The U.S Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug Aubagio, a one-time a day tablet for adults who have relapsing kinds of multiple sclerosis (or MS). Aubagio will enter the $12 billion a year market to help sufferers of the debilitating disease. Should Aubagio’s popularity soar, it would mean big money for Sanofi-Aventis, its […]
Millions of bald or balding men around the world may have their prayers answered: scientists might actually have the reason for baldness, which is a scalp chemical that keeps hair from continuing to grow. Drugs have already been developed to block the protein but for other reasons. Thus, it won’t be long before a hair […]
Thanks to a recently-passed California law, both PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. are making changes to the caramel coloring that are in their sodas. The California law demands that drinks that have a specific carcinogenic level will need to have a cancer warning label. Both companies have said the changes will have national impact, as […]
According to the CDC, the number of obese people in the United States has remained relatively the same as 10 years ago. In 2009, the CDC said that nearly 36 percent of adults and 17 percent of children were considered obese. These high obesity rates have stayed constant. These numbers have only increased slightly since […]
In an announcement that stunned the medical community and industry this past week, doctors at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in California announced that their clinical trials using adult stem cells has resulted in astonishing improvements for patients who had suffered both heart attacks and resulting congestive heart failure. The improvements were so astonishing that further […]
Researchers from the United States and India are in the process of developing a device that could diagnose tuberculosis in symptomatic patients. The handheld device is known as the Electronic Nose and is similar to the breathalyzer that police use to detect alcohol on a person’s breath. The Electronic Nose will have sensors that were […]
In a medical breakthrough that is shocking the world, news comes from the Royal Marsden Hospital in London that a powerful drug has proven itself so successful in treating prostate cancer that trials which normally take years have been stopped and the treatment will be available for men around the world. News has spread like […]
When it comes to new inventions in the fight against crime, scientists have come up with a straw that detects date rape drugs. Date rape drugs are drugs that render a person unconscious thereby allowing other people to take advantage of them. This straw which is actually a sensor that is straw shaped can identify […]
A study of identical twins at Stamford University and University of California- San Francisco (UCSF) showed the possibility of autism to be caused by environmental factors. This finding is likely to swing in the emphasis of research into developmental disorder. These factors, which include conditions in the womb, could be at least as significant as […]
A study has shown that drinking too much alcohol could be associated to deaths from pancreatic cancer. The authors of the study wrote that pancreatitis is commonly acquired by those who consume too much alcohol. The study, which examines the relation between pancreatic cancer and alcohol consumption, was conducted by researchers from the American Cancer […]