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Miraculins PreVu Test CE Marked and Registered in the European Union

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA-- - Miraculins Inc. , a medical diagnostic company focused on developing and commercializing diagnostic tests and risk assessment technologies for unmet clinical needs, announces that its PreVu Non-Invasive Skin Cholesterol Point of Care Test has now been CE Marked and is officially ...

Cholesterol Lowering Statins Treat Cancer

(Ivanhoe Newswire)- Cholesterol lowering statins seem to be effective against breast cancer in some patients. Research shows that a mutation in a single gene may be a way for researchers to identify tumors that are likely to respond to statin thera ...

Children at Risk from Low-Cholesterol Statin Drugs, Says Organic Chemist Shane Ellison, M.S.

DENVER, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children are being prescribed low-cholesterol drugs that could harm them, says Organic Chemist Shane Ellison, M.S. and author of Over-The-Counter Natural Cures ."Many ...

High Animal Fat Diet, a Diabetes risk

A research conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University has found that women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes seen during pregnancy that increases the risk for certain pregnancy complications [...]

Statins May Stave Off Liver Cancer in People With Hepatitis B

THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Popular cholesterol-lowering statins may also lower risk for liver cancer among people with hepatitis B, a new study shows. Hepatitis B, an inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis B virus, is one of the main causes of liver cancer.