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02/27/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Johnson & Johnson facing class action suit over the asbestos in its talc products

New Brunswick, New Jersey-based pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer Johnson & Johnson is facing its first investor class action lawsuit. According to a legal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday, February 8, investors suffered from losses when the price of Johnson & Johnson’s stock […]

11/27/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

New tattoo-like wearable sensor detects alcohol levels in sweat, sends updates to smartphone for private use

Engineers that are closely working with the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have created a small monitoring device, worn on the skin, that identifies alcohol levels in perspiration. The new wearable monitor has the incentive of being non-invasive and unseen by other people, making it more applicable in settings where one would […]

10/22/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Reducing unnecessary surgeries: New tech identifies lesions most likely to develop into breast cancer

Thousands of women each year subject themselves to painful and invasive surgeries to get rid of breast lesions which turn out to be benign, defeating the purpose of the surgeries in the first place. To avoid occurrences of these unnecessary surgeries, scientists are working on making current detection and diagnostic tools more effective and accurate. […]

08/13/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Most cancer is caused by processed food and toxic ingredients, new study confirms

A recently published study out of Canada showed that the total amount of cancer rates that can be linked to lifestyle and environmental factors is substantial, at almost 41 percent. According to the researchers, “We estimated summary population attributable risk estimates for 24 risk factors (smoking [both passive and active], overweight and obesity, inadequate physical […]

07/16/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Chemicals found in common household products found to cause serious disease in men

A group of researchers from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian and Medical Research Institute discovered that common household products – which include a variety of consumer goods such as children’s toys, food packaging, and medication – inside the house could be contributing to the onset of grave medical conditions that have the […]

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