Report finds chemicals in one-third of fast food packaging

Most of the time, when you order fast food, you know exactly what you’re getting: an inexpensive meal that tastes great but is probably loaded with fat, cholesterol and sodium. But it turns out that the packaging your food comes in could also have a negative impact on your health, according to a report published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

HHS Nominee Tom Price Targeted Panel That Urged Fewer Cancer Screenings

If the last few years are any guide, one group that may find itself in the crosshairs of Rep. Tom Price, President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is an influential panel of medical experts. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, a group of mostly physician and academics from top universities, reviews medical practices to see whether they are supported by research and evidence.

Scientists shocked by discovery about brains

… USC Viterbi School of Engineering. The researchers analyzed data of 3,647 65- to 79-year-old women from the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS). These women lived across 48 states and did not have dementia when they enrolled. The …

PerformTex Expands to Meet Market Demands

PerformTexa is a Pennsylvania-based company that has grown to become an authority on kinesiology tape across the entire United States. They offer moisture wicking therapy tape that comes in three strengths as well as the first ever pediatric kinetic tape, which is exclusively for children.

Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club offering daily golf/spa credit to Florida residents

The AAA Four-Diamond-rated Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club on Florida’s West Coast is offering a very enticing $50 Daily Golf/Spa Credit to Florida residents for stays through Apr. 30. Taking advantage of this appealing offer is a terrific way to experience the resort’s dramatically redesigned – almost reinvented – championship golf course, which reopened in November 2016 following an impressive $9 million redesign with input from golf icon Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with noted course architect John Sanford. Not a golfer; not a problem.

The new healthcare crisis? Doctor burnout, thanks to paperwork.

Although Direct Primary Care remains controversial among physicians and health policy experts, it nevertheless has gained traction in many local communities and supporters are anxiously awaiting the fate of a national bill that further empowers the model. Today’s column picks up where my DPC column left off, again looking at some of the problems physicians are facing in the current landscape of healthcare delivery.

New analysis reveals low incidence of liver cancer in patients with cirrhosis

Although one of the most serious complications of cirrhosis is liver cancer, or hepatocellular carcinoma , an analysis of health records revealed that the 10-year incidence of HCC in UK patients with cirrhosis is four percent or lower. Only 1.2 percent of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and 1.1 percent of patients with cirrhosis of unknown cause will develop HCC within a decade.

Early learning hub prepares young children for school and life

The Douglas Education Service District’s Early Learning Hub was the topic of a Talking Health program on News Radio 1240 KQEN. Analicia Nicholson, director of education services at the E.S.D. in Roseburg, was interviewed about parenting education and the goal of the Early Learning Hub to equip young children with needed skills for success in schools and life.

Does expecting more pain make it more intense? Factors associated…

Does expecting more pain make it more intense? Factors associated with the first week pain trajectories after breast cancer surgery. The aim of this study was to identify clinical risk factors for unfavorable pain trajectories after breast cancer surgery in order to better understand the association between pain expectation, psychological distress, and acute postoperative pain.

Mother honours daughter’s dream to see musical

THE mother of an inspirational teenager from Cwmbran honoured the wish of her daughter by attending a preview performance of a new musical. Aged only 18, Emily Clark passed away in March of last year from breathing difficulties having previously beaten blood cancer on two occasions.

Roche profit rises on drug, diagnostic tool sales

Roche Holding AG said profit climbed in 2016, as several of its top-selling drugs continued to prosper amid less generic competition than those of the Swiss pharmaceutical giant’s rivals. The company posted net profit of 9.6 billion Swiss francs for 2016, 8% higher than a year earlier.

European researchers highlight potential of xenografts in cancer research and treatment

European research lays the foundation for the development of new and ambitious research projects with xenografts derived from patients, preclinical models with great potential to advance research and treatment in cancer. The review article, published in Nature Reviews Cancer , is the result of the joint work of the European consortium of researchers EurOPDX, which includes different researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute – Catalan Institute of Oncology , among which there are Eva Gonzalez-Suarez and Alberto Villanueva.

Japan’s Takeda committed to single-digit US drug price rises

Japan’s largest drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co, on Wednesday said it would maintain its pricing model in the U.S. market, brushing off demands by U.S. President Donald Trump for drugmakers to offer cheaper drugs. FILE PHOTO – Logos of Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co are seen at an office building in Glattbrugg near Zurich March 7, 2012.

Daniel Cottrell Joins IHC Specialty Benefits as Senior Vice President

The IHC Group announced today the appointment of Daniel Cottrell as Senior Vice President of National Accounts for IHC Specialty Benefits, a subsidiary of the IHC Group. We have an industry leading suite of voluntary products, and the knowledge and relationships that Daniel brings to our organization will be a catalyst to continuing the exceptional growth that IHC has experienced in the specialty health market.

DNA Testing, Bacteria Can’t Hide

… or identify microbes growing in the International Space Station and determining whether or not they represent a health threat.” This space-based DNA sequencer could help protect astronaut health during missions, and future explorers could also use …

Global Auto-Injector Market is Expected to Grow at CAGR 18% and USD 2.9 Billion By 2022

Auto-Injector Device Market Expected To Grow At the CAGR of ~18%, Auto-Injector Market Size Is Expected To Increase by USD 2.9 Billion by the End of 2022 Key Players – SHL Group , Jiangsu Delfu medical device Co., Ltd , Becton, Dickinson and Company , Novartis International AG , Pfizer Inc., Ypsomed Holding AG , Unilife Corporation and Owen Mumford” PUNE, MAHARASTRA, INDIA, February 1, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Market Highlights Auto-Injector Market has been evaluated to be rapidly growing and expected to maintain this growth rate. Moreover, there is a huge possibility that the market will grow further in future.

Ulster boy has ‘The Power’ on his side in cancer battle

A nine-year-old boy undergoing intense cancer treatment has been boosted by the support of a number of high-profile darts players. Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor is among those who have donated shirts which will be auctioned to raise funds for the respite care of Lurgan boy Jack Roycroft who faces a long period of chemotherapy and radiotherapy having had a tumour removed from his kidney before Christmas.

Smoking costs $1.4 tn in health care, labour loss: study

A new report used data from 152 countries representing 97 percent of the world’s smokers in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Smoking cost the world economy more than $1.4 trillion in 2012, and sucked up a twentieth of health care spending, a study said Tuesday.

Roche Sees Sales Boost in 2017 With New Lung Drug on U.S. Market

Roche Holding AG pointed toward rising sales this year as its new cancer immune therapy Tecentriq gains wider use for lung tumors. Revenue will probably rise by a low to mid-single digit percentage at constant exchange rates, the same pace as earnings per share excluding some items, the Basel, Switzerland-based company said in a statement Wednesday.

Cyclophosphamide vs salvage chemotherapy plus G-CSF as…

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the standard treatment option for multiple myeloma and relapsed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients. 2 Chemo-mobilization success depends on the patient’s age, apheresis timing, chemotherapy and immunomodulatory regimens as well as chemotherapy-related adverse events .