Fish oil, it’s been touted as an answer to Alzheimers, arthritis and even weight-loss but now a Queensland University of Technology researcher will test its health benefits in people with chronic kidney disease.
Federal Health Minister Tony Clement joined the Canadian Lung Association to announce the development of a national action plan to improve the respiratory health of Canadians.
Novartis has received a positive opinion supporting European U nion approval of its cell culture-derived seasonal influenza vaccine Optaflu?, which is aiming to become the first influenza vaccine to utilize a mammalian cell line, rather than chicken eggs, for antigen production.
Serotonin is a major signaling chemical in the brain, and it has long been thought to be involved in aggressive behavior in a wide variety of animals as well as in humans. Another brain chemical signal, neuropeptide Y (known as neuropeptide F in invertebrates), is also known to affect an array of behaviors in many species, including territoriality in mice.
Surgery is about to change with the introduction of a new surgical robotic system at the University of Calgary/Calgary Health Region. NeuroArm aims to revolutionize neurosurgery and other branches of operative medicine by liberating them from the constraints of the human hand.
The United States India Business Council (USIBC) has applauded the decision of Abbott to significantly reduce the cost of its life-saving drug, Kaletra (a protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS), in 40 developing countries, including, India.
More than half a million people in the European U_nion and a million in the United States suffer from disorders in or serious defects of some part of their bone structure. Operations involving grafts or implants, required to mitigate the damage, depend decisively on the materials used.
If you are one of the 370,000 Americans who lack functioning kidneys, you are all too familiar with the exhausting procedure of kidney dialysis. Three or four times every week, you visit a special clinic and sit for four hours as your blood is removed, cleaned and returned to your body.
Fashions come and go at a surprisingly steady rate, new research suggests, driven by a small minority of innovators amidst a majority of people copying each other.
In an era of increasing death and illness from heart and blood vessel disease — which also can impair kidney function — Mayo Clinic researchers have designed two promising new cardiovascular treatment approaches.