The Internet can be an effective tool in helping inactive adults to get moving, a new study suggests. Researchers at The Miriam Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University found that web-based intervention programs aimed at changing the behavior of sedentary adults were just as effective as traditional, print-based programs.
IDM Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDMI) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 12 to 2 that the results of INT 0133, the Phase 3 trial, do not provide substantial evidence of effectiveness of Junovan (mifamurtide) in the treatment of patients with non-metastatic, resectable osteosarcoma receiving combination chemotherapy.
More than 13,300 friends and family of those devastated by giant tornados last Friday evening in southwestern Kansas checked the ?Safe and Well? website, a collaboration between the American Red Cross and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
DNA Worldwide launched the sale of Early gender test kit on its website 189 pounds. The test is being sold on the internet that enables parents to check the sex of the unborn baby at just six weeks.
The charity Asthma UK has issued advice for asthma sufferers following forecasts that summer 2007 is likely to be one of the hottest on record.
Strict action will be taken against those indulging in human organ theft, Rajya Sabha, India was informed.
Employers can blame hay fever for the loss of millions of hours of work productivity this spring. A new study of nearly 600 people with hay fever symptoms, including sneezing, watery eyes and runny and itchy noses, found that workers missed an hour of work per week during peak hay fever season.
A Medical College of Wisconsin and Children?s Research Institute team in Milwaukee has created a free, searchable genetic database that will significantly improve diagnostic testing and genetic tracking of human and animal influenza viruses. The site, which is automatically updated weekly, will also facilitate rapid response as new virus strains emerge to cause either annual epidemics or the next pandemic.
On Friday, April 20, SmartPak initiated a voluntary recall of a single production run of the LiveSmart Weight Management Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food.
Australians travelling overseas are being urged to make their first stop the Smartraveller website to ensure they are prepared for their trip and return home safely, in a new national television and print promotional campaign.