The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to open two offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, with the first opening in the Indian capital by the end of this year.
This is an indication of substantial increase in exports of food and medicines from India to the US. Besides India, FDA would also open its offices in China, Europe and Latin America.
“FDA personnel in India would work closely with Indian regulators and Indian industries shipping Read the rest of this entry »
MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has approved Promacta (eltrombopag) to treat a rare
condition in which the body attacks its own blood platelets.
Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) affects about
60,000 people in the United States, according to a news release
from the drug's maker, GlaxoSmithKline. ITP patients often
bleed from small blood vessels, resulting in bruising, nosebleeds
and in rare Read the rest of this entry »
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Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell wants to meet this week with corporate officials to hash out a possible $40 million bailout of the ailing Southern Regional Medical Center.
Bell, who voted last week against helping the Riverdale hospital, said he wants some guarantees the money will be used wisely.
“I am not at all behind the hospital’s position but the residents need this hospital,” Bell said. “I want Read the rest of this entry »
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) — Senator
, presenting the
first Democratic health plan since President-elect
's victory, said all Americans should be required to have
insurance once coverage is made affordable.
Baucus of Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, said in a health-care blueprint released today that
only a mandate could ensure people didn't wait until they were
ill to buy health insurance, forcing up the price for everyone. Read the rest of this entry »
A University of Arizona research team has secured a $44 million National Institutes of Health contract to study genetic and environmental factors that impact children’s health.
The six-year contract is part of the nationwide National Children’s Study that aims to follow 100,000 children from birth through age 21 to discover genetic and environmental triggers for diseases such as autism, asthma and diabetes.
UA is one of 36 new or existing study Read the rest of this entry »
By
Barbara Quinn, McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers
In print: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
I was doing what any self-respecting dietitian does with friends at the beach . . . reading the label on the bag of corn chips. I was surprised that this particular brand was lower in sodium than other snack foods I’ve seen.
“I’ve tried to follow a low sodium diet to lower my blood pressure,” my friend said. “It’s tough.”
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That vegetarian diet stuff? It works!
Our Health columnist Jane Glenn Haas chronicles her Losers Club quest to get in better shape.
Yes, I did.
I lost a pound.
Then gained back about 8 ounces when I “broke” my vegetarian diet for a delicious meal featuring sole at Scott’s Seafood. OK, not just the fish but also a martini and a glass of wine.
But here’s the important thing: I lost weight going vegetarian.
And I destroyed the plateau. I’ve Read the rest of this entry »
finds that white medical students are more
likely to consider themselves highly prepared to provide care for
minority populations if they attended schools with racial and
ethnically diverse student bodies.
Under the belief that diversity exposes students to a broader field of
ideas, experiences, and perspectives, most medical schools in the
United States explicitly try to keep their student bodies racially and
ethnically varied. The schools also Read the rest of this entry »
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer might benefit from a healthier diet that includes foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and minimizes refined foods and red meat, according to the results of a study published in the
.
Although this diet was not shown to impact breast cancer-related outcomes, it was associated with a decreased risk of overall death and death from causes other than breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the Read the rest of this entry »