Clinical trials of an experimental treatment for adults with leukemia were abruptly stalled by the Food and Drug Administration after two patients died of complications from neurotoxicity last week. Juno Therapeutics, a development-stage biotechnology company, has been experimenting with treatments that use immune cells, or T-cells, engineered to attack cancerous acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells in…
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New data shows that fitness advertisers have more ways to reach potential consumers. According to Entrepreneur.com, creating “buyer personas” is a much more cost effective strategy for advertisers than just putting a message out to the masses and hoping a specific target market responds. The buyer personas show what exactly your ideal consumer takes into…
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Mobile applications worldwide bring in an estimated $35 billion in revenue annually. Even still, when the apps concern personal health, they are not as effective as they may seem. A recent study from Georgetown University researchers has revealed that fertility apps are unsuccessful in helping women avoid or achieve a pregnancy. After conducting a review…
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Alzheimer’s is one of the biggest health concerns in the country; it’s the sixth leading cause of death, and its devastating symptoms have an quantifiable emotional and physical toll. And one of the most frustrating things about it is that research on the condition doesn’t seem to have gone anywhere. But a new startup in…
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New research aims to stress once again just how important it is for children and adults alike to turn off the screens and step outside for active play on a regular basis. Dr. John Reilly and his colleagues at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland recently released “The Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card 2016,”…
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a weight loss stomach device that pumps food directly out of a person’s stomach after they eat. The device was marked with the FDA stamp of approval on June 14, 2016. According to USA Today, the device, called the AspireAssist, should only be used by adults over the…
Learn MoreOne woman is leading a revolution in the world of fitness fashion, paving the way for small athletic apparel companies to compete against corporate giants like Nike. Seven years ago, Sally Bergesen started a women’s running-clothes company called Oiselle. She had a simple mission: design an attractive pair of running shorts. Over the years, she…
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The business world hasn’t been very good to print publications in recent times as the internet era continues to grow. Rodale Inc., a health and wellness publisher of an array of titles, just took another hit, but this one was allegedly something they could have prevented. According to The Morning Call, Rodale has decided to…
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Recent studies show that those who do visit a doctor to treat their chronic pain are being prescribed more and more opioids for pain therapy. As a result, the increase in strong prescription painkillers among the American public may be fueling the current opioid drug epidemic plaguing the United States. A survey completed at the…
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A new state-of-the-art running shoe has recently been introduced to the fitness fashion world. Adidas’s ocean plastic shoes are part of a larger campaign to show that sea trash can be recycled into products that consumers actually want. In collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, a nonprofit that fights against ocean plastic waste, Adidas created…
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