A new report released by NRMA Motoring & Services has shown Australia’s reliance on imported transport fuel has risen from 60 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in 2013, putting immense pressure on Australia’s liquid fuel security ...
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Retrieving organs from brain-dead donors is logistically challenging and time consuming in hospitals. Multiple surgical teams often fly to a donor's hospital but frequently face delays in retrieving organs due to crowded operating-room ...
Tags: Moving Organ Donors, stand-alone facility, lowers costs
Cross section of bioprinted human liver tissue showing hepatocytes (blue nuclei), endothelial cells (red), and hepatic stellate cells (green). (Courtesy Organovo Holdings Inc.) The discovery that living tissues could be built up using a ...
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Drexel University will begin a major expansion of its nurse-managed health center which is nationally recognized as a model of integrated care. With a new gift of $2.5 million from the Sheller Family Foundation, the center at 850 N. 11th ...
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With the latest expansion of its global telemedicine efforts, UPMC is now offering physicians in India access to its world-renowned medical expertise to improve care for patients. Through advanced, web-based technology, UPMC physicians ...
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February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Some yoghurts and cheeses may reduce risk of diabetes by one-third Higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, may reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28 per cent, according ...
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AMSBIO has launched CancerSeq™ - a new range of genetically characterised FFPE tissue samples. CancerSeq™ samples are prepared from genomic DNA extracted from the FFPE tumour tissues and validated by Next Generation ...
US-based XOMA Corporation (XOMA) has received Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its IL-1 beta modulating antibody 'gevokizumab' for the treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). Gevokizumab is a ...
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Biopta Ltd, the human tissue-based contract research organization, has announced the launch of the first catalogue of assays based on human functional tissues. The catalogue, which includes industry's widest range of human functional ...
Anika Therapeutics (ANIK) has received marketing approval for MONOVISC from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients suffering from osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. MONOVISC is a single injection supplement ...
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A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by ...
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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 ...
Acetaminophen, found in over-the-counter products such as Excedrin and Tylenol, provides many people with relief from headaches and sore muscles. When used appropriately, it is considered mostly harmless. Over recent decades, the drug, ...
CNN reports that the White House tamps down expectations that the exchanges will meet CBO's original projection that 40 percent of enrollees would be between the ages of 18 and 34. Also, Politico Pro looks at the large number of states that ...
Roswell Park/University at Buffalo study finds significant risk for women who never smoked Secondhand smoking is linked with pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy, according to new research from ...
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