Temperature controlled packaging supplier Pelican BioThermal, has launched its new single use shipper system Chronos Express. The new product is the latest addition to the range of temperature-controlled packaging services of Pelican ...
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A study of volunteers who ate about a pound of strawberries a day had lowered levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, Italian and Spanish researchers say. Researchers at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche colleagues at the ...
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An antibody linked with multiple sclerosis (MS) might be detectable in the blood of people with the disease before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. The findings could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of the central nervous ...
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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 ...
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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, iAP, Premature Infant, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Treating a peanut allergy with oral immunotherapy changes the DNA of the patient's immune cells, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The DNA change could ...
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TUESDAY Feb. 4, 2014, 2014 -- In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has partnered with 10 drug companies and several nonprofit groups to speed development of biological ways of diagnosing and treating ...
Women who are deficient in vitamin D in the first 26 weeks of their pregnancy may be at risk of developing severe preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening disorder diagnosed by an increase in blood pressure and protein in the urine, ...
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Although vaccination against infectious disease is a routine component of horse care, many owners still voice concerns about their horse's risk of having an adverse reaction to these injections. For this reason, veterinarians sometimes ...
NORWICH, England, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Certain foods such as blueberries, celery and grapes may reduce the risk of diabetes, researchers in Britain say. Eating high levels of flavonoids -- including anthocyanins and other compounds -- found ...
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Sleeping during the day -- a necessity for jet-lagged travelers and those who work overnight shifts -- disrupts the rhythms of about one-third of your genes, a new study suggests. What's more, shifted sleep appears to disrupt gene ...
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 infants who are at risk for the infection, ...
Tags: Life-Threatening Bowel Infection, Bowel Infection in Premature Infants
A collaboration between National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Clearbridge BioMedics, in partnership with the Pathology Department at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) has resulted in the establishment of the region's first Circulating ...
Even professional orchestra musicians suffer from particular stress on the day of the concert and release more cortisol. For the first time it has now been possible to demonstrate that, amongst others, the enzyme myeloperoxidase, which is ...
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Low levels of vitamin D have been implicated as a potential cause of diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes. Now an extensive review suggests it's really the other way around: Low levels of the "sunshine vitamin" are more likely a ...
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