Leeds Research Finds New Piece Of BSE Puzzle

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

New research funded mainly through the Wellcome Trust with additional support from the Medical Research Council shows that a new treatment route for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and its human form Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) could be a step closer. The research carried out by scientists at the ...

SafeStitch Medical, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance To Market The AMID StaplerTM For Hernia Repairs

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:SFES) announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to market its AMID StaplerTM in the U.S. with the intended use in general surgery procedures for fixation of mesh, in the repair of hernia defects and in other ...

Vegetarian Sports Nutrition Can You Achieve A High Level Of Fitness Using A Vegetarian Food Base

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Vegetarian athletes have special needs to be able to perform at a higher level of energy than those who don’t exert themselves athletically each and every day. Vegetarian sports nutrition and calorie intake are very important to consistently help your body to perform at it’s best. Most ...

Aterovax’s SPLA2 Activity Test Significantly Improves Prediction Of Cardiovascular Events In Large Prospective Study

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Aterovax SA, a company developing innovative products for atherosclerosis, today announced data demonstrating that its blood test for secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) activity significantly improves cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) over a 5 year period, independent of established risk markers, including C-reactive ...