The FINANCIAL - Health & Beauty

Colonoscopies and mammograms top list of ‘most-shopped’ health care services

The FINANCIAL -- Colonoscopies, mammograms, and childbirth services are the most searched-for medical services when it comes to cost information—and millennials with higher annual deductible spending are the most frequent comparison shoppers—according to an analysis of a large national health insurance plan database by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public ...

Be on the lookout: Illegal contact lenses

The FINANCIAL -- Two southern states find success in suppressing illegal contact lens sales through strategic partnerships and vigilant doctors, highlighting the integral role optometrists play in ...

UAE Becomes Leader on the Georgian Perfume Market

The FINANCIAL -- The UAE, Poland and China are the top three importer countries on the Georgian perfume market. While the majority of dealers assert that their perfumes are from France, this country ...

Majority of American households have someone monitoring or restricting a part of their daily diet

The FINANCIAL -- Most Americans (87%) say they're making an effort to eat healthy - and with good reason, as a majority say they or someone in their household monitor or restrict their ...

L'Oreal and Proenza Schouler pave the way to the future in luxury fine fragrances with the signature of a license agreement

The FINANCIAL -- L’Oréal on June 3 announced the signature of a License Agreement with Proenza Schouler for the creation and development of fine ...

Over 18 Tonnes of Condoms Imported in Georgia in 2014

The FINANCIAL -- Georgia imported 17.8 tonnes of condoms in the first eight months of 2014, which is 9.9 tonnes less than the figures of the same period of last year. The total amount of investment ...

Autism is the most costly medical condition in the UK

The FINANCIAL -- Autism costs the UK more than heart disease, cancer and stroke combined, according to London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ...

Kopenbur Providing Efficient Service for Georgian Customers

The FINANCIAL -- New company on the insurance market Kopenbur has built up an impressive base of customers since it started operational activities and currently has representative offices in Batumi, ...

Every Tenth Georgian Company Does Not Meet Food Safety Standards

The FINANCIAL -- The Georgian National Food Agency conducted 1,352 inspections during the first half of 2014. In total 110 business operators have been fined as a result of these inspections and 25 ...

Infection in malaria-transmitting mosquito discovered

The FINANCIAL -- Researchers have found the first evidence of an intercellular bacterial infection in natural populations of two species of Anopheles mosquitoes, the major vectors of malaria ...

Natural-Looking Straight Teeth -- New Trends in Modern Dentistry Available at Nino Beridze’s Orthodontic Center

The FINANCIAL -- Forget everything you have been told up until now - the ‘Hollywood smile’, having the brightest, whitest teeth, is not in fashion anymore. The most covetable, flattering smile is ...

World Autism Awareness: Can reading fiction help autism disorders?

The FINANCIAL -- A student from the University of Liverpool is investigating the use of fiction to improve social and emotional understanding of people with Autism Spectrum disorders ...

Consumers are being misled by food imitating products, new study finds

The FINANCIAL -- A new study led by the London School of Economics and Political Science has prompted calls for design changes to chemical products which resemble drink ...

Canned Tomatoes As Effective As Fresh Vegetables In Helping People Eat More Vegetables

The FINANCIAL -- The new 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend most Americans consume 2.5 cups of vegetables a day, a goal almost 9 out of 10 Americans are not meeting. But research coming ...

Urban health: major opportunities for improving global health outcomes, despite persistent health inequities

The FINANCIAL -- New data on the health of city-dwellers in almost 100 countries show that as the world’s urban population continues to grow, health inequities - especially between the richest and ...

Illuminating the inner ‘machines’ that give bacteria an energy boost

The FINANCIAL -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tracked how microscopic organisms called cyanobacteria make use of internal protein ‘machines’ to boost their ability to convert ...

Many U.S. families considering pregnancy don’t know Zika facts

The FINANCIAL -- Many people in U.S. households where someone is pregnant or considering getting pregnant in the next 12 months are not aware of key facts about Zika virus, according to a new poll by ...

World TB Day: Medical trial to tackle tuberculosis in South Africa

The FINANCIAL -- Researchers from the University of Liverpool have been awarded a grant worth more than £400,000 to conduct a medical trial focused on controlling tuberculosis (TB) epidemics in ...

Botswana study shows 96% rate of viral suppression for patients on HIV drugs

The FINANCIAL -- Botswana appears to have achieved very high rates of HIV diagnosis, treatment, and viral suppression—much better than most Western nations, including the United States—according ...

Nestlé Skin Health to Form Non-Prescription Acne Joint Venture with Guthy-Renker

The FINANCIAL -- Nestlé Skin Health S.A., a global leader focused on science-based solutions for skin health, announced on March 24 that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Guthy-Renker ...

WHO calls on countries and partners to "Unite to End Tuberculosis"

The FINANCIAL -- In advance of World TB Day, to be observed on 24 March, WHO is calling on countries and partners to "Unite to End ...

Major funding for Zika health protection research

The FINANCIAL -- The University of Liverpool’s Institute of Infection and Global Health has been awarded more than £500K as part of an initiative to help tackle the current Zika virus outbreak in ...

In U.S., Young Adults' Cigarette Use Is Down Sharply

The FINANCIAL -- The smoking rate for 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.S. has dropped 12 percentage points to 22% over the past decade, more than twice the drop seen for any other age group. In the early ...

Nestlé Skin Health builds CHF 54 million factory in Brazil

The FINANCIAL -- Nestlé Skin Health is investing BRL 200 million (CHF 54 million) in a new skin health products factory in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, to meet rising demand in the country and ...

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