New Device Helps Premature Babies Suck Better, Faster -- And That's Good (Medical News Today)

As if things weren't tough enough for premature babies who have tubes down their throats and noses to survive, once the tubes are removed, they are often unable to take nourishment orally that is, suck.

At Risk For Peripheral Arterial Disease? Simple Quiz Provides Key So You Can Circulate Better (Medical News Today)

Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop PAD) and diabetics (one in three who are over the age of 50 develop PAD).

Prasugrel Significantly Reduced New Or Recurrent Heart Attacks In Both Acute And Longer-Term Settings Following PCI, ... (Medical News Today)

A sub-analysis of the TRITON-TIMI 38 clinical trial showed that treatment with prasugrel compared with clopidogrel significantly reduced the risk of new or recurrent heart attacks (7.4 percent vs. 9.

CV Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of CVT-3619, A Novel Potential Treatment For Cardiometabolic Diseases (Medical News Today)

CV Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVTX) announced that the company has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 1 trial of CVT-3619, a novel oral compound for potential treatment of cardiometabolic diseases. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently accepted the Company's investigational new drug application for CVT-3619, a partial A1 adenosine receptor agonist.

Driving Adobe: Co-founder Charles Geschke on Challenges, Change and Values (Knowledge at Wharton)

With PostScript, PDF and Flash, Adobe Systems introduced technologies that laid the foundation for desktop publishing, electronic document interchange and interactive web content. But the difficulties Adobe faced during its 26-year history were many: shifting business plans, Apple aligning with Microsoft to compete with key Adobe technologies, a hostile takeover attempt from a leading ...