Volunteers Needed For Chocolate Compound Study - Diabetes UK Volunteers are needed for the final phase of a Diabetes UK-funded study investigating whether flavonoids - compounds found in chocolate - can protect older women with diabetes from heart disease. The first group of volunteers, recruited last April, have already been eating specially formulated chocolate twice a day for a year.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWomen Who Quit Smoking Early In Pregnancy Reduce Risks Of Preterm Birth, Stunted Fetal Growth Pregnant women who quit smoking during the first trimester and women who never smoked during pregnancy have a similar risk of delivering preterm or very small infants, according to a study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLothian Volunteer's Victory - Diabetes UK Marilyn Jackson, a member of Diabetes UK's UK Advisory Council, has received the Volunteer of the Year award at the first-ever NHS Lothian Celebrating Success event, which took place at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 25 June.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAxioMed Spine Corporation Receives CE Mark For Freedom(R) Lumbar Disc AxioMed® Spine Corporation announces the receipt of CE Mark approval for its Freedom® Lumbar Disc, an elastomeric total spinal disc replacement device. The CE Mark approval was received from the notified body after review of the company's multi-center European clinical study and its portfolio of biocompatibility and biomechanical testing. This data also supported AxioMed's Investigational Device Exemption approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSan Mateo County, Calif., HIV/AIDS Services Could Be Impacted By Proposed State Budget Cuts, Official Says A San Mateo County, Calif., program that provides in-home case management services for people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as other programs that assist people living with the virus, could be eliminated, forcing patients to obtain more expensive outpatient care, if proposed state budget cuts are approved, the San Francisco Examiner reports.
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