Heart Disease Not Associated with eating Foods Fried in Olive Oil
Digital News Report – A new study concluded that eating foods fried in olive oil did not have a link to heart disease. The study was led by Professor Pilar Guallar-Castillón from Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain and the results were published online at bmj.com.
In Spain, olive and sunflower oil is typically used for [...]
Weight Loss Diet – Extra Calories equals extra Body Fat
Digital News Report – Weight loss is one of the top New Year’s Resolutions and there are so many diets available, it is difficult to know where to get started. A recent study published in the January issue of JAMA found that protein can help preserve muscle mass, but if you overeat you will [...]
New Troponin I Blood Test could screen for Heart Attacks Faster
Digital News Report – Researchers from Germany found a highly sensitive Troponin I blood test could help identify a heart attack within three hours compared to the current test that can take up to 12 – 16 hours to insure an accurate result. The study was reported in the December 28 issue of the [...]
Coma Patient Wakes Up in Nick of Time
Digital News Report – A comatose patient in Arizona awoke from his coma just hours before he was to be taking off of life support.
Sam Schmid, a 21 year-old college student, was involved in a car accident on October 19th 2011. After the accident, which caused a severe brain injury leaving him [...]
Children’s Breakfast Cereals can have more sugar than a Twinkie or Cookies
Digital News Report – Would you give your child cookies or a Hostess Twinkie snack cake for breakfast? If you add a multi-vitamin with these dessert treats, you just might be better off than eating a bowl of sugared breakfast cereal. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) organization released a scathing report on the [...]
Walgreens is giving out Free Flu Shot Vouchers
Digital News Report – Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) announced that they are giving out over $10 million worth of free flu shot voucher to those that don’t have insurance and cannot afford to pay for it. Helping to distribute the vouchers include the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and local public [...]
Liptor Atorvastatin – Now available in Generic Versions
Digital News Report – Pfizer Inc., the maker of the brand name Lipitor cholesterol lowering medication, will no longer be the only company manufacturing the drug atorvastatin, because it is now allowed to be sold as a generic drug as of November 30, 2011.
Generic versions of the same drug are just as effective as the [...]
Sleep Apnea Patients Benefit from HGNS
Digital News Report – Researchers at the John Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center say that Hypoglossal nerve stimulation can increase airflow in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients.
“With HGNS, airflow increased in all of our patients, and increased progressively with stimulus amplitude,” according to Alan R. Schwartz, MD, medical director of the Sleep Center at Johns Hopkins [...]
Avastin Removed from FDA Breast Cancer Approved Drug List
Digital News Report – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement Friday indicating that Avastin (bevacizumab) has not been shown to be safe and “effective” against breast cancer.
The drug is still approved and remains on the market for colon, lung, kidney and brain cancer. Avastin was first approved in 2004 [...]
Eylea Wet AMD Treatment approved by FDA
Digital News Report – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of Eylea (aflibercept) for treatment of wet (neovascular) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This is the leading cause of blindness for people over the age of 60 in the United States.
Eylea was studied in two clinical trials of 2,412 adults over [...]