Diet Tip: Whiten Your Teeth and Prevent Snacking
Posted by in Exercise on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments
When it’s about 6 p.m. and I start making dinner, I sometimes find it tough to resist snacking. whether that sounds familiar thereupon here’s an odd, but effective trick to keep you from munching. Try wearing Crest Whitestrips while you cook. For the 30 minutes they’re in your mouth,...
Food Review: Bear bare Fit Granola
Posted by in Exercise on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments
I’m a huge fan of yogurt and granola, and that new Bear bare Granola has the word “fit” in the name, so I was curious to try some.
I am guessing that granola is “fit” considering it’s low in fat. But how does it taste and compare to regular Bear bare Granola? To find...
BioTime Begins First total Database of Human Stem Cell Differentiations
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BioTime Inc of Emeryville, California, a daughter company of Embryome Sciences, has launched an online database that aims to document and map all the different cells that were lab created out of human embryonic stem cells.
From the announcement:
In a paper published today [June 27, 2008] titled “The...
World Health Organization Seeks Rapid MDR-TB Test
Posted by admin in Health on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments
The BBC reports that the World Health Organization is working with partners to prepare a rapid pop quiz for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The commentary says it sometimes takes as lengthy as two months to properly diagnose a MDR-TB patient.
MDR-TB responds poorly to standard treatment considering...
G-Wire: Visually Positioned Guidewire for Faster, Safer Procedures
Posted by in Health on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments
Israel’s MediGuide and Japans’ Asahi Intecc have announced that the two companies are teaming up to develop a new surgical guide wire that can be visually monitored and controlled in real duration using MediGuide’s Medical Positioning System (gMPS), a technology previously reported...
Praxis’ Patient Recruitment Campaign Saves 380 Days Off Enrollment For Women’s Health Study
Posted by in Womens Health on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments
Praxis, a company specializing in centralized patient recruitment for clinical research studies, recently provided patient recruitment services to a major pharmaceutical company for a study to pop quiz an investigational medication for a women’s health indication. The recruitment program saved...
Nerve Cells Made from Stem Cells Successfully Transplanted
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Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, CA have for the first moment converted stem cells to nerve cells, and implanted them into mice. The transplantation and accommodation of these cells was successful, and the scientists did not get into the common problems associated...
Genome Synthesis Technique for Virus Vaccine Development
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A group at Stony Brook University has modified the polio virus to create a weakened version, which, when injected, went on to effectively immunize lab mice. The team of molecular biologists and computer scientists used a novel algorithm to sort through potential recordings of the genome that would produce...
Fit Minute: Don’t Belong to a Gym? No Worries
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If your favorite excuse for not working out is that you don’t belong to a gym, I have figured out many ways to work around that problem. Check out that Fit Minute from ExerciseTV to see some of my solutions to your problem.
Do have any additional ideas? Share them in the comment section below....
Zinc Finger DNA-Binding Protein Technology Gives T-Cells Shield Against HIV
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Sangamo BioSciences, Inc., based in Richmond, California, is reporting positive news showing that CD4 T-cells can be made HIV resistant with the help of the company’s proprietary zinc finger DNA-binding protein nucleases (ZFN), specially developed transcription factors.
From Sangamo:
Sangamo’s...
Orexo Report Abstral (Rapinyl) Approval In Europe
Posted by in Cancer on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments
Orexo AB (OMX: ORX), the Swedish pharmaceutical company, announces that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of Rapinyl, for breakthrough cancer pain. ProStrakan Group plc, the universal speciality...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]