Health News

The price of food commodities has risen by 83 per cent over the last 36 months on international markets, and it is estimated that 854 million people are in a state of food insecurity around the world.

A type of plastic that exhibits metallic and semi-conductor-like properties will be described in an inaugural doctoral lecture at the University of Leicester.

Amilpar , the largest managed care organization inBrazil, announced today its consolidated results for the first quarter 2008.

Apria Healthcare Group Inc. announced that it has signed a preferred provider agreement with Smith & Nephew to provide Negative Pressure Wound Therapy services and products to the United States homecare market. The preferred provider agreement cover

today announced its acquisition ofScottsdale, Ariz.-based Massage Envy Ltd., LLC. Massage Envy is America's leading provider of therapeutic massage services, with 420 clinics open nationwide.

NIST has developed Standard Reference Materials for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and now increasingly used in herbal weight-loss products. Researchers can use the new materials to develop and test analytical methods for compounds in bitter o

BD announced today that it has acquired all of the outstanding stock of Cytopeia, a privately heldWashington corporation based inSeattle that develops and markets advanced flow cytometry cell sorting instruments.

Allergy Research Group, Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2008.