Parkinson’s disease: FDA approves Nourianz as an add-on treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Nourianz (istradefylline) tablets as an add-on treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in adult patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experiencing “off” More...
Trump cuts medical funding for research on fetal tissue from abortions
President Donald Trump’s administration announced today that it will no longer allow federal funding for medical research conducted within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the use of human More...
Alabama: Hindus call for an end to the ‘prohibition’ of yoga in public schools
Hindus are urging Alabama to end “prohibition” of yoga in the public schools of the State. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that this “prohibition” was clearly doing a disservice More...
Staggering Facts of Alcohol Abuse
The dangers of tobacco products and tobacco use have been well documented and accepted. Restrictions on smoking are now common in public places and are generally accepted. However, although the dangers of excessive More...
How to Properly Move a Laboratory
Moving a laboratory is inherently dangerous. The materials can be toxic, machinery can be fragile, and the space you are leaving needs to be decontaminated. The risks need to be weighed against the rewards or necessity More...
Parkinson’s disease: Six new genetic risk factors discovered
Using data from over 18,000 patients, scientists have identified more than two dozen genetic risk factors involved in Parkinson’s disease, including six that had not been previously reported. The study, published More...
Update on biological samples found in FDA lab at the NIH
As previously reported, on July 1, 2014, biological samples were found in the cold storage area of U.S. Food and Drug Administration laboratories on the National Institutes of Health campus. The FDA has since acquired More...
Scientific community feels the budget crunch, calls on Washington to remove Budget Control Act caps and sequestration
PRESS RELEASE The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, an organization representing more than 12,000 scientists in the United States and globally, thanks President Barack Obama for reaffirming More...
Antiviral drug cocktail reduces MERS virus in monkeys according to study
With the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) still growing, particularly in the Arabian Peninsula, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are reporting some promising More...
Harvard, NIH Study confirms that highly fluoridated water linked to lowering IQ scores
photo D. Sharon Pruitt from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, USA A Harvard University analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water More...
