A new study by Australian researchers suggests regular probiotic consumption may do more than promote a healthy gut; it could help reduce and regulate blood pressure. […]

The Millennium Declaration was a promise to reduce HIV, malaria and tuberculosis - adopted by governments worldwide in 2000. A new analysis examines the impact of the Declaration. […]

Scientists from the UK have identified a rare gene variant associated with developing severe chronic conditions such as schizophrenia that could lead to new treatment targets. […]

By using samples of beating heart tissue, a scientist in the UK has developed a way to test a new drug's effects on the heart without using animal or human trials. […]

A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago finds that circumcised African men are less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, reducing their risk of HIV. […]

The largest ever study into the heritability of autism finds that nearly 60% of autism risk is genetic. Also, these genes are mostly common among the general population. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Monday in favor of two tobacco companies that challenged a 2011 U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee report on menthol cigarettes, finding three of the panel's members had conflicts of interests. […]

LONDON (Reuters) - A group of seven leading drugmakers has agreed to share an array of neglected experimental medicines with British academic researchers in the latest example of the deepening ties between industry and external scientists. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An upstart U.S. food technology company has developed a unique fermentation process using mushrooms to reduce bitterness in cocoa beans that it believes will cut sugar content in chocolate candy. […]

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "may never know" how a fairly harmless form of bird flu was cross-contaminated with a dangerous bird flu strain before it was sent to a laboratory outside of the CDC, an agency spokesman said on Monday. […]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthcare professionals can play a role in addressing human trafficking and sexual exploitation, according to two new reports. […]

LONDON (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak has not hurt foreign investment in Sierra Leone but will inevitably require more spending to fight it, the country's foreign minister said on Monday. […]

Advanced bare-metal stent provides additional treatment option for interventional cardiologists and patients. Boston ScientificNews Well, Press Release, Regulatory/Clearance, Bare-Metal Stents, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Pre-Market Approval (PMA), Stentsread more […]

Medtech titan Boston Scientific lands FDA approval for its Rebel bare-metal stent, made of the company's proprietary platinum chromium alloy. Massachusetts medical device giant Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) today announced FDA approval for the latest in its line of coronary stents, the Rebel bare-metal stent. Boston ScientificNews Well, Regulatory/Cleara […]

Wall Street rallies as dental laser maker Biolase raises $12 million through a private placement round, even as the company deals with an ongoing civil war involving ousted CEO Federico Pignatelli. California-based Biolase (NSDQ:BIOL) announced today that it secured $12 million in a private placement funding round, even as the company weathers the internal t […]

A new Federal Circuit Court ruling means Align Technology can move forward with a patent infringement case against rival ClearCorrect. Dental devices maker Align Technology (NSDQ:ALGN) touted a Federal Circuit Court ruling issued this month, calling it a "total win for Align." Align Technology Inc., ClearCorrect, OrthoClearLegal News, News Well, De […]

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German surgeons are the world's 1st to use Medrobotics' Flex surgical robot to remove cancerous lesions, launching the company's postmarket clinical trial. Medtech maker Medrobotics celebrated the world's 1st cancer surgeries performed with its Flex surgical robot in a pair of procedures conducted at a hospital in Germany. MedroboticsNews […]