Ethex Corporation Product Recall Nationwide voluntary recall of products at wholesale and retail level because they may have been manufactured under conditions that did not sufficiently comply with current Good Manufacturing Practices.
Source: www.fda.govEasing Back Pain Through Weights, Not Aerobics People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as jogging, according to a University of Alberta study. The study, done in conjunction with the University of Regina, showed a 60 per cent improvement in pain and function levels for people with chronic backache who took part in a 16-week exercise program of resistance training using dumbbells, barbells and other load-bearing exercise equipment.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMethod For Accelerated Bone Growth Developed By UC San Diego Engineers Develop Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have come up with a way to help accelerate bone growth through the use of nanotubes and stem cells. This new finding could lead to quicker and better recovery, for example, for patients who undergo orthopedic surgery. In recent years, stem cells have become a hot topic of investigation with studies suggesting revolutionary medical benefits due to their ability to be converted into selected types of newly generated cells.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWebinar : 'The Brave New World Of Non-Coding RNA's' Distinguished Guest Speaker of the febit Science Lounge Webinar: Prof. Alexander Huettenhofer Division of Genomics & RNomics at the Medical University - Biocenter in Innsbruck (Austria) Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:00 a.m. EST (5:00 p.m. CET) Webinar Login: http://www.febit.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearchers Urge Backpack Safety Over Style For Kids School children across the world may speak different languages but there is one experience an estimated 90 percent of all students share: wearing a backpack. Researchers from the University of San Diego, California School of Medicine say those students also share a common problem: low back pain due to overloaded backpacks.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comClues To Autism, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation From Rare Genetic Disorder A rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is yielding insight into a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural abnormalities in neurons, or brain cells. Researchers in the F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center at Children's Hospital Boston, led by Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, and Xi He, PhD, also found that normal neuronal structure can potentially be restored.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSignificant Long Term Benefit For Low Back Pain Revealed By Major Study A major study led by a Southampton researcher has found significant evidence that the Alexander Technique can provide long-term benefit for people with chronic or recurrent low back pain. The study, one of the first of its kind, is being published online today by the BMJ at BMJ.com.
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