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European Nanotechnology Project Compiled Open-Access Nanotoxicology Database
Nanotechnology has led to advances in many diverse areas, including medicine and health care, information technology (IT), energy, household and consumer products. An EU-funded project has set up a web-based information system to provide information on impact of nanoparticles on health, safety and the environment. Read More »
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EWG Releases 2014 Pesticides In Produce ‘Dirty Dozen’ And ‘Clean Fifteen’: Apples Worst Offender, Once Again
The Environmental Working Group has released its 2014 editions of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’ guides to pesticides on produce. Read More »
Ex-Felons Are About To Get Health Coverage
Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Read More »
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Exosomes And Microvesicles Journal, a new Open Access publication
InTech Open Access publisher is pleased to announce the collaboration with the American Society for Exosomes and Microvesicles (ASEMV) to publish the scientific journal Exosomes and Microvesicles, a peer-reviewed publication designed to bring together exosomes principles, scientific research and clinical applications. Read More »
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Expensive Healthcare Doesn’t Help Americans Live Longer
Among developed countries, a new report says, the U.S. ranks very low in translating health dollars into longer lives—particularly for women Read More »
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Farm-Drug Companies Agree To Antibiotics Ban. More Of The Same, Or Fresh Start?
Big news in the realm of agricultural antibiotics: For the first time in almost 37 years of trying, the US Food and Drug Administration has achieved some control over the meat-industry practice of routinely giving antibiotics to livestock. The drawback: The control comes in the form of a voluntary commitment by veterinary drug manufacturers [...]. Read More »
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Farmworker Study Ties Drug-Resistant Staph To Animal Antibiotics
Authors of a paper published online by the open-access journal PLOS ONE reported livestock-associated MRSA and multidrug-resistant staph linked to livestock were present only among workers exposed to industrial livestock operations. Read More »
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FCC Rural Healthcare Broadband Pilots Improve Care
Broadband networks for healthcare providers have proven that they can improve quality and lower the cost of care in rural area by reducing time to access critical and life-saving treatment and increasing resources to diagnose conditions. Read More »
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FDA Approves First Robotic Exoskeleton For Paralyzed Users
...the United States Food and Drug Administration approved ReWalk Robotics' personal exoskeleton for marketing in the U.S...
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FDA Finally Imposes Some Controls On Agricultural Antibiotics. Sort Of.
This morning, the US Food and Drug Administration dropped some long-awaited-but-still-big news regarding the use of antibiotics in meat production. Tl;dr: The FDA asked (but did not compel) the livestock industry to stop using the micro-dose “growth promoter” antibiotics that are widely believed to contribute to increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria in animals, food and humans. Read More »
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FDA Lays Out Rules For Some Smartphone Health Apps
Food and Drug Administration officials say they will begin regulating a new wave of applications and gadgets that work with smartphones to take medical readings and help users monitor their health. Read More »
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FDA Plays Chicken With Antibiotics: Newly Disclosed Documents Reveal Agency's "High Risk" Gamble With Human Health
Here’s some unfortunate, but not so surprising news: The Food and Drug Administration has allowed 30 potentially harmful antibiotic additives to remain approved for use in food animals (cows, pigs and chickens), even though the agency’s own scientists found them to pose a risk to human health or lack necessary data on safety. Read More »
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FDA Scrutinizes Antibacterial Products For Hormonal Disruption, Bacterial Resistance
[...] The FDA has announced that it is formally reconsidering “antibacterial” soaps and other personal-care products, charging that the antibacterial ingredients confer no benefit over regular soap and water while carrying extra risks. Read More »
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Feeding A Disease With Fake Drugs
Thanks to billions of dollars spent on diagnosis and treatment [for tuberculosis] over the past decade, deaths and infections are slowly declining. Yet a disturbing phenomenon has emerged that could not only reverse any gains we’ve made, but also encourage the spread of a newly resistant form of the disease. Read More »
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First NHS Hack Day In London
The first NHS Hack Day will be held in London at the end of next week, to bring together doctors, developers and designers. Read More »
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