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Carboxytherapy And Mesotherapy Unproven - Physician Group Urges Consumers To Be Aware Of Non-approved Cosmetic Injections
The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety issued a consumer warning about carboxytherapy and mesotherapy injections. These products, touting everything from cellulite treatment to weight loss are not FDA approved, and do not have clinical data that demonstrates results or safety.
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Celgene Announces Positive Top Line Data From Randomized Controlled Phase II Study Of Apremilast In Psoriatic Arthritis
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) announced the preliminary results of a phase II, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-arm study of apremilast - a novel, orally available small molecule that exhibits anti- inflammatory activities through the suppression of multiple pro-inflammatory mediators and cytokines - in adult patients with psoriatic arthritis (CC-10004-PSA-001). The study met its primary objective of assessment of ACR20 at 12 weeks. ACR20 is defined as the percentage of patients achieving a 20% or better improvement according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria. ACR20 is the primary assessment utilized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for assessment of efficacy in psoriatic arthritis, as well as rheumatoid arthritis.
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Causes And Consequences - Caring For Patients With Intellectual Disability
Patients with developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome or cerebral palsy will benefit from a new online learning activity launched today by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to assist GPs to navigate the complex area of developmental disability.
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Also In Global Health News: Child, Infant Mortality In Nepal, Ghana; GM Mosquitoes In Malaysia; Interfaith Malaria Efforts

Nepal Launches Pilot Project To Reduce Child, Infant Mortality The Child Health Division of the Health Ministry in Nepal on Wednesday announced the beginning of a pilot project to reduce child and infant mortality in 10 districts this year, myrepublica.com reports. As part of the project, female health volunteers will work in districts to treat infants and educate mothers in hopes of driving down the country"s child mortality rate -"61 per 1,000" - and infant mortality rate - "48 per 1,000," according to the news service (Dhakal, 7/15). U.S. Commitment To Reducing Maternal, Child Mortality In Ghana Joy Online examines how the recent visit of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to a Ghanaian hospital highlights the president"s commitment to reducing maternal and child mortality in the country where "450 out of 100,000 women" die from childbirth and "50 out of 100,000 children" die before age five. The article reviews recent efforts of the U.S. to improve the country"s health sector and forecasts how future U.S. funds will improve health facilities (Bentil, 7/14). Xinhua Examines Debate Over The Release Of GM Mosquitoes In Malaysia Xinhua examines the debate over the release of genetically-modified (GM) mosquitoes into parts of Malaysia to see if the sterilized male Aedes aegypti, "the type of mosquito that carries yellow fever, chikungunya, and dengue fever" can out compete wild-type mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue. "The first open-field testing of GM mosquitoes has many fearing that Oxitec [the biotechnology company credited with the mosquito"s development] and the Malaysian government will lose control over its creation, creating a Frankenstein-mosquito," Xinhua writes (Saunders, 7/14). Vanguard Examines Nigeria"s Interfaith Efforts To Fight Malaria The Vanguard examines interfaith efforts in Nigeria to combat malaria after Obama "single[d] out for special mention, Nigeria"s path-breaking interfaith initiative to defeat malaria." Nigeria"s Interfaith Action Association has pioneered ways to unite Christian, Muslim and other faith leaders for the purpose of fighting malaria, according to Jay Winsten, an associate dean at the Harvard School of Public Health (Ogundipe, 7/14). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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