November2016
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Post-meal hyperglycaemia is associated with a negative impact on quality of life for people with diabetes
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: The aim of this analysis was to quantify the impact of PPG control on HRQL of people with diabetes, expressed as health utilities using a TTO approach. In the first stage of the study,... -
Novartis wins two prestigious prix galien foundation awards
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: Considered “the pharmaceutical industry’s Nobel Prize,” the Prix Galien rewards excellence in scientific innovation that improves the state of human health. The award was first established in 1970 by French pharmacist Roland Mehl and... -
Tiger Woods to make comeback in Bahamas next month
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: Former world number one Tiger Woods will make his competitive comeback at next month’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, an event which he hosts, after being sidelined for more than a year. “I... -
Washington state investigating possible cluster of rare condition
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: A possible cluster of cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a rare condition that causes weakness or paralysis in children, is being investigated in King County, Washington, the state health department said on Tuesday. King... -
R.J. Reynolds loses bid to end TV anti-smoking ad requirement
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected R.J. Reynolds’ bid to void a decade-old order requiring tobacco companies to televise “corrective” advertisements about the dangers of smoking. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said... -
Valeant in talks to sell Salix stomach-drug unit in $10 billion deal
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc said on Tuesday it is in talks with third parties to sell its Salix stomach-drug business and other assets. The drugmaker did not name the potential buyers it was... -
Shares soar; Palatin female sexual desire drug succeeds in trials
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: A drug meant to boost the libido of pre-menopausal women distressed by lack of sexual desire met the main goals of a pair of late stage clinical trials, according to initial results released on... -
Some kids are genetically more vulnerable to food advertising
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: Children exposed to food advertisements are more likely to overeat, especially if they have a specific version of a gene linked to obesity, a recent study suggests. A gene known as the fat mass... -
The world outpace resistance to eradicate malaria by 2040
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a global health and education charity set up by the Microsoft founder and his wife, has set a target of eradicating malaria by 2040. Yet efforts to end... -
Tank battles and Stalin selfies at Belarussian war museum
Nov 2, 2016News Hour: At Belarus’s Stalin Line museum visitors can watch reenactments of World War Two battles, fire Soviet-era weapons and even pose for photographs next to a wreath-decked monument to Josef Stalin himself. The open air...
