based undergraduate course expands beyond Washington University
...y regions in the sequence data for their fosmid. Students then design and order additional sequencing reactions that will generate the data needed to remedy these problem areas. Weekly orders are processed simultaneously (and hence cost-effectively) at Washington University's Genome Sequencing Center. St...Lung airway cells activate vitamin D and increase immune response
...ularly for people living in northern latitudes. While vitamin D can be generated through sun exposure, such exposure is generally not recommended as a remedy because of skin cancer risks. Instead, supplements can be used. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that the vitamin D dosage...BioScience tip sheet, November 2008
...ces. Current economic incentives and property law exacerbate the trend. Reform in these areas and the development of ecosystem service districts could remedy this social trap. Seeing the Wood for the Trees: An Analysis of Evolutionary Diagrams in Biology Textbooks. Kefyn M. Catley and Laura R. Novick....American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 24, 2008
...oat weed" shows promise in lab studies Journal of Natural Products Move over, Viagra! Researchers in Italy report that an ancient Chinese herbal remedy known as "horny goat weed" shows potential in lab studies as source for new future drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). The study, which provides...Biophysical method may help to recover hearing
...cal methodology that may help to overcome hearing deficits, and potentially remedy even substantial hearing loss. The authors propose a method of retuning fun... Their findings indicate that biophysically realistic modifications could remedy even substantial hearing loss. Moreover, with a recently designed electroni...Rapid test for pathogens developed by K-State researchers
... MANHATTAN, KAN. -- Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours. Sanjeev Narayanan, assistant profess...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 6, 2008
...vironment could be exposed to up to one hundred thousand times the normal pesticide dose. "The risk of contamination is obvious," says Castillo. To remedy the problem, Swedish scientists in 1993 developed the biobed. Built from layers of grass, clay and a biomixture of straw, peat and soil approximately ...Rutgers neuroscience may hold key to hearing loss remedy
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. A Rutgers University team led by neuroscientist Robin Davis is opening new doors to improved hearing for the congenitally or profoundly deaf. Their findings could lead to a new generation of cochlear implants. Cochlear implants today operate with varying degrees of success...BASF Set To Commercialize pro-t-action(TM) Eliminating Caries Causing Bacteria From the Mouth
... of Dental Research annual conference in Miami , FL , April 1-4 LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany and MIAMI, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- With an eye to help remedy a main cause of tooth decay affecting an estimated 5 billion people world-wide, BASF -- The Chemical Company, in collaboration with OrganoBalance GmbH...Ecologists propose first prevention for white-nose syndrome death in bats
...If WNS is transmitted in spring and summer by surviving bats, saving its carriers will also save the disease, they write. At present, the search for a remedy for this mysterious fungus continues to stymie scientists. "I can't even guess what the cure or the solution to this is going to be," says Boyles. ...ThermoGenesis Says FDA Concurs with Plan for Previously Announced AXP(TM) Bagset Recall
...), a leading supplier of innovative products and services that process and store adult stem cells, said today that the FDA has agreed with its plan to remedy the voluntary recall of certain lots of AXP disposable bagsets that it announced in November. At that time, the Company had indicated that the re...Frost & Sullivan Sees Microdosing as Compelling Advantage for Big Pharma
... & Sullivan ( http://www.pharma.frost.com ) Senior Research Analyst V. Sriram. "The compelling advantages of microdosing present it as a potential remedy for big pharma's maladies regarding declining returns from investments in drug development." Alliances between contract research organisations (C...Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles
... cell might be more efficient at converting bluish light while being less efficient at converting reddish light. The nanoparticle approach seeks to remedy these problems. The key to this new research is the creation of a tiny electrical disturbance called a "surface plasmon." When light strikes a piece ...