House Members Introduce Resolution Asking FDA To Stop Efforts To Ban Hormone Ingredient Estriol Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and eight other House members earlier this month introduced a "sense of Congress" resolution (H Con Res 342) that would ask FDA to stop its effort to ban custom-made hormones aimed at treating menopause-related symptoms that contain the ingredient estriol, the Arizona Daily Star reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDiabetes Prevented/Reversed In Lab Study At Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh Microspheres carrying targeted nucleic acid molecules fabricated in the laboratory have been shown to prevent and even reverse new-onset cases of type 1 diabetes in animal models. The results of these studies were reported by diabetes researchers at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and Baxter
Healthcare Corporation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSantarus Announces Development Program For New ZEGERID Prescription Product Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNTS), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that it is developing a new tablet formulation to add to its ZEGERID� family of branded
prescription pharmaceutical products. The new formulation is a swallowable tablet that combines immediate-release omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), with a mix of buffers.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comKavli Prize Awarded To Pasko Rakic, Pioneering Yale Neuroscientist Pasko Rakic, professor of neurobiology and neurology at Yale University School of
Medicine, was named one of the inaugural recipients of the Kavli Prizes, for his key role in changing our understanding of the cerebral cortex, the seat of human cognitive function.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSport And Exercise Not Working For Today's Kids "The traditional panacea to combat childhood obesity has always been centered on sports and traditional fitness exercises. In my opinion, this strategy has simply not worked," stated Jim Teatum former head of the US fitness giant Nautilus. "Sport and fitness, whatever form they may take, by nature discriminate against the overweight, deconditioned, and uncoordinated.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Multi-Million Pound Study To Find The Cause Of Type 1 Diabetes, UK Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has awarded more than £3million to fund a research centre that will investigate the causes of type 1 diabetes - a condition that results from an immune attack on the body's insulin producing cells.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStars From Film, Television, Sports, Journalism And Music Come Together For Sept. 5 Prime Time Television Event To Raise Funds For Cancer Research Stand Up To Cancer (http://www.standup2cancer.org/), a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking research, launches through an unprecedented collaboration uniting the major television networks, entertainment industry executives, celebrities and prominent leaders in cancer research and patient advocacy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOsteologix Presents Phase 2 Osteoporosis Data At A Major European Medical Conference Osteologix, Inc. (OTCBB: OLGX), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that data from a Phase II clinical study of NB S101 (strontium malonate) was presented at the European Calcified Tissue Society's 35th Annual Meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBeneficial Bacteria And Inflammatory Bowel Disease A naturally occurring molecule made by symbiotic gut bacteria may offer a new type of treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, according to scientists at the California Institute of Technology."Most people tend to think of bacteria as insidious organisms that only make us sick," says Sarkis K.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAmerican Veterinary Medical Association Launches Podcast For Pet Owners The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) announced the launch of its first podcast, the Association's latest effort to inform the public about issues related to pet
health, public
health and veterinary
medicine.
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