Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. meat industry on Thursday defended an additive that critics have called “meat glue,” saying the enzymes are safe, natural and not being used to deceive consumers. Recent reports have highlighted how meat processors use the enzymes, formally known as transglutaminase and beef fibrin, to bind smaller cuts of beef and pork and form consistently sized, uniformly shaped larger steaks. The U.S. …
The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel of outside experts recommended Gilead Sciences Inc’s Truvada as a treatment for preventing HIV infection among people at risk for contracting AIDS, including homosexual and bisexual men. In a move that could lead to a new milestone for treatment in the evolution of the worldwide AIDS epidemic, the FDA advisory committee voted 19-3 to endorse the drug’s use for controlling HIV infection among the highest risk group – men who have sex with men. …
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers endorsed Thursday the use of the drug Truvada as a means to help prevent HIV infection in healthy people at high risk of contracting the AIDS-causing virus.
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended approval of the weight-loss medication lorcaserin, even though concerns remain about cardiovascular side effects.
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — Despite warnings about the dangers of excess sun exposure, young adults in the United States still get sunburned or use indoor tanning beds, federal health officials said Thursday.
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — Subsidizing exercise and fitness-related lifestyles in middle age could significantly reduce the ballooning cost of health care in later years, a new study of more than 20,000 people suggests.