Compulsive Eating Similar to Drug Addiction, Researchers Say

We often use drug analogies in relation to food–claiming we’re “addicted” to our favorite snack, or joking about being “chocoholics.”  For some people, however, the addiction may be real. A new study from the Scripps Research Institute has shown that the molecular...

FDA, Clinical Trial News: $ABIO, $GENZ, $KV-A, $SLXP

By Mike Havrilla, mikehavrx.com Shares of ARCA Biopharma (NASDAQ:ABIO) are soaring today on news of an issued patent that includes the methods of treating heart failure patients with Gencaro (bucindolol) based on genetic testing. ABIO also reported that it has submitted a revised pivotal study protocol to...

Small Devices May Pack a Big Punch

Portable medical devices offer distinct advantages over their larger counterparts: They are convenient for home use and allow patients more freedom of movement. Due to their smaller size, they may require less power and cost less to manufacture. According to e-zine Electronics Components World, the global...

Vertigo, Motion Sickness

Spatial Disorientation. Company has developed a non-drug, non-invasive treatment for spatial disorientation and motion sickness that is commonly experienced in water, air, and land travels. This technology uses a head set apparatus to provide visual information that stabilizes an individual’s positional...

Aortic Intervention, Endoscopy

Medical Devices. The company is a leading provider in medical devices in a wide range of medical fields. In aortic intervention they have developed an array of cardiovascular grafts, in critical care antibiotic impregnated catheters, and in endoscopy the first endoscopic ultrasound system. The company also...

Implantable prosthetics

Medical Devices. The company is a leading provider in medical devices including: various implantable prosthetics for the hip, a knee reconstruction system, soft tissue repair products, rotor cuff repair system, and a neurological disorder sector that contains drug pumps, shunt systems, and neurovascular...

Diabetes

Medical Devices.  The company has developed an infrared skin thermometer to diagnostically prevent a progressive diabetic condition, the development of skin lesions (ulcers) in the foot that arise because patients apply increased pressure to the foot due to a loss of feeling there. Foot ulcers can lead to...

Injection Systems, Cancer, Anesthesia

Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals. The company is both a medical devices and pharmaceutical company that specializes in the injection delivery of drugs. The medical devices division has developed various injection products that include the ADD-Vantage system that consists of a generic drug vial that mixes...