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More People Survive Stroke Now Than 10 Years Ago
Feb 25, 2014The good news: More people survive stroke now than 10 years ago due to improved treatment and prevention. The bad news: Women who survive stroke have a worse quality of life than men, according to a study published in the Feb. 7 online ...
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LED Engin Has Combined Its LZ4-Plus Emitters with Gaggione
Feb 25, 2014LED Engin has combined its LZ4-Plus emitters with Gaggione eight to 45deg zoom optics said to produce excellent candela/lumen performance, beam quality and control. Together, they enable luminaire manufactures to design smaller, lighter and ...
Tags: wash lamps, Precise colour control, narrow beam angles
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Young Women Increased Risk of Developing The Most Common Type of Breast Cancer
Feb 25, 2014Young women who smoke and have been smoking a pack a day for a decade or more have a significantly increased risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in Cancer, a ...
Tags: Breast Cancer, Seattle-Puget Sound, cancer-free controls
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AOL Chief Reverses Changes to 401(K) Policy After a Week of Bad Publicity
Feb 25, 2014News outlets reported that the company blamed the law and the health costs of two "distressed babies" for a significant change in how it matches 401(k) contributions. The Washington Post: AOL Chief Reverses Changes To 401(k) Policy After ...
Tags: Obamacare, AOL, 'Distressed Babies', Bad Publicity
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Blood Pressure Management System Developed by KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Feb 25, 2014With world's first automated blood pressure management system developed by KK Women's and Children's Hospital New trial results have shown that the world's first Double Intravenous Vasopressor Automated (DIVA) System affords superior ...
Tags: KKH, DIVA, Prof Sia, Blood Pressure Management
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UCLA Would Explore New Therapies for The Approximately 273,000 Americans
Feb 25, 2014The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded UCLA researchers Dr. Daniel Lu (Brentwood) and Dr. Reggie Edgerton (Bel Air) a $6 million, five-year grant to explore new therapies for the approximately 273,000 ...
Tags: UCLA, Spinal-Cord Injuries, New Therapies, lower spine.
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Thymio Robots Are Equipped with an Array of Programmable LEDs
Feb 25, 2014I don't know exactly who was the first person to figure out that robots could be used for long-exposure light painting (although it may have been the guy linked to from here), but it's something that I've dabbled in for science, as have ...
Tags: Robot, long-exposure light painting, inspired by the Tangram
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Advanced Breast Cancer Has Identified Individuals with a Good Chance
Feb 25, 2014The first large-scale study testing all the DNA—the entire genome—of tumour cells from more than 400 women with advanced breast cancer has identified individuals with a good chance of benefiting from specific treatments already ...
Tags: CGH, SAFIR01, DNA, Gustave Roussy
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New Surgical Guidelines Would Reduce Unnecessary Breast Surgeries
Feb 25, 2014New surgical guidelines announced today by the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have the potential to significantly reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes and ...
Tags: SSO, ASTRO, AIS, Peggy Johnson
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Financial and Social Hardships Are The Major Reasons
Feb 25, 2014Financial and social hardships are the major reasons black children and teens are twice as likely as whites to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at nearly 800 asthma patients, aged 1 to ...
Tags: Financial and social hardships, asthma, payment reform
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Crayola Announced The Launch of My Virtual Fashion Show
Feb 25, 2014Crayola, a colorfully innovative brand for over 100 years, today announced the launch of My Virtual Fashion Show, a new product that lets kids design their own fashions and bring them to life on a virtual runway, just like professional ...
Tags: Crayola, Virtual Fashion, not-so-distant future, sketchbook
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Most Supply Chain Managers Are Acutely Aware of The Talent Deficit They Must Overcome
Feb 25, 2014Generally, supply chain managers agree that the right talent is some combination of technical skills, industry-specific understanding, real-world business experience, and various soft skills. Finding those candidates can be a challenge ...
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PROMAR Has Ordered Two Platform Supply Vessels From Damen Shipyards Group
Feb 25, 2014PROMAR has ordered two Platform Supply Vessels from Damen Shipyards Group and this ambitious Swiss company is looking to further expand the offshore fleet under its management in the next five years. The first Damen PSV 3300 will be ...
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The Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation Launched The Project Ubi Odyssey
Feb 25, 2014The Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation announces the launch of the Project Ubi Odyssey. Ubi - The Ubiquitous Computer - is a device made to usher in the era of ubiquitous computing - when humans will be able to interact with ...
Tags: Ubiquitous Computer, Odyssey, LED, Ubi Portal
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High Doses of Vitamin C Helped Kill Cancer Cells
Feb 25, 2014Scientists at the University of Kansas Medical Center have determined that high doses of vitamin C, administered intravenously with traditional chemotherapy, helped kill cancer cells while reducing the toxic effects of chemotherapy for some ...
