| FDA Approves Laser-Based Hair Comb To Combat Baldness
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A Florida-based hair accessories company has reportedly received a federal approval on Thursday to sell a handheld laser device called Hairmax Lasercomb that claims thicker hair growth. The laser comb, which is manufactured by Lexington International LLC, has been seen to increase the numbers of thick hairs on the scalp by combining a low-level laser with a comb. When drawn through the hair, the laser touches the scalp to promote hair growth, the company officials' claim after 26-week clinical trials. According to AP reports, Hairmax Lasercomb is already sold on the Web for $545 and is the only drug-free product meant for home use in controlling hair loss that's won the approval of the Food and Drug Administration. Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) has been widely used in Europe for over thirty years in addition to being the subject of numerous studies with over 3,500 scientific papers published worldwide.
Black entrepreneurs reach out to Asheville’s mainstream
Its hard to break into the mainstream business community in Asheville, Grant said. The alliance could help entrepreneurs with ideas on marketing themselves, their products and services. Buying power To survive, most black businesses will need to reach customers of all colors. A new study from the North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development shows that buying power among African-Americans in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties reached $309 million in 2006 , up from $169 million in 1990. Yet that 83 percent increase is little more than half of the 151 percent gain that black consumers have made nationwide, or the 160 percent gain posted across North Carolina. With that slower growth, African-Americans share of the total buying power of consumers in the Asheville area slipped from 3.6 percent in 1990 to 3 percent.
Canadian weight-loss firms sued by two area women
Two women have filed a federal lawsuit against a group of Canadian businesses, claiming that their weight-loss products fail to perform the way they are advertised. Catherine Cantazaro, of Allegheny County, and Tara Liebert, of Washington County, are seeking to have their claim certified as a class-action lawsuit. It was filed yesterday against three companies based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada -- NxCare Inc., NxLabs Inc., and Wellnx Life Sciences. They are listed as the makers of Slimquick, which the lawsuit said was touted as the "world's first advanced fat burner designed specifically for women." The other product named in the claim is NV, which the company claimed to be "the world's first rapid weight-loss beauty pill." Besides aiding in weight loss, NV was supposed to help nurture women's hair, skin and nails, the women wrote in their lawsuit.
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