In a recently published study in the journal Addiction, researchers from Bowling Green State University report evidence of an association between father’s incarceration and substantially elevated risks for illegal drug use in adolescence and early adulthood…
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(MedPage Today) — Adult skin cells can be turned into pluripotent stem cells by dosing them with messenger RNA sequences corresponding to stem cell-related transcription factors, researchers found.
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(MedPage Today) — The maker of a heat wrap designed to ease menstrual pain issued a voluntary recall due to potential product leakage that can cause a skin injury or burn.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Capping years of legislative wrangling, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed a bill designed to fund both medical care and compensation for first responders, workers, and residents who were exposed to toxic particles as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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(MedPage Today) — Teenage birth rates in the U.S. seem to be holding fairly steady after years of decline — with a upswing among Hispanics, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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(MedPage Today) — Two researchers believe that withholding a therapy with proven effectiveness in preventing serious adverse outcomes in at-risk patients can be ethical; two others say no way.
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(MedPage Today) — The maker of a heat wrap designed to ease menstrual pain issued a voluntary recall due to potential product leakage that can cause a skin injury or burn.
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(MedPage Today) — Baby sleep positioners — mats with barriers to prevent a baby from rolling over — carry a risk of suffocation and death, and should not be used under any circumstances, the FDA and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned.
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PolyMedix, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat acute cardiovascular disorders and infectious diseases, has received a Phase 2 grant in the amount of $986,000 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to support the development of defensin mimetic antimicrobial compounds for the treatment of oral candidiasis. This grant [...]
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Avila Therapeutics™, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted covalent drugs, announced today that it has initiated a phase 1 clinical trial to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic profile of AVL-292, a novel, orally available, covalent drug that targets Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk). AVL-292 is the first product candidate to enter clinical evaluation from Avila’s [...]
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