Whole grains or no grains? Food labels can be misleading
Food labels contain a wealth of information: calories, serving size, and the amounts of fat, sugar, vitamins, and fiber contained in a food, among other things. But do consumers know how to effectively use this information? A recent study showed that some consumers are struggling, especially when it comes to understanding whole grains.
Recent study highlights consumer confusion
For the study, published in Public Health Nutrition, researchers conducted two experiments to examine consumer understanding of whole grains on food labels. The research, which focused on food labels on bread, cereal, and crackers, was done online a...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN Tags: Health Healthy Eating Nutrition Source Type: blogs
BIOTRONIK ’s Orsiro Ultrathin Coronary Stent Approved in U.S.
BIOTRONIK won FDA approval for its Orsiro drug-eluting coronary stent, an ultrathin device that’s already been approved in Europe for eight years and has been implanted in more than a million patients worldwide.
The Orsiro is a cobalt chromium metal stent that releases sirolimus, which helps to prevent restenosis. This is performed by BIOTRONIK’s proprietary BIOlute bioabsorbable polymer coating, which is infused with the drug and releases it as it breaks down.
The stent is available as narrow as 2.25 mm up to 4.0 mm in diameter and lengths up to 40 mm, which is the longest available in the U.S. for this kind o...
Source: Medgadget - February 25, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
FDA Launches New Campaign to Warn Kids about the Dangers of E-Cigarettes
The FDA launched a new, comprehensive campaign to warn kids about the dangers of e-cigarette use as part of the agency’s Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan.
“The Real Cost” Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign will target nearly 10.7 million at-risk youth through digital platforms, social media, and in-school ads nationwide. With its tagline, “Know the Real Cost of Vaping,” the campaign aims to educate youth that using e-cigarettes, just like cigarettes, puts them at risk for addiction and other health consequences. The messages highlight that nicotine can rewire the brain to crave more nicotine, particularly because...
Source: BHIC - September 19, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Michelle Burda Tags: Children and Teens General Source Type: blogs
Stryker ’s Blood Flow Diverting Stent for Large and Giant Brain Aneurysms Approved in U.S.
Stryker won FDA pre-market approval for its Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter, a device indicated for treatment of large and even giant unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This is only the second flow diverting stent to be approved in the U.S., the first being from Medtronic.
“Surpass Streamline is the first flow diverter indicated for large and giant posterior communicating artery aneurysms. These unruptured aneurysms are more challenging due to their location and surrounding anatomy. Having Surpass approved for this and other locations is an important advantage for physicians and patients,” in a published ...
Source: Medgadget - July 16, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
First Blood Flow Diverting Stent for Large and Giant Brain Aneurysms Approved in U.S.
Stryker won FDA pre-market approval for its Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter, a device indicated for treatment of large and even giant unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This is only the second flow diverting stent to be approved in the U.S., the first being from Medtronic.
“Surpass Streamline is the first flow diverter indicated for large and giant posterior communicating artery aneurysms. These unruptured aneurysms are more challenging due to their location and surrounding anatomy. Having Surpass approved for this and other locations is an important advantage for physicians and patients,” in a published ...
Source: Medgadget - July 16, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Neurosurgery Radiology Source Type: blogs
Isagenix. – Diet Review
Conclusion – Does Isagenix Work?
Isagenix Isalean’s shake is marketed well, but it’s loaded with sugar and calories. There’s also a lot of protein added, but once you research what kinds of ingredients are included, you realize it’s not a quality meal replacement. The protein added is cheap and can be found for a reduced price elsewhere. Many customers have also complained about the taste, lack of weight loss, and the hard to drink consistency.
There are better options which have only 1 gram of sugar, no added fructose, only high quality whey protein, and great reviews to back up their weight loss claims. T...
Source: Nursing Comments - March 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Isagenix. – Diet Review
Conclusion – Does Isagenix Work?
Isagenix Isalean’s shake is marketed well, but it’s loaded with sugar and calories. There’s also a lot of protein added, but once you research what kinds of ingredients are included, you realize it’s not a quality meal replacement. The protein added is cheap and can be found for a reduced price elsewhere. Many customers have also complained about the taste, lack of weight loss, and the hard to drink consistency.
There are better options which have only 1 gram of sugar, no added fructose, only high quality whey protein, and great reviews to back up their weight loss claims. T...
Source: Nursing Comments - March 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
AGBT: 10X Previews Three New Single Cell Applications
I spent breakfast with 10X Genomic's Michael Schnall-Levin and two of his 10X colleagues gave me a sneak peak at three new single cell products they are rolling out at the workshop I'm typing away at now. These enable measuring protein targets of antibodies, mapping out accessible chromatin regions withATAC-Seq, and mapping copy number variants (CNVs) at single cell resolution. All use the existing Chromium Controller instrument.Read more » (Source: Omics! Omics!)
Source: Omics! Omics! - February 13, 2018 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Keith Robison Source Type: blogs
Antibacterial Nanoscale Etching of Stainless Steel Surfaces
At Georgia Tech, researchers have developed a way of etching stainless steel surfaces so finely that bacteria that come in contact with them end up being pierced and killed. Interestingly, because of the physiological differences between cell types, mammalian cells don’t seem to be significantly impacted by these surfaces. This may point to interesting applications for the technology beyond just treating commonly used surfaces in hospitals and clinics, such as medical implants that resist the formation of bacterial biofilms.
Scanning electron microscope images showing the difference in adhesion of E. coli bacteria. T...
Source: Medgadget - December 14, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Materials Public Health Source Type: blogs
DynamX, a Novel Stent That Turns from Rigid to Flexible While Inside Vessel
With every heart beat, our blood vessels expand and contract, something known as pulsatile motion. When commonly used metal stents are placed within vessels, they prevent those vessels from exhibiting pulsatile motion. This may be a cause of or a compounding factor for restenosis and may even lead to a cardiovascular disease to develop faster.
Elixir Medical, a Milpitas, California firm, has developed a drug eluting stent that structurally behaves the same as a traditional metal stent, but after a few months becomes more flexible, allowing pulsatile motion to take over the vessel. The so-called bioadaptive DynamX cobalt ...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Radiology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Naturopaths: Able to turn even Epsom salt potentially deadly
Naturopathy and naturopaths are a fairly frequent topic on this blog —and for very good reason. If there is an example of a pseudomedical " discipline " that has been gaining undeserved " respectability, " it ' s naturopathy. It ' s licensed in all too many states, and physicians who have fallen under the spell of so-called " integrative medicine, " a specialty that rebrands science-based lifestyle medical interventions as somehow " alternative " or " integrative " and uses them as a vessel to " integrate " quackery into medicine, seem to have a special affinity for naturopaths. Indeed, so common has the presence of natu...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 6, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs
Palladium ‐Catalyzed [3 3] Annulation of Vinyl Chromium(0) Carbene Complexes through Carbene Migratory Insertion/Tsuji–Trost Reaction
AngewchemPalladium ‐Catalyzed [3 3] Annulation of Vinyl Chromium(0) Carbene Complexes through Carbene Migratory Insertion/Tsuji–Trost Reaction: Vinyl chromium(0) Fischer carbene complexes were employed as the source of π‐allylic palladium species for catalytic [3+3] annulation under palladium catalysis. Mechanistically, this transformation is... (Source: Organometallic Current)
Source: Organometallic Current - September 13, 2017 Category: Chemistry Tags: annulation Pd Catalyzed Source Type: blogs
Influence of CAD/CAM on the fit accuracy of implant-supported zirconia and cobalt-chromium fixed dental prostheses
ConclusionsWhen all of the screws were tightened, the CAD/CAM frameworks exhibited better fit accuracy compared with the conventionally fabricated frameworks. High levels of passive fit were achieved for the evaluated techniques.Supported by Neodent and Laboratory LTN. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 14, 2015 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Boston Scientific’s REBEL Bare Chromium Coronary Stent CE Marked in Europe
Boston Scientific received European regulatory approval for its bare metal REBEL Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System for treatment of coronary artery disease. The stent is essentially the Promus PREMIER but without the everolimus drug coating.
The stent is available with diameters from 2.25 mm to 4.50 mm and lengths of 8 mm to 32 mm. In the U.S. the REBEL remains an investigational device and is not available for sale.
From the announcement:
“I am glad to have a bare metal stent that performs like the PREMIER DES but allows me to treat patients who are not candidates for DES therapy,” said Prof. Didier...
Source: Medgadget - March 14, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
How Not to Do It: Chromium Trioxide
Note: this was a post on my old blog site, and never made the migration over to the current "In the Pipeline". I was reminded of it this morning, and thought I'd bring it more out into the light.
There are reports (updated here - DBL) that Mars may have hexavalent chromium compounds in its surface dust, which is already being brought up as a concern for future human exploration. I agree with comments I've seen that this is putting the cart in front of the horse a bit, but it also means that I probably wouldn't be a good candidate for the expedition. I've already had my lifetime's exposure to Cr(VI).
Back in grad school,...
Source: In the Pipeline - February 11, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: How Not to Do It Source Type: blogs
