Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) will further fund the expansion of the popular Lifetime Ewe Management course (LTEM), investing an additional $800,000 for the further expansion of the course to 2017. AWI has been the principal funder ...
Tags: sheep producers, cotton
AVX has announced the addition of new high-temperature X8RThe main differences between ceramic dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction ...
Tags: AVX, High-Rel MLCCs
Diets high in fibre, especially cereal fibre, may help heart attack survivors live longer People who survive heart attacks have a greater chance of living longer if they increase their dietary intake of fibre – with cereal fibres ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Reduction in salt intake likely cause of lower death rates from heart disease in England The 15 per cent fall in dietary salt intake over the past decade in England is likely to have had a key role in the 40 per cent drop in deaths from ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Health
Having a large belly -- even with a healthy body mass index -- can take years off a person's life, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. James Cerhan, a Mayo Clinic epidemiologist, and colleagues reviewed data from 11 different studies, ...
Tags: large belly, BMI, Health&Medicine, weight
Low protein intake may be a key factor in longevity, according to two groups of researchers who published studies in the journal Cell Metabolism on 4 March 2014. The first study, from researchers at the University of Southern California, ...
Tags: Low protein intake, High protein, healthy balanced diet
Smartphone-based health-monitoring devices are a quickly growing segment, as evidenced by a novel device that converts a mobile device or laptop into a medical-grade pulse oximeter. The device, which was covered by Qmed's sister publication ...
Tags: health-monitoring devices, Health, Medicine
Based out of the New York area, Mondevices Inc. has created the baby sleep monitor that fits in a button, creating the first “smart button” wearable technology. This year the “smart button” has won a prize in Smart ...
Biosense Webster has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Thermocool Smarttouch catheter that enables direct and real-time measurement of contact force during catheter ablation procedures for patients ...
Tags: FDA Approval, Biosense Webster
Nephros, a commercial stage medical device company that develops and sells high performance liquid purification ultrafilters and Bellco, an Italy-based company focused on Dialysis and Extracorporeal Blood Purification, have signed an ...
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Kentucky heroin overdose deaths and emergency department visits increased from 2011 to 2012, while prescription painkiller overdoses dropped, officials say. A report by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and ...
February 17, 2014 Sophie Langley An apple a day really does keep the doctor away, research shows Prescribing an apple a day to all adults aged 50 and over would prevent or delay around 8,500 vascular deaths such as heart attacks and ...
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A new study disputes the effectiveness of mortality as a measure of the quality of care provided by hospitals to stroke patients. The paper - which was simultaneously presented today at the International Stroke Conference in San Diego and ...
Antibiotics are often prescribed for young children who have upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) in order to prevent complications, such as ear infections and pneumonia, however, a new evidence review in The Cochrane Library found no ...
Tags: URIs, Prevent Complication, Antibiotics, low-income country
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening bowel infection called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Researchers at Loyola University Health System have identified a marker to identify those at risk for the infection, enabling doctors ...
Tags: NEC, Bowel Infection, ICU, iAP