Back To School Preparations Need Some Teeth As part of the ritual of going back to school, parents will no doubt
buy their children new clothes and supplies, and take them to the pediatrician for their annual check up. But Mark Helpin, D.M.D., acting chair of the department of pediatric dentistry at Temple University's Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, says that this is also the perfect time to schedule a dental check-up.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAnother Step Forward For Muscle Stem Cells Research by Dr Amy Wagers and her team at Harvard University, USA, has shown promise for the use of muscle stem cell as a therapy for conditions such as muscular dystrophy. The researchers successfully transplanted muscle stem cells from
healthy mice into the muscles of mice that show symptoms similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPrivate Healthcare Provider Fined For Breaching Conditions Of Registration The
Healthcare Commission has secured the conviction of Orthopaedic and Spine Specialty Clinic Ltd, a company which runs an orthopaedic hospital in Peterborough, and Mr Ahmed Shair, an orthopaedic surgeon and sole director of the company which owns the hospital.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBioheart, Inc. To Introduce At-Home Heart Failure Monitor For Congestive Heart Failure Patients Bioheart, Inc.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOp Jaipur Nets Estimated Seizure Of 20,000 Sex Drugs In Wokingham Enforcement officers from the
Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with assistance from Thames Valley Police, have seized approximately 20,000 unlicensed
medicines, worth an estimated £50,000. The
medicines seized consisted of Kamagra tablets and jellies, used for male impotence.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedia Advisory: Asthma Exacerbations Coincide With Back-to-School Season For most children, heading back to school this fall means heading back to an environment filled with new friends, teachers and opportunities. However, for the more than one in every 20 children affected by asthma (1), a new school year means exposure to triggers that may aggravate asthma symptoms.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGlenn Foundation For Medical Research Commits $5 Million To Study Aging The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, founded by philanthropist Paul F. Glenn, has announced a $5 million commitment to the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) to provide grants to scientists studying the biology of aging and age-related diseases.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWyeth And Progenics Receive Approval From European Commission For Relistor For Opioid-Induced Constipation In Advanced Illness Patients Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), and Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX), announced that the companies have received marketing approval for RELISTOR? (methylnaltrexone bromide) subcutaneous injection from the European Commission.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAlcohol's Impact On Heart And Stroke Risk May Differ For Men, Women The volume of alcohol consumption may have a significantly different effect on heart and stroke risk in men and women, according to a study of Japanese people published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. "An amount of alcohol that may be beneficial for men is not good for women at all," said Hiroyasu Iso, M.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comScientists Predict New Uses For Existing Drugs From Their Side Effects Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) discovered a new way to make use of
drugs' unwanted side effects. They developed a computational method that compares how similar the side effects of different
drugs are and predicts how likely the
drugs act on the same target molecule. The study, published in Science this week, hints at new uses of marketed
drugs.
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