| 1 Oct 2013 |
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Weekly top stories
 | [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Originally the main function of the Bizcommunity Press Office was as a simple conduit for company news and to distribute press releases, but since it has evolved and expanded into a hub where clients can monitor performance of their publicity and manage their recruitment advertising. Read more >> visit press office >> |
 | With chronic disease-related deaths in South Africa reaching epidemic levels, a new collaboration - iChange4Health - is finding ways to educate South Africans about the lifestyle risks and what they can do to reduce them. Read more >> |
 | Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia and can affect anyone, as it's not associated with any particular race, gender or culture. Being prepared for its possible onset should form part of everybody's financial lifestyle planning. Read more >> |
 | Results from a breakthrough clinical trial investigating the efficacy and tolerability of treatments for heartburn and indigestion (functional dyspepsia) have revealed that the natural medicine Iberogast works as well as the leading proton pump inhibitor (esomeprazole/Nexiam), with less chance of symptoms recurring after stopping treatment. Read more >> |
 | The National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NAPM) believes that a switch of 5% of the volume of branded medicines to a generic equivalent could save the healthcare industry and patients in excess of R400-million per year. Read more >> |
 | Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that weeks of treatment with a repurposed FDA-approved drug halted the growth of - and ultimately left no detectable trace of - brain tumor cells taken from adult human patients. Read more >> |
 | [Karen N. Peart] Becoming obese or remaining lean can depend on the dynamics of the mitochondria, the body's energy-producing "battery," according to two new studies by Yale School of Medicine researchers featured as the cover story in the 26 September 2013, issue of the journal Cell. Read more >> |
There is an urgent need for the government to regulate calories and fats in food to curb obesity and hypertension in poor communities. Read more >>
 | The mood changes of a 'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein, which sometimes boosts tumour cell growth and at other times suppresses it, have been explained in a new study led by Oxford University researchers. Read more >> |
Boehringer Ingelheim announced yesterday, 26 September 2013, that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for afatinib monotherapy, for the treatment of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) TKI-naïve adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating EGFR mutation(s). Read more >>
 | [Karen N. Peart] The number of infants sharing a bed with their caregivers increased between 1993 and 2010, especially among black and Hispanic families, but this unhealthy trend could be reversed with education from healthcare providers, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers. Their findings are published in the 30 September 2013 issue of JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter on Wednesday, 25 September, launched a system for emergency alerts which can help spread critical information when other lines of communication are down. Read more >> |
 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese camera company Olympus agreed to pay US$2.6m to settle a US investor claim stemming from a huge accounting scandal that hammered its shares. Read more >> |
More International
The Financial and Fiscal Commission has called on the government to act speedily to put in place a funding plan to move towards full funding of minimum norms and standards for child welfare services. Read more >>
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