Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., interim executive director and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), will testify today before the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing examining the illegal marketing of steroids as dietary supplements. Titled “Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids Enforcement Barriers,” the hearing will also [...]

For fathers coming home from work and find it impossible to connect with their autistic child, it can typically be the straw that breaks the familys back. Where most children will greet Daddy with a hug, many autistic children arent capable of affectionate interactions that keep a family intact.
Emerson B. Donnell III lived that [...]

Research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports that children of working mothers are likely to lead unhealthier lifestyles than those whose mothers do not work.
The study suggests they are more sedentary and are more likely to be driven to school.
The research was based on more than [...]

On Thursday, a panel of medical experts convened by NIH recommended that the word “carcinoma” be removed from the name of a nonmalignant breast tumor called ductal carcinoma in situ because the current terminology can mislead some women into believing they are likely to develop breast cancer, Reuters reports. DCIS is a condition in which [...]

CIGNA (NYSECI) announced today that it is temporarily lifting certain medical and pharmacy restrictions in order to aid individuals impacted by severe flooding in Georgia.
People insured by CIGNA in the affected Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Crawford, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Stephens and Walker Counties can refill prescriptions early [...]

Mardil, Inc. announced positive interim data from a pilot study investigating the safety and efficacy of its novel cardiac device BACE (Basal Annuloplasty of the Cardia Externally) in treating mitral valve regurgitation. The condition arises when the hearts mitral valve leaks blood backward into the heart, causing a range of severe and debilitating [...]

Latebreaking data from SPIRIT IV, a largescale multicenter study of nearly 4,000 patients in the U.S., shows that an everolimuseluting stent demonstrated enhanced safety and efficacy in the treatment of de novo native coronary artery lesions when compared to a paclitaxeleluting stent, and showed that “low late loss” may be achieved with drugeluting stents [...]

University of Michigan Health System researchers will lead a $10.25 million effort to study rare kidney diseases that cause kidney failure and the need for dialysis.
The fiveyear project supports research of nephrotic syndrome, which describes a group of diseases that, though rare, generates an enormous individual and societal burden. The syndrome, which affects kidney filter [...]

Oncology experts from leading cancer organizations from around the country, including the John Theurer Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Mayo Clinic, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Institute, will discuss trends in patient care, novel therapies through clinical trials and emerging concepts in the management of hematological malignancies. Key topics include [...]

According to a new review of neuroscientific research, coercive interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration to extract information from terrorist suspects are likely to have been unsuccessful and may have had many unintended negative effects on the suspects memory and brain functions. A new article, published by Cell Press on September 21st in the [...]