Despite scarcity of funds, NIH announced generous awards that would allow medication testing using human tissue chips. In this unique system, human tissue is arranged on experimental framework material to mimic interplay of various organs in a body, and determine safety of drugs under development. This represents one of many advances toward safety and tolerability [...]
The Fit in Your Genes Program is a ground-breaking approach to weight loss. It is based on individually designed, genetically-guided approach to nutrition, exercise, and micro-nutrient supplementation that allows sustained and reproducible weight loss result. Three areas of focus Unlike other approaches where counting calories, avoiding certain macro-nutrients ( think low-carbohydrates or liquid diets) or [...]
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the burden of chronic diseases is tremendous: It is estimated that 3 in 4 adults over age 65 and 1 in 15 children suffer from two or more chronic medical conditions — such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and chronic pain. As patients develop more [...]
What if one day you found yourself overweight, dealing with high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, or suffering from heart disease? Millions of people in this country and all over the world are living with these conditions, suffering chronically from the physical, emotional and financial burdens imposed by disease. Yet over 70% of these ills [...]