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Fight Against Heart Disease And Stroke: Top Research Highlighted
Research on reducing risks, improving medical treatment and improving lifestyle behaviors to fight the battle against heart disease and stroke are among the key scientific findings that make up this year’s top cardiovascular and
Read More »VistaGen Therapeutics Announces Successful Completion Of Initial Phase 1 Safety Study Of AV-101 For Neuropathic Pain
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., a stem cell technology company focused on drug discovery and development, has announced the successful completion of its initial Phase 1 safety study of AV-101, the Company’s novel orally available prodrug
Read More »Researchers Uncover Cellular Mechanism Responsible For Chronic Inflammation, Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that certain T cells require input from monocytes in order to maintain their pro-inflammatory response in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study
Read More »Natural Dairy Fat Component Reduces Diabetes Type 2 Risk
A fatty acid called trans-palmitoleic acid is found in butter, milk cheese and yogurt and can considerably reduce a person’s chances of developing diabetes type 2, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health
Read More »Sec. Of State Clinton Begins Discussing QDDR Draft With U.S. Lawmakers
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton “began rolling out her long-awaited revamp of U.S. diplomatic strategy on Wednesday, meeting lawmakers to discuss the ‘Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review’ (QDDR) that is expected to be
Read More »Verizon Foundation Announces $100,000 In Grants To Assist Relief Efforts In Haiti
The Verizon Foundation has awarded an additional $100,000 in grants to Food For The Poor and World Vision to assist ongoing relief efforts in Haiti in response to a cholera outbreak and in the
Read More »IPS Explores What Efforts To Reduce U.S. Federal Deficit Could Mean For Global Health Funding
Inter Press Service explores some advocates’ concerns over how the “new emphasis in Washington on reducing government spending” could affect U.S. funding for global health programs, including HIV/AIDS. Come January, “Republicans will take control
Read More »Global Economic Woes Make Universal Access To Aids Drugs Unlikely, Stanford Analysis Shows
Universal access to lifesaving AIDS drugs – a United Nations’ Millennium Development Goal that officials hoped to accomplish by 2010 – would require a staggering $15 billion annual investment from the international diabetes community
Read More »Cholera Confirmed In Florida Woman Who Traveled To Haiti
“The first known case of cholera in the United States linked to the outbreak in Haiti was confirmed Wednesday by health officials who said a southwest Florida woman contracted the disease while visiting family
Read More »Cholera Case Confirmed In Dominican Republic; Haitian Protestors Blame U.N. Peacekeeping Troops For Cholera Outbreak
Officials on Tuesday said they had confirmed the first case of cholera in Haiti’s neighbor, the Dominican Republic, the Associated Press/Forbes reports (11/16). Bautista Rojas, the Dominican health minister, said the patient is a
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