A systematic review shows that barley-derived beta-glucan benefits levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides, but not high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Medscape Medical News
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Pretreatment lifestyle behaviors might be pivotal in improving prognosis among patients with head and neck cancer, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News
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The FDA has approved a new indication for everolimus tablets (Afinitor) and tigecycline intravenous infusion (Tygacil). Medscape Medical News
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has announced that the FDA warning letter issued to Genzyme addressing deficiencies related to Genzyme’s Allston Landing manufacturing facility during an inspection performed in September and October 2008 has no foreseeable impact on the supply of Aldurazyme.
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. has announced that the FDA warning letter issued to Genzyme addressing deficiencies related to Genzyme’s Allston Landing manufacturing facility during an inspection performed in September and October 2008 has no foreseeable impact on the supply of Aldurazyme.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Setton International Foods, whose recall of pistachios suspected of salmonella contamination led the FDA to recommend that Americans forgo the popular snack, today widened its recall to a variety of shelled pistachio products.
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TORONTO (MedPage Today) — Taking advantage of humanity’s propensity for destruction, Swedish researchers have learned that the human heart can renew itself.
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Following the launches of the xCELLigence RTCA SP Instrument and the RTCA MP Instrument last year, Roche Applied Science has now completed its xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer product line with its newest model, the RTCA DP Instrument. The xCELLigence system measures impedance-based signals both in label-free cellular analysis and in cell invasion/migration assays.
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The Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA), National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) applauded Tacoma Federal Court Judge Robert J. Bryant for issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) halting the Medicaid reimbursement cuts to pharmacies for 10 days, the maximum delay for a TRO. The Medicaid cuts would have [...]
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The “available research suggests that teaching abstinence alone to teenagers does not work — they are no more likely to delay the start of sexual activity than other teenagers,” Steven Martino, a behavioral scientist at RAND, writes in a Providence Journal opinion piece.
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