The German based company, a developer and manufacturer of polymer optics received a transfer project with a production volume in the mid six-figure range. The company is demonstrating once again that it has the knowledge and capability for ...
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched a new collaborative initiative—the Light and Health Alliance—to bridge the science of light and health to practical applications, and to provide ...
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A student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, was diagnosed with viral meningitis, but campus officials say it is an isolated case. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo officials said university medical staff see no evidence ...
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A U.S. infectious disease expert says one of the most persistent flu myths is that the influenza vaccine can give a person the flu -- it cannot. Dr. Jorge Parada, medical director of the Infection Prevention and Control Program at Loyola ...
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Only 5 percent of those using a restroom wash their hands long enough to kill the germs that cause infection, a U.S. researcher says. The study, published in the Journal of Environmental Health, indicates a third of the people involved in ...
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U.S. researchers say parents worried about an adolescent's weight should have a conversation about healthy lifestyle rather than size. A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, found conversations ...
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Privately insured U.S. women who paid nothing out-of-pocket for the pill increased from 15 percent to 40 percent with the Affordable Care Act, researchers say. Lawrence B. Finer, Adam Sonfield and Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher ...
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Rainbow Coral and its joint venture partner, Therakine, have reached a major new milestone in the development of a revolutionary new drug delivery technology. The companies reached terms to initiate Phase II of research and analysis on a ...
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US-based BioVentrix has announced that placement of its Revivent-TC ventricular enhancement system, via Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement (LIVE) procedure, has been successfully expanded to a second European clinical site. The ...
St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval in Europe for its 25mm Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve implantation system. The Portico valve system offers a minimally invasive treatment option for ...
The budget deal that received overwhelmingly support from the House on Thursday includes language that would repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax. In addition, the deal would give FDA access to user fees paid by the device industry in ...
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While digital x-ray imaging technologies are commonly used in many Western nations, analog x-ray machines still have a home in some parts of the world. During the first 300 days of this year, more than a quarter-billion dollars of bulk ...
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U.S. prices for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the plastic most widely used in construction, are set to rise by five cents per pound in the first two months of 2014. This is a significant price increase in a market that will see producers end ...
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PURE Bioscience, Inc., creator of the patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, has entered into a five-year strategic collaboration agreement with St. Louis-based Intercon Chemical Company (ICC). The agreement consists of a ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator, a device to relieve pain caused by migraines. Christy Foreman, director of the Office of Device Evaluation in the FDA's Center for ...