Imperial Valley News Center
Providing clarity and transparency on how the FDA evaluates benefits and risks of weight-loss devices
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday issued a discussion paper on assessing risk for weight-loss devices with varying degrees of benefits. The FDA has actively engaged stakeholders regarding how we can best ensure patients have access to safe and effective devices intended for weight loss.
NIST Team Shows Atoms Can Receive Common Communications Signals
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- Written by Laura Ost
Gaithersburg, Maryland - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of sensor that uses atoms to receive commonly used communications signals. This atom-based receiver has the potential to be smaller and work better in noisy environments than conventional radio receivers, among other possible advantages.
Heating pads may lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure when lying down
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New Orleans, Louisiana - Applying a heating pad overnight may help people with supine hypertension, a condition that causes their blood pressure to increase when they lie down including during sleep, according to preliminary results presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions.
FTC Challenges Proposed $1.2 Billion Merger of Title Insurance Providers Fidelity National Financial, Inc. and Stewart Information Services Corporation
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission Friday issued an administrative complaint [a public version of which will be available and linked to this news release as soon as possible] seeking to block title insurance provider Fidelity National Financial, Inc.’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Stewart Information Services, alleging the merger would substantially reduce competition in state markets for title insurance underwriting for large commercial transactions, and in several local markets for title information services.
United States Restricts Remittances and “U-Turn” Transactions to Cuba
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Washington, DC - Friday, the Department of the Treasury took action to prevent U.S. remittances to Cuba from enriching Cuban regime insiders and their families and to restrict Cuba’s access to the U.S. financial system.
High blood pressure affects young, healthy medical students
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- Written by William Westmoreland
New Orleans, Louisiana - Almost two-thirds of medical students had above-normal blood pressure and were more than twice as likely to experience clinically high blood pressure compared to the general public, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension 2019 Scientific Sessions.
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