U.S. and Australian researchers say the cause of aging in mammals may be reversible and the key is the chemical NAD that facilitates cell communication. Senior author David Sinclair of the Harvard Medical School in Boston and colleagues ...
Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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Fewer people should take medicine to control their high blood pressure, a new set of guidelines recommends. Adults aged 60 or older should only take blood pressure medication if their blood pressure exceeds 150/90, which sets a higher bar ...
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A meta-analysis found exercise may be as effective as drugs in helping patients with strokes, diabetes and heart disease, British and U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Harvard ...
Rick Judson, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Charlotte, N.C., issued a statement on Dec. 9 on a new report on rental housing released from the Harvard Joint Center for ...
Proteostasis Therapeutics and Biogen Idec have collaborated to research and develop new therapies based on the inhibition of Usp14, a deubiquitinating enzyme, for the treatment of certain neurodegenerative disorders. Under the deal, ...
Caravan Craft Retail Private Limited (CCRPL) a single brand retail venture committed to the revival and promotion of Indian craft and providing meaningful livelihood to the country's artisans opened its first store in Phoenix Market City, ...
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Almost 7-in-10 U.S. parents say they are concerned their children don't receive adequate physical education in school, a survey indicates. The NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health survey of 1,368 U.S. parents ...
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The difference between the healthiest diets and the least healthy diets is $1.50 a day, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, ...
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The UK's largest city will also get the country's largest deployment of LED street lights by 2016 aiming for 40% energy savings, while a project in Rhode Island may change the thinking in the US on lighting ownership, and North East ...
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Transport for London is introducing Harvard's LeafNut system as part of a massive overhaul of its street lighting. TfL says it's the largest ever single investment in London's street lighting history. There are two main parts of the ...
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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new type of nanoparticle, which can be taken orally and gets successfully absorbed through the digestive tract. The nanoparticles ...
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Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts and pistachios are linked to a 20 percent lower death rate, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Ying Bao of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ...
INDA's annual FILTRATION International Conference & Exposition, held November 12-14, 2013, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, drew a record number of attendees who braved the frigid temperatures hitting the Midwest and East Coast to conduct ...
Sometimes a regular digital camera has the potential to shed light on eye conditions. In the case of infant Noah Shaw, it may have been an early warning of cancer—and an advance in ophthalmology, according to a recent report in ...
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