Soon after federal prosecutors filed a bombshell indictment against former Genentech staffers for allegedly funneling trade secrets to Taiwanese biotech firm JHL, Genentech has filed its own legal salvo calling for an injunction and damages. After receiving a confidential tip from one of its employees about possible trade secrets theft, the Roche biotech started up an… Read More »
Tattooing is a big business. Although it is difficult to get accurate information the best guess is that last year the tattoo industry grossed $ 1.6 billion dollars. That represents acres of skin that are permanently marked. Millennials are the the largest group who are tattooed. It is estimated that more than 45% of… Read More »
November 7, 2018 Posted By Categories Mary Chris Jaklevic is a reporter-editor at HealthNewsReview.org. She tweets as @mcjaklevic. Wake me when it’s over. There was a lot of misleading information in news stories this week about a study of sleep traits and risk of breast cancer. It was a complex study to decipher, but instead… Read More »
Chlamydial urethritis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the urethra. In males, the urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder through the penis to allow it to leave the body. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis causes. According to the Centers for Disease Control… Read More »