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Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA can prevent future strokes, says researcher

Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) are often called "mini strokes" for good reasons -- the short-term symptoms can mimic a stroke and up to 10 percent of first-time sufferers often experience full-blown strokes within as little as 90 days. Despite the well-known statistics, no post-TIA regimen exists to help prevent future strokes -- but this might be changing.

25 Feb 2010

Food-attributed illness poses a major problem for food manufacturers and suppliers

Over the past several years Americans have seen numerous food recalls related to our nation’s food supply. Spinach, peanut butter and even pet food are just some of the food items that have been subject to massive recalls.

25 Feb 2010

A surgical cure for diabetic and obese patients

Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 -- in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes.

25 Feb 2010

FDA's warning over LABA medications for asthma: AANMA offers guidance

Today Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) offered guidance to help patients understand recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warnings about Advair ® (fluticasone and salmeterol), Foradil ® (formoterol), Severent ® (salmeterol) and Symbicort ® (budesonide and formoterol), daily inhaled medications containing a long-acting beta agonist (LABA, a 12-hour bronchodilator).

24 Feb 2010

Guardian offers six questions to help employees and their families avoid critical illness

If you want to protect your finances from the costs of heart disease, and keep your heart healthy, the experts at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a leading provider of employee benefits, have compiled important questions that you should ask yourself before American Heart Month ends.

24 Feb 2010

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Howard University Hospital partner to help uninsured PAD patients

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced today that the company has partnered with Howard University Hospital, Department of Surgery to participate in a Community Health Project and Demonstration focused on diagnosing and treating the potentially life-threatening condition called Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

24 Feb 2010

A1C lab test can help in combating diabetes

Approximately 57 million Americans are on the brink of diabetes. Yet research tells us that there is much we can do to keep it from progressing to full-blown diabetes. Lab tests can help us get a grip on the disease, says the American Clinical Laboratory Association President Alan Mertz.

24 Feb 2010

Insurers reject Obama's proposal for a rate-hike review panel

The health overhaul plan unveiled Monday by President Barack Obama puts the heat on insurers by requiring federal oversight of increases in health insurance premium rates, something the industry has strenuously objected to.

24 Feb 2010

Woman's risk of heart disease intensifies during natural menopause: Study

When women hear the word menopause, they often think about hot flashes, hormone shifts and mood swings. But what about heart disease? Studies show a woman's risk of heart disease intensifies drastically around the time of natural menopause, which for most women is around the age of 50.

24 Feb 2010

Cephalon to acquire Ception Therapeutics following positive clinical study of eosinophilic asthma

Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced today that it has exercised its option to acquire Ception Therapeutics, Inc., following receipt of positive data from a clinical study in adults with eosinophilic asthma.

23 Feb 2010

Simple test to check personal cholesterol levels

CardioChek® test system is used by Americans and people in 100 countries around the world to test personal cholesterol levels. Simple, reliable and fast, CardioChek is manufactured by Indianapolis company Polymer Technology Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of point-of-care diagnostic products to the healthcare industry. On February 15th the CardioChek test system was featured on Lifetime Channel’s program, “The Balancing Act,” and will air again on February 22nd and March 15th.

23 Feb 2010

Committee calls for strategies to curb hypertension

Public health officials and health care providers need to step up their efforts to reduce Americans' increasing rates of high blood pressure and better treat those with the condition, which triggers more than one-third of heart attacks and almost half of heart failures in the United States each year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

23 Feb 2010

Omega Healthcare Investors declares net income of $16.2M for fourth-quarter 2009

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced its results of operations for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The Company also reported Funds From Operations available to common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 2009 of $24.9 million or $0.29 per common share.

23 Feb 2010

AAN guideline evaluates drugs’ safety and efficacy for treatment of muscle cramps

A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology recommends that the drug quinine, although effective, should be avoided for treatment of routine muscle cramps due to uncommon but serious side effects.

23 Feb 2010

Shire reports total revenues of $3,008 million for 2009

Shire plc the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announces results for the year to December 31, 2009.

22 Feb 2010

Panel discussion addresses complex health problems

NIH's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research convenes a panel discussion, "Science in Motion: Addressing Complex Health Problems Through Upstream Solutions."

22 Feb 2010

Roots of many adult diseases sprout in poverty: Scientist to discuss at AAAS meeting

The roots of many adult diseases sprout in poverty and other burdens on the socially disadvantaged. Rockefeller University-s Bruce S. McEwen, a self-described molecular sociologist, will talk about the effects such environmental stressors have on the brain and in turn other organ systems in a talk in San Diego this Friday at the 2010 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

22 Feb 2010

Labopharm's public offering underwriters exercise over-allotment option to purchase additional 1.7M units

Labopharm Inc. today announced that the underwriters for the recently announced public offering of newly issued units have exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,764,706 units. The 1,764,706 additional units are being sold at the public offering price of US$1.70 per unit and will bring the total number of units issued under the public offering to 13,529,412 units.

20 Feb 2010

Civil fraud and racketeering lawsuit against several entities affiliated with Dahn Yoga filed

Andrew Myers, a 29-year-old former Virginia resident, filed a civil fraud and racketeering lawsuit this week in U.S. District Court against several entities affiliated with Dahn Yoga®, a nationwide chain of facilities that purports to offer a "unique type of yoga" for the body and mind using "Brain Education™" techniques.

20 Feb 2010

Amgen's Prolia Complete Response submission: FDA classifies and sets PDUFA date

Amgen Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has evaluated the content of the Company's Complete Response submission for Prolia™ (denosumab) in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis and classified it as a Class 2 resubmission. With the Class 2 designation, the FDA set a corresponding Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of July 25, 2010.

20 Feb 2010

Exercise News and Research

Latest Exercise News and Research

Greater access to rehabilitation after TIA can prevent future strokes, says researcher

Food-attributed illness poses a major problem for food manufacturers and suppliers

A surgical cure for diabetic and obese patients

FDA's warning over LABA medications for asthma: AANMA offers guidance

Guardian offers six questions to help employees and their families avoid critical illness

BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Howard University Hospital partner to help uninsured PAD patients

A1C lab test can help in combating diabetes

Insurers reject Obama's proposal for a rate-hike review panel

Woman's risk of heart disease intensifies during natural menopause: Study

Cephalon to acquire Ception Therapeutics following positive clinical study of eosinophilic asthma

Simple test to check personal cholesterol levels

Committee calls for strategies to curb hypertension

Omega Healthcare Investors declares net income of $16.2M for fourth-quarter 2009

AAN guideline evaluates drugs’ safety and efficacy for treatment of muscle cramps

Shire reports total revenues of $3,008 million for 2009

Panel discussion addresses complex health problems

Roots of many adult diseases sprout in poverty: Scientist to discuss at AAAS meeting

Labopharm's public offering underwriters exercise over-allotment option to purchase additional 1.7M units

Civil fraud and racketeering lawsuit against several entities affiliated with Dahn Yoga filed

Amgen's Prolia Complete Response submission: FDA classifies and sets PDUFA date

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