Based on a patent by Sangui, the technology for a spray aiming at improved healing of chronic wounds is now available. According to a notification by SastoMed GmbH a certification as class III medical product was granted. Global licensee SastoMed will be in charge of marketing and distribution.

The Randox Acusera Liquid Immunoassay Control is designed to be both easy and convenient to use. The recent inclusion of fully assayed target values and ranges for over 40 analytes enables laboratories to reduce the number of controls used and ultimately reduce costs.

Focus MaculaPro is a leading macular health vitamin in the United States and is sold in more retina specialists' offices than any other eye vitamin on the market. Focus MaculaPro up until now has only been available to patients through their retina specialist. Now, however, Covalent Medical has ...

April marks National Cancer Control Month, which focuses on the importance of prevention, treatment and research in the fight against cancer.

Experts from Drexel University are available to comment on a new study on autism prevalence released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A study of more than 18,000 children across England found that embedding mental health support in schools as part of the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) programme led to greater improvements in self-reported behavioural problems among primary pupils. The benefits were even more pronounced where schools also provided pupils ...

USAID's water team on Thursday, World Water Day, published a new edition of their Global Waters Magazine to recognize the day, according to USAID's IMPACTblog.

(Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) The Lung Genomics Research Consortium -- an alliance of scientists at five US institutions -- has published a new website that makes a broad range of genomic data on chronic lung disease available in a format specifically tailored to investigators' needs.

Healthper, Inc., a social game-based health engagement and achievement platform, announced today the launch of a mobile application for Apple mobile devices.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) A study conducted by researchers from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program and the Food Trust at the Clark Park Farmers' Market has found that making it easier for vendors to collect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamp) payments with electronic point-of-sale systems ...

The National Institutes of Health and Eli Lilly and Company will generate a publicly available resource to profile the effects of thousands of approved and investigational medicines in a variety of sophisticated disease-relevant testing systems, NIH announced today.

A new topical gel now available by prescription significantly decreases the amount of time needed to treat actinic keratosis, a skin condition that is a common precursor to skin cancer, according to a multi-center trial led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The gel, called ingenol mebutate, ...