Archive: 23/09/2014

NIH adds $10M to encourage gender balance in clinical trials

(HealthDay)—The U.S. National Institutes of Health is investing $10 million in additional funding in scientific trials to encourage researchers to consider gender in their preclinical and clinical studies.

Sep 23, 2014

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FDA warns doctors to beware fake drug distributors

U.S. health regulators are trying to help doctors spot counterfeit and unapproved drugs by raising awareness of illegal operations that peddle bogus drugs to health professionals.

Sep 23, 2014

Noninvasive devices may help migraines, FDA says

(HealthDay)—Two new prescription devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may provide some relief for people with migraine headaches who don't tolerate migraine medications well, according to a new ...

Sep 23, 2014

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Opportunities to reduce patient burden associated with breast cancer screening

New technology and better screening strategies can lower the rate of false-positive results, which impose a substantial financial and psychological burden on women. The many misperceptions about breast cancer screening options ...

Sep 23, 2014

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Airway muscle-on-a-chip mimics asthma

The majority of drugs used to treat asthma today are the same ones that were used 50 years ago. New drugs are urgently needed to treat this chronic respiratory disease, which causes nearly 25 million people in the United ...

Sep 23, 2014

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Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases: WHO

The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6,000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of them, according to the World Health Organization's latest figures.

Sep 23, 2014

XenOPAT, mouse models for personalized cancer treatment

On September 8th, the company XenOPAT SL, a spin-off of the Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) was established with the aim of bringing the company the latest scientific ...

Sep 23, 2014

Study of single parents' dating, sexual activity contradicts assumptions

Contrary to what is often assumed about single parents, particularly single parents of young children, a new study from The Kinsey Institute has found that single parents of children younger than 5 date and are sexually active ...

Sep 23, 2014

Safe passages into adulthood: Preventing gender-based violence and its consequences

Gender-based violence affects the physical and mental health of girls and boys, men and women worldwide. A recent study by researchers from the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University addresses the challenge ...

Sep 23, 2014

Study finds link between beat synchronization in preschoolers and learning reading skills

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with Northwestern University in the U.S. has found that an ability to synchronize with a beat may be an indication of how well preschoolers will later do when developing reading skills. ...

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Archive: 23/09/2014

NIH adds $10M to encourage gender balance in clinical trials

FDA warns doctors to beware fake drug distributors

Noninvasive devices may help migraines, FDA says

Opportunities to reduce patient burden associated with breast cancer screening

Airway muscle-on-a-chip mimics asthma

Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases: WHO

XenOPAT, mouse models for personalized cancer treatment

Study of single parents' dating, sexual activity contradicts assumptions

Safe passages into adulthood: Preventing gender-based violence and its consequences

Study finds link between beat synchronization in preschoolers and learning reading skills

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