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Many mistakenly believe recall involves national brands of peanut butter and are not aware of the range of products involved
A new national survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the vast majority (93%) of Americans have heard or read about the recent ongoing recall of peanut products. Among those who are Continue Reading »

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) (the "Company" or "Ligand") announced positive preliminary results from the Phase IIb study for PS433540, the first-in-class Dual Acting Receptor Agonist (DARA) that targets the angiotensin and endothelin receptors.
The 261-patient, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled study evaluated Continue Reading »

VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced it has initiated a second pivotal Phase 3 study of avanafil, its investigational new drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Avanafil is a next-generation, fast-acting, Continue Reading »

"Factors Associated With Self-Reported Depression in Arab-, Chaldean-, and African-Americans" (.pdf), Ethnicity & Disease: Researchers led by Hikmet Jamil of Wayne State University and colleagues surveyed 3,543 adults of Arab, Chaldean and African backgrounds living in Detroit, seeking to determine ethnicity-specific Continue Reading »

Scientists in the United States say they have discovered a link between heart disease and erectile dysfunction - they say in some cases that risk is doubled.
The researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say they have found that men who experience erectile dysfunction between the ages of 40 and 49 are twice as likely to develop heart disease than men without the problem.
According to a new study the highest Continue Reading »

A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, concludes that people who have nightmares following a suicide attempt are five times more likely to attempt suicide again, compared with those who do not have nightmares.
The study included 165 patients aged 18-69 years, who were being treated at somatic and psychiatric departments following a suicide attempt Continue Reading »

A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month’s murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg."
Sampson Blair, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at UB, says, "Family murder-suicide is still relatively uncommon, but I expect an increase Continue Reading »

The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country’s psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who lived closest to the sites of the terrorist attacks experienced heightened levels of stress and anxiety in the months following the September Continue Reading »

The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund has awarded 20 Advocacy in Action grants totaling $100,000 to member organizations selected by a competitive application process to assist groups in forwarding advocacy locally.
"These grants offer our member organizations support as they work to advance our goal of eradicating breast cancer," said Fran Visco, president of NBCCF. "The public Continue Reading »

generic zithromax online buy A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health shows that developing antibodies to cockroach and mouse proteins is associated with a greater risk for wheeze, hay fever, and eczema in preschool urban children as young as three years of age. Continue Reading »