MIL-OSI USA: Cryopreservation of immature testicular tissue leads to successful birth in monkeys
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Media Advisory Thursday, March 21, 2019 What Researchers have successfully frozen testicular tissue from monkeys too young to produce sperm and used this tissue to produce a pregnancy resulting in live, healthy offspring. The finding is an early step in the development of a method […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Modeled Manual Therapy May Protect Against Repetitive Motion Pain, Rat Study Suggests
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Data from a recent study in rats suggest that 3 weeks of modeled manual therapy (MMT) largely prevented the physiological processes and pain that often accompany a repetitive motion injury. The study, funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, and conducted by […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: NIH to test experimental drug to curb opioid cravings
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Thursday, March 21, 2019 Early stage trial opens at Clinical Center. A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) has begun in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. The Phase I trial in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: NIH study finds no evidence that calcium increases risk of AMD
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Thursday, March 21, 2019 People taking the mineral for other medical reasons should stay the course. Eating a calcium-rich diet or taking calcium supplements does not appear to increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to the findings of a study […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Imaging method reveals long-lived patterns in cells of the eye
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 News Release Thursday, March 21, 2019 Technique could aid early detection and treatment of certain eye diseases. Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) form unique patterns that can be used to track changes in this important layer of tissue in the back of the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Dr. Jack Stein appointed NIDA Chief of Staff
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services Jack B. Stein, Ph.D. Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has appointed Jack B. Stein, Ph.D., to be the NIDA Chief of Staff, a newly created position to support and assist the Director with coordination and strategic planning of key institute […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Bench-to-bedside: NIMH research leads to brexanolone, first-ever drug specifically for postpartum depression
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Media Advisory Wednesday, March 20, 2019 What Approximately 1 in 9 women in the United States experiences symptoms of postpartum depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved brexanolone, an analog of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: FDA issues warning letters to two breast implant manufacturers for failure to comply with post-approval study requirements
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 3 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to two breast implant manufacturers for failure to comply with their requirements, under their premarket approval orders, to conduct post-approval studies to assess the long-term safety and risks of their silicone gel-filled breast implants. The […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas on new steps to strengthen FDA’s food safety program for 2020 and beyond
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 3 When it comes to the foods we eat, we live in an unprecedented time of technological change. Thanks to innovations in technology and the new requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), we now have more opportunities to strengthen […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: NCCIH Activities at the 2019 American Pain Society (APS) Scientific Meeting
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services – 2 Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D. NCCIH has planned a variety of activities around the 2019 American Pain Society (APS) Scientific Meeting from Wednesday, April 3 to Saturday, April 6, 2019, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NCCIH staff members are excited to share the latest developments in our pain research […]
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