Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Adventist Health—a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 75 communities in California, Oregon and Hawaii—has received a positive…
Oxford BioDynamics and Holos Life Sciences will together develop non-invasive epigenetic biomarkers associated with sports-related concussions, Oxford said Monday.
Probably depends on where you live, and how the older folks trust the new machinery, but there are questions raised…
If you are unemployed, keeping fit and healthy should be a priority. Exercise releases serotonin in the brain, helping you…
Spending 90% of our time indoors, it is vital that we pay close attention to the quality of air we…
Could a seemingly harmless hobby of pottering in the garden be fatal? In some cases it has. With one million adults in the U.S. every year hospitalized with pneumonia and increasing antibiotic resistance of the illness, most people would hope to avoid contracting it. However, one of the less obvious ways pneumonia can be contracted is through the legionella bacteria, and this is where the gardener can fall victim to the deadly illness. Although cases are rare, the high mortality rate associated with pneumonia, particularly for those with weakened immune systems such the young, the frail and the old, means that this risk should not be overlooked.
Pneumonia is a well-known word with many unknowns about it. Does having a cough mean pneumonia? Why are elders more…
To mark World Heart Day, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has partnered with Novo Nordisk to launch the first-ever multi-country online survey investigating the level of CVD awareness and knowledge among people living with type 2 diabetes.
On Tuesday, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), and Baxter International, a global leader in nutrition therapy, announced “SmartPN,” a comprehensive collaboration providing healthcare professionals with educational tools on the appropriate use of parenteral nutrition (PN) therapy.
When women are pregnant they take care to eat right and refrain from smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. But what…